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Paolo Sironi, IBM: Mind the Gap Between Small-Medium Businesses and Their Banks
Financial services are adapting to better serve SMEs, but a gap remains between what banks offer and what these businesses truly need. Financial services are particularly susceptible to fluctuations in macroeconomic conditions, as starkly illustrated by the 2008 financial crisis
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Boutiques Bet Big on 2025: Talent Wars and the Push for Revenue
The investment banking sector is gearing up for what could be a transformative year in 2025. Following a year of buoyant markets and unexpected resilience in dealmaking, Wall Street firms, particularly boutiques, are positioning themselves for a high-stakes rebound. With
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Banks and Work-Life Balance: A Step in the Right Direction
How BNY Mellon’s Recharge Period Sets a New Benchmark for Employee Well-Being The finance industry and work-life balance have long been uneasy bedfellows. Despite periodic efforts by banks to improve working conditions, many employees remain sceptical, often dismissing these initiatives
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KBC Group: A Digital-First Pioneer with an Eye on Sustainability and Growth
KBC Group has positioned itself as a leader in the financial services sector by combining its digital-first with a human touch approach, sustainable strategies, and wide geographic reach. With the Pearl+ strategy at its core and an innovative bancassurance model,
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Johan Thijs: Steering KBC to Continued Success
Johan Thijs, CEO of KBC Group, is one of Europe’s most successful corporate leaders. Under his guidance, the group has flourished as a top player in banking and insurance, all while remaining firmly rooted in his values-driven leadership. A Transformative
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From Barter to Blockchain: Banking Through the Ages
From trading seashells to investing in crypto, our relationship with money and financial institutions has seen some serious changes… For millennia, money in its various forms has been the lifeblood of human civilisation. From barter systems to sophisticated digital networks,
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Is Islamic Finance Now Mainstream?
Combatting usury, ensuring ethical standards, and sweeping the world: a new financial cornerstone emerges. Islamic finance has progressively gained traction in the global financial scene, transitioning from niche to mainstream alternative. This rise has been driven by factors including the
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Literally Centuries of Experience and Expertise Behind This Bank
The oldest financial institution in Germany has been going strong since the 16th Century… Berenberg is Germany’s oldest private bank — founded in 1590. Over the centuries, it has embraced change but preserved its values. Owned and led by the
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Investing in Africa: What to Know About Impact Funding… and More
Thavin Audit, deputy head of corporate and investment banking at Bank One, explores how Mauritius and the Middle East could partner for deeper impact financing. Bank One has gleaned — and shared — some exclusive insights from a meeting with
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Small is Beautiful in Banking: Little US Institutions Form a Financial Backbone
Yerbol Orynbayev, former Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and World Bank governor, reports for CFI.co on the American banking sector. In the US, there are some 4,001 community banks and 134 regional ones. The majority of the country’s banking system
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