BNP Paribas’s Instanea instant payments initiation solution is a benchmark for how corporates can benefit from open banking, explains Carlo Bovero, global head of cards and retail payments at BNP Paribas, and Neil Pein, co-global head of Axepta BNP Paribas and head of payments transformation.

Digital transformation is beginning to have a profound impact on the advice, services and products that banks such as Ahli United Bank provide to their retail and private banking customers.

Rapid and widespread digital adoption by banking customers, and accelerated digitalisation across financial services in response to Covid-19, have expanded the opportunity for fraud, and money laundering in particular.

Dr Louise Beaumont works with legislators and regulators to create disruption, with corporates to cope with disruption, and with start-ups to exploit disruption – with open and accessible data as the guiding principle. She is an expert in innovations in Open Banking, Open Finance, Lending and Payments.

In the course of a difficult year, China Merchants Bank’s private banking business has gone from strength to strength, extending its lead over domestic rivals and solidifying its position among the international top tier.

Sustainable finance is no longer just a virtue-signalling additional option to have in the corporate toolbox. It is a core part of a broader purpose, says Societe Generale’s Alexandre Maymat, head of global transaction and payment services.

Standard Chartered’s refreshed strategy in Ghana is proving a success story.

BBVA is an organization with a transformational purpose: to create a positive impact on the lives of people, companies and society as a whole and “to bring the age of opportunity to everyone.”

Digital transformation is a long term, ongoing strategy that has gained even greater momentum at Ping An Bank this year, complementing the entire group’s commitment to continuous innovation. For its outstanding achievement, the bank is named “World’s Best Digital Bank” in Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence 2020.

Green and sustainable finance are gaining support in the United Arab Emirates, although risk considerations have also gained a new prominence.

Sustainability considerations are gaining significant ground in Canadian financing and investing, though investors in particular still report some obstacles to full engagement.

Improving financial inclusion is a key objective of CIB’s African expansion – a strategy that is already gaining momentum outside Egypt.

CIB is at the forefront of innovation in Egyptian banking through its involvement in a number of initiatives designed to accelerate digital transformation.

For the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the outlook is stability, resilience and, in time, growth.

China's dynamic market sees scope for innovation when it comes to sustainable finance, however old habits persist when it comes to coal.

In late October we spoke in-person, in Dubai, to Joel Van Dusen, head of corporate and investment banking at Mashreq Bank, to understand how the bank and its clients were navigating the long journey that the pandemic has become.

One of the world’s largest banks, Bank of China has become a leader in international cash management services by continuously developing and refining its offering to multinational institutions and enterprises.

The response of Commercial International Bank (CIB) to the coronavirus crisis can be seen as validation of a long-term strategy to become a more customer-centric and sustainable organization.