Although corporate payments is a core business for banks providing transactional services, many of them are facing more competition from alternative providers when it comes to offering innovative and faster services.
August-September 2017
EMEA Finance interview economist and head of research at Bank Audi.
The building out of Blockchain is reaching completion, giving rise to expectations that it will be in full use for real-life trade finance and payments transactions later this year.
As global banks de-risk from many emerging market banks, and reduce the scale of their correspondent banking networks, local and regional banks are coming under pressure to ensure they meet global standards and operate using best practices to keep these relationships relevant.
Coverage of this year's winners and interviews with the teams.
Egypt was a crucible of the Arab Spring and is only just now beginning to re-discover its economic feet, with international investors once again interested in the country after a series of severe reforms that have sent inflation soaring to eye-watering levels
Lebanon has finally shaken off political paralysis by forming a government for the first time in more than two years, and already the country is bearing the economic fruits of a more stable political system.
UniCredit has sold €17.7bn of bad loans to US investment funds Fortress and Pimco, as Italian banks continue their balance sheet clean-up efforts following the country’s profound recession.
IBA has finally received investor approval to restructure US$3.3bn of debt after months of wrangling.
Russia’s PIK Group has plans to ramp up capital markets activity in the coming years, as the firm announces a consolidation of its shareholder structure with company president Sergei Gordeev buying out two minority holders.
African sovereign issuance is way down from its peak, but recent eurobonds have been oversubscribed as investors search for yield.