Spain’s second-largest bank is set to become Europe’s third-largest lender by market value, behind HSBC and Santander. BBVA increased its hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell by 10%, to 17 billion euros (about $20 billion). The revised allshare proposal – one BBVA share for every 4.8376 Sabadell shares – would eliminate the previous cash component. … Read more
Rajesh and Akash discuss how Intellect helps banks and financial institutions achieve complete digital transformation, navigate global uncertainties, improve profitability and stay on schedule. GF: What specific challenges do banks face in their digital transformation initiatives? Rajesh Saxena: When looking at digital transformation and large-scale transformation, I think the most important aspect is that it … Read more
President Donald Trump opposes longstanding U.S. immigration rules. In a September proclamation, Trump imposed a one-time $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications, which allows skilled foreign workers to be temporarily employed in the United States. The White House says the program was exploited, facilitating the large-scale replacement of American workers. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s … Read more
Rohini Jain, CFO at business payments platform Bill, has strong opinions on how artificial intelligence is transforming the role of finance, the future of cross-border payments and the challenges facing SMEs in today’s economic environment. Global Finance: How is AI changing finance? Rohini Jain: I have worked in finance for over two decades. Early on, … Read more
Les luttes tarifaires, l’augmentation de la dette américaine et la volatilité des politiques pèsent sur l’expansion mondiale, même si les investissements dans l’IA alimentent une certaine résilience. Cette année a été mouvementée, marquée par l’incertitude quant aux politiques économiques mondiales. Les tarifs douaniers américains restent indéfinis dans leur forme et leur portée, alimentant l’instabilité. La … Read more
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum (ETH) continues to strengthen its bullish trajectory, rising above $4,700 as expanding global liquidity and institutional demand fuel optimism for a breakout toward $5,000. The world’s second-largest crypto asset is increasingly correlated with global M2 money supply growth, suggesting that macroeconomic … Read more
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In a wide-ranging September interview with Bitcoin Magazine, MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor condensed five years of corporate experimentation into a stark, almost mechanical blueprint for what he calls Bitcoin’s “endgame”: accumulate an unprecedented stockpile of the asset as digital capital, then … Read more
More than 30 of the biggest banks around the world join the design, development and testing of the new offer, Swift announced to the Sibos conference. The big news of this year’s Sibos conference in Frankfurt came at the opening on Monday. Swift has announced that it would add a big book based on blockchain … Read more
The uncertainties of exchanges, prices and interest rates make effective management of species management, which makes the role of the treasury more vital than ever. Treasury management can be the decisive priority of the 2025 treasury, because CFOs re -evaluate their exposure to tariff schemes, interest rate changes and geopolitical volatility, firmly placing liquidity at … Read more
Leading Lights of Faith: How Today’s Global Religious Leaders Are Changing the World. The Modern Faith Leader — Moral Architect, Diplomat, Humanitarian What does it truly mean to be a religious leader in 2025? Gone are the days when spiritual leadership was confined to the pulpit, temple, or monastery. Today, religious leaders have stepped firmly … Read more