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Banco Société Générale Moçambique: Established, Respected, Clear on Priorities, and Transparent in All its Dealings
Mozambique institution has a major European player as a shareholder — and an A rating from S&P… With a presence in the country since 2015, Banco Société Générale Moçambique is a member of the Société Générale Group, one of the
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Berenberg: Strategic Asset Allocation in a Higher Interest Rate Environment
For the first time in many years, interest rates have risen noticeably in 2022 and 2023, and as a result, conditions on bond markets have changed rapidly since then. What some are calling a regime change is, in fact, a
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Strategy, Inclusion, Compliance and Customer-Centricity: MauBank Has All of Its Priorities Firmly In Place
CFI.co in discussion with Vishuene Vydelingum, Chief Executive Officer of MauBank. MauBank is licensed as a commercial bank by the Bank of Mauritius, the country’s central bank and the nation’s banking regulator. MauBank is headquartered in Ebene CyberCity on the
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The Swiss Never Miss When it Comes to Perfecting Trade Finance Solutions
Over three decades of experience in developing solutions for the trade finance community. MIT Make Intuitive Tech SA (MITech) is a Swiss-based fintech firm specialising in the development of banking software solutions for the trade finance community. Founded in 1984
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A Merger that Sparked a Revolution in India’s Modern Banking Universe
Despite its twists and turns, the harmonious merger between a fintech NBFC and an Infrastructure Bank turned into a massive success and an enduring example for future such mergers. India’s IDFC FIRST Bank started out with a vision: to build
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Dollar Strains — Our Currency, Your Problem: Specialised Investment Research and Analysis from PGM Global Inc.
Unlike their DM counterparts, EM central banks have started to cut rates, in some cases aggressively, to offset weakening growth amid high inflation. The rate cuts and the weaker global growth outlook have hurt EM equities and local currency bonds.
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World Bank: The Digitalisation of Capital Markets Can Boost Bond Market Efficiencies
Since its creation in 1944, the World Bank has issued bonds to raise funds from private investors that have mobilised close to $1tn for sustainable development projects and programmes in middle-income countries. But while both the World Bank and the
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Keeping Pace With Client Needs, Staying Ahead of the Market, and Driving Custodian Bank Evolution
The role of custodian banks has evolved to include the proactive anticipation of market and client needs — while driving positive change. Institutions in African markets have stepped up to the fast-moving, multi-jurisdictional and multi-currency landscape. They put in place
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Pioneering Shari’ah Finance Philosophy with a Go-Ahead, Client-Centric Stance
Collaboration and consideration of diversity has taken MIB to the forefront of banking in Maldives The story of the Maldives Islamic Bank, the first and only fully Shari’ah-compliant bank in the South Asian country, is one of collaboration. The Islamic
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Gimme an E! Gimme an S! Gimme a G! What Does that Spell? Future Prosperity — and a Healthy Planet
Society has always demanded that companies serve a social purpose — and Hungary’s MBH Bank has consistently stepped up to that mark… Leading Hungarian financial institution MBH Bank has lofty aims — and an ambitious strategy to match. It wants
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