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The world’s best investment bank: JPMorgan goes from strength to strength

It is in difficult times that the best franchises prove their mettle. JPMorgan’s formidable corporate and investment bank – now bolstered through its integration of commercial banking – was the one to beat over the last year. No rival can match its breadth, but the firm’s rejection of complacency means that it never stops improving.

Mark Baker, July 19, 2024

Awards for Excellence

The world’s best digital bank: Citi

The bank is willing to spend its considerable technology budget on both exciting new ideas and on existing services that improve the lives of its customers.

July 19, 2024

Awards for Excellence

The world’s best bank for public-sector clients: HSBC

Public-sector clients had to tackle rising rates and geopolitical uncertainty in 2023, while undergoing fundamental restructuring in their sector. HSBC was instrumental in guiding them through the uncertainty.

July 19, 2024

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Western Europe’s best bank for sustainable finance: Crédit Agricole

Since its foundation in 1885 as a cooperative and mutual bank, social usefulness has been central to Crédit Agricole’s business model. It was an early pioneer of sustainable finance. It was one of the first banks to commit to exiting the thermal coal industry by 2030 in OECD countries and by 2040 for the rest of the world.

July 19, 2024

Awards for Excellence

North America’s best bank for sustainable finance: Bank of America

Nearly all banks today make claims to be helping to save the planet in one way or another. One that has consistently done more than most when it comes to shifting the balance within the financial services industry is Bank of America, and it wins the award for North America’s best bank for sustainable finance.

July 19, 2024

Uzbekistan

Benefiting from robust economic growth in the country, Uzbekistan’s banking sector continued its rapid expansion last year and one bank led the pack, SQB, the country’s second largest lender.

July 19, 2024

Malaysia

Under the leadership of president Khairussaleh Ramli, Maybank has exceeded the broader industry performance and achieved several milestones this year, for which it receives the award for Malaysia’s best bank. With total assets exceeding RM1 trillion ($212 billion) and a remarkable 17.5% rise in net profit to RM9.35 billion in 2023, the bank has grown while delivering record dividend payouts. Profit before tax was up 5.6% and return on equity rose to 10.8% from 9.6% in the previous year.

July 19, 2024

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The world’s best bank for ESG data and technology: Societe Generale

It is not enough to have the data, banks also need to bring intelligence and financial analysis to bear in sustainable finance to keep progressing.

July 19, 2024

Iceland

Things could not have gone much worse in 2023 for Islandsbanki, the bank that won this award in the past two years. A long-awaited regulatory report into the sale of part of the government’s holding in 2022 found that Islandsbanki itself had committed various violations during the process. Islandsbanki was fined Isk1.2 billion ($8.6 million), a record for Iceland.

July 19, 2024

Nepal

Global IME Bank’s merger with the Bank of Kathmandu last year proved to be a game changer, catapulting the combined entity to the top of Nepal’s banking sector. This merger is considered an effective step in consolidating the country’s financial resources and in recognition of this, it receives the awards for Nepal’s best bank.

July 19, 2024

Awards for Excellence

Asia’s best investment bank: Citi

To be the best investment bank in the fastest growing continent you can’t just be here or there, you must be everywhere.

July 19, 2024

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CEE’s best digital bank: Akbank

All banks invest heavily in their digital products and services, but the return on that investment can vary widely.

July 19, 2024

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