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Revolut-ionary Man: CEO Nikolay Storonsky Aims to Become Amazon of Finance
Revolut founder and CEO Nikolay Storonsky has an intimate view on the crisis in Ukraine By BRENDAN FILIPOVSKI Nikolay Storonsky, the CEO of Revolut, the UK’s most valuable fintech, was born and raised near Moscow — to a Ukrainian father.
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Kathrein Privatbank: Investing Today in the Trends of Tomorrow — with Panache
For Kathrein Privatbank, 2021 was all about innovation. In addition to adopting a new brand identity, it worked intensively on expanding its product range. In troubled times such as these — overshadowed by war in Ukraine, supply chain problems, and
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QNB ALAHLI: Covering All of a Country’s Financial Needs — but Never Losing that Personal Touch
QNB ALAHLI, established in April 1978, is the second-largest private bank in Egypt, and one of the country’s leading financial institutions. The full-service bank is organised around several diversified business lines, serving corporate, individual, professional and SME clients through a
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Digital Transformation Shapes the Future of AUB
Digital transformation is set to have a profound impact on the future of global banking networks such as Ahli United Bank. Ahli United Bank (AUB) was created in May 2000 out of a merger between Al-Ahli Commercial Bank and United
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Fausto Ribeiro, CEO of Banco do Brasil: Green Dreams Coming True as Brazilian Bank Focuses on ESG
The financial sector has a key role to play in the transition to a new model. At Banco do Brasil, sustainable credit represents 37.5 percent of the total portfolio. Sustainability and environmental, social and governance issues have been steadily gaining
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World Bank: Investment Push Needed for Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development
As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 crisis, we face a world with a serious ‘reversal’ problem – a reversal in development progress made over the last 20 years, of a magnitude not seen in a generation. It
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Erickson Davis: Forging Strong Relationships in European Capital Markets After a Return to the Fold
Don’t tell Erickson Davis you can’t go home again. Davis, an American citizen, re-joined investment bank KBW (Keefe, Bruyette & Woods) in April 2019 as Head of European Equities. Such was his impact, across both borders and product lines, that
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IBM on Banks’ Reinvention Imperative: Don’t Leave Money On the Table!
The ability to change and digitally adapt has been a defining feature of business during the pan-demic. According to IBM, the Institute for Business Value (IBV), almost 60% of business lead-ers said they had already begun dramatically accelerating their companies’
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World Bank on Sustainable Recovery: The Need for Long-Term Financing
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every country’s health system and economy to a degree not seen for a century or more. In developing countries, mounting an adequate response to address these simultaneous shocks has created fiscal challenges, especially for those
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IBM Thought Leadership: Transparency Makes the Invisible Hand Visible Again, And Inclusive
Paolo Sironi is the global research leader in Banking and Financial Markets at IBM, Institute of Business Value. IBV is the thought leadership centre of IBM. Financial markets and economic systems are still exposed to periodic collapses, notwithstanding unprecedented institutional
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