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The Banker’s Top 100 CEE Banks 2023

December 1, 2023

Polish and Czech banks dominate the top 10 based on Tier 1 capital, with Hungary’s OTP Bank pipping PKO Bank Polski to first spot this year.

Calixto Garcia-Velez

Banesco USA’s CEO bullish on south Florida and Puerto Rico

November 30, 2023

CEO and president Calixto Garcia-Velez explains how the bank is dealing with current commercial real estate woes, while anticipating double-digit loan portfolio growth for 2024.

EU instant payments

Banks face tougher requirements as EU reaches provisional agreement on instant payments

November 30, 2023

Euro instant payments are to become universally available under a provisional agreement between the European Commission and European Parliament, but its requirements may pose challenges for banks.

Ajay Banga Marrakech

Collaboration is welcome, but size matters for multilateral development banks

November 30, 2023

Annalisa Prizzon, principal research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, explains the importance of the upcoming IDA financing replenishment round for MDBs.

Christoph Boschan

Boosting the Wiener Börse’s competitiveness

November 29, 2023

The head of the Vienna Stock Exchange tells Michael Klimes why Europe needs a strategic vision to drive competition in the bloc’s capital markets.

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Who will benefit the most from Latam’s rise in banking-as-a-service?

November 29, 2023

BaaS is thriving in Latin America, where it is slowly replacing traditional banking services with new systems that put accessibility, simplicity and speed at the core.

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Euroclear’s first blockchain bond presents a bridge between DLT and traditional infrastructure

November 29, 2023

A €100m World Bank bond was settled on a T+0 basis and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Maxwell Opoku-Afari and Kwamina Duker

‘Don’t waste a crisis’: Ghana’s road to recovery

November 29, 2023

The first deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana and the CEO of Development Bank Ghana share their plans to steer the west African country out of its ongoing economic crisis.

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Swedish banks face mixed prospects for 2024

November 28, 2023

The country’s slow growth and investment outlook will reduce demand for mortgages, a key growth driver for its retail banks.

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Ethiopia finalises banking liberalisation rules as foreign currency challenges mount

November 27, 2023

Mamo Mihretu, governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, talks about progress on the country’s debt restructuring talks, the fight against inflation and plans to encourage foreign investment in the country. 

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