Cross-border payments are entering an exciting new era with the global introduction of the data-rich ISO 20022 standard. To find out what outcomes banks and customers can look forward to, Swift's Stephen Lindsay spoke to Isabel Schmidt, co-head of payment products, BNY Mellon.

Mashreq has been transforming its corporate and investment banking group (CIBG) over the past few years. In an interview, Joel Van Dusen, head of CIBG, explains the need for change, where investment has focused, and how how the bank is leveraging its capabilities to drive growth.

There has never been a time in the history of capitalism when an acronym has been so influential. ESG – or environmental, social, and governance – has taken the corporate world by storm, effectively reorientating how companies and investors see the world and their role in it. It’s a profound shift, which, despite encountering some push back recently, has not lost any of its inexorable momentum. It is, however, evolving, and fast, and that is needed.

In an interview with Lia Cao, global co-head of corporate and e-commerce sales and solutions at J.P. Morgan Payments, she outlines some of the key marketplace trends emerging this year, how companies can capitalise effectively from business model transformation, what this means for working capital and liquidity management, and the game plan corporate treasurers need to think about and execute to maximise this opportunity.

David López Puig, head of human resources and member of the CaixaBank management committee since January 2022, discusses people and talent management trends, as well as some of the challenges CaixaBank, Spain’s leading bank in terms of assets, clients and market shares, faces in this area after its integration with Bankia.

In the first of a series of articles, Param Thind, APAC head of digital channels at Bank of America, looks at the crucial role digitisation plays in helping clients meet their sustainability objectives and how artificial intelligence is improving analytics and automating manual processes.

In January 2020 the European Central Bank (ECB) started to study the issuance of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), or the so-called digital euro.

Corporate treasury has undergone material transformation over the last few years, impacted by everything from cyclical economic trends, and regulatory initiatives, to rising geopolitical risks, digitisation, and the drive towards greater sustainability.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a key area of focus for Rawbank. In an interview, the bank highlights some of the CSR initiatives it is undertaking and explains how digital innovation in banking is supporting financial inclusion.

Technological advancement has revolutionised the payments industry over the past couple of decades, even as far as redefining the forms of money we use. Of all the innovations driving this transformation, blockchain technology is at the forefront, pushing the boundaries of payments as never before, says Lim Soon Chong, group head of global transaction services at DBS.

A new wave of restructuring is set to shape the healthcare industry after a decade of consolidation.

Bank of America research shows that 71% of healthcare firms expect M&A to increase in the coming year, driven by the need for scale and cost reduction

For many financial institutions it has become more crucial than ever to have a digital transformation strategy to drive growth and become future ready. If banks are to remain competitive they need to find ways to accelerate digital innovation. In an interview Abdullah Abdulkareem Al-Tuwaijri, CEO of consumer, private, and digital banking at Boubyan Bank explains how the bank's digital transformation strategy is shaping the future of the bank.

With its sights on seamless cross-border capabilities, Taiwan's largest lender is opening the door to red-hot investing opportunities in renewable energy in the region.

Under the leadership of CEO Bledar Shella, OTP Bank Albania has assertively grown and developed into one of the country’s leading banks, boasting stellar profits and the type of shareholder returns most western European peers would be envious of.

The transformation of energy, natural resource, oil and gas firms is ramping up. With a host of new entrants, many of these markets will face convergence and the development of new ecosystems.

This is the decade of the electric car, with forecasters expecting sales of electric vehicles to overtake sales of internal combustion engine vehicles in the coming years.

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