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World’s Best SME Banks 2025: Regional Winners

Global Finance

Africa : UBA United Bank for Africa (UBA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. With a portfolio of over a million SME clients and a loan book of $90 million, the bank has been instrumental in ensuring that SMEs remain the engine of growth. The bank also ensures easy transaction processing through its UBA Afritrade and UBA Connect.

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Investment Banking Spring Weeks: The Full Guide

Brian DeChesare

If you go by most online discussions, investment banking spring weeks in the U.K. are as essential as oxygen or high grades if you want to work at a large bank. Banks are also to blame because they now market spring weeks to students as young as 16. How to Apply for Investment Banking Spring Weeks Who Wins Spring Week Offers?

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Ready For Rough Waters

Global Finance

In wholesale banking, our enhanced platforms and sector-specific solutions help finance cross-border businesses, leading to higher fees and cross-border income. We aim to be the number-one cross-border trade bank in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). million customers. million customers.

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Benchmark International is Pleased to Announce it is Sponsoring DEALSOURCING 2022

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As the most efficient networking event of the German corporate banking and finance community, DEALSOURCING provides Benchmark International with the prime opportunity to meet the right contacts for its sell-side mandates, providing us with a unique opportunity to showcase the opportunities we represent.

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Best Financial Innovation Labs 2025

Global Finance

Based in Morocco, Attijariwafa Bank has significant operations in 15 countries in northern and western Africa, along with branches in Europe and Asia. Since its inception, the lab has worked with more than 100 startups, helping them integrate their products into banking use cases. Its innovation department, Wenov, was founded in 2020.

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IVSC Annual General Meeting 2023: A Recap

IVSC

This AGM was no different as it also facilitated meetings with influential European stakeholders, including the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) and Caisse des Depôts et Consignations (CDC), France’s largest state-owned bank.

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Sustainable Finance Awards 2025: Asia-Pacific

Global Finance

Across Asia, banks are deeply embedding adherence to both general ESG principles and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into their core business operations, client relationships, and finance products. In fact, Asian corporations often turn to banks for help setting their own environmental policies and procedures.)

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