Global Finance

Private credit funds are reckoning with an uncomfortable truth: More investors want out than the funds are built to let leave. Investors are asking to pull 10% to 16% of some funds in a single quarter pushed out by fears about rising defaults, less deal activity and concerns over how managers value loans that never trade. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/private-credit/pri… #GlobalFinance #PrivateCredit #PrivateCreditFunds #CorporateFinance

DTCC Raises the Stakes for Tokenization Tokenization of real-world assets, including treasury bonds and equities, is growing rapidly. Their global value stands at roughly $400 billion today and could soar to $5.5 trillion by 2030. Yet the numbers alone may not tell the whole story. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/technology/dtcc-ra… #GlobalFinance #DTCC #Tokenization #Technology

Binance's $6.3 Billion Hack Exposes the Risks of Crypto Treasuries On Oct 29, a hacker stole approximately $6.3 billion from crypto exchange operator Binance. The company initially blamed a compromised laptop belonging to a DevOps engineer, but investigators later found multiple breach points, highlighting the security risks of crypto treasury. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/news/binance-hack-… #globalfinance #News #Crypto #CryptoTreasury #Binance

The White House’s acquisition of stakes in US companies raises questions about conflicts of interest. The Trump administration has joined a growing number of governments embracing industrial policy, often at the expense of strict free-market doctrine. Click the link below to find out more gfmag.com/economics-policy-r… #GlobalFinance #Economics #NorthAmerica

Canada Turns to Europe as US Trade Ties Fray After failed attempts to appease Washington, PM Mark Carney is pivoting to Europe, which has floated making Canada the EU’s first “associate member.” gfmag.com/economics-policy-r… #GlobalFinance #NorthAmerica #Trade #GlobalEconomy #TransactionBanker

US bank failures hit six in 2026, the most since 2017. Warning sign or coincidence? Experts say the failures are small, but the risks exposed in 2023 haven’t fully gone away. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/banking/us-bank-fa… #GlobalFinance #NorthAmerica #BankingExecutive #Banking #CorporateFinance

Why Has Romania’s Economic Growth Hit a Wall? Romania has a thriving tech sector, unicorns like UiPath and regional stars like OMV Petrom, yet its economy has veered off track, making it an outlier in an upbeat region. Read more: gfmag.com/economics-policy-r… #GlobalFinance #CountryRisk #EconomicRisk #CentralEasternEurope #BankingExecutive

Global Finance’s Best Bank Awards 2026: Ceremony Highlights Relive the best moments from Global Finance’s Best Bank Awards ceremony at the renowned Dusit Thani Bangkok. Congratulations to this year’s winners, institutions that have shown resilience and strong asset quality amid global volatility and growing fintech competition. #GlobalFinance #Awards #GlobalEconomy #BankingExecutive

Global Salon: Laying the Foundations for a $3.5 Trillion Empire Apex Group founder Peter Hughes challenges Jeff Bezos’s prediction of an AI-driven labor shortage and defends private credit against claims it’s broken. Click the link below to find out more on the partner content: gfmag.com/capital-raising-co… #GlobalFinance #PrivateCredit #ArtificialIntelligence #BankingExecutive

Cross-Border Payments Adapt To The Gig Economy As remote talent surges globally, legacy banking is giving way to instant, borderless payouts. The World Bank estimates that there are up to 435 million gig workers worldwide, a workforce that is helping reshape the estimated $191 trillion cross-border payments market. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/banking/cross-bord… #GlobalFinance #TransactionBanking #GlobalEconomy #BankingExecutive

Digital Bank & AI in Finance Awards Ceremony Highlights Check out the highlights from the iconic Raffles Hotel Singapore and Global Finance’s Best Digital Bank & AI in Finance Awards ceremony! A big congratulations to the winning institutions that are setting the benchmark for the next evolution of digital finance. #GlobalFinance #ArtificialIntelligence #BankingTechnology #FinanceTechnology #Awards

Is Bank of America’s AML Penalty a Wall Street Warning? Shareholders took note of Bank America’s $1.2 billion non-tax-deductible penalty, a record setting third largest fine that slashed 17 cents off its per-share net income. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/banking/bank-of-am… #GlobalFinance #CommercialBanking #CorporateFinance #NorthAmerica

When Uber Technologies’ run through three rounds of layoffs and cut 10% of its global corporate team, you must look beyond its formal statements. The company is pouring up to $10 billion over the next few years in self-driving cars and autonomous vehicle networks, raising a question, are corporate layoffs becoming the funding mechanism for an automated future? Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/technology/uber-ea… #GlobalFinance #Technology #Uber #GlobalEconomy

Europe’s CFOs Sing the Blues European CFOs face increasing economic uncertainty, shifting priorities toward cost discipline and resilience. A Deloitte survey conducted on European CFOs showed that 48% of respondents were less optimistic about their companies’ prospects than they were six months earlier. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/capital-raising-co… #GlobalFinance #Finance #Europe

East Africa Moves to Create Payments Market. East Africa is beginning to transform the national payment systems used by millions of businesses and consumers into infrastructure for a more integrated regional market. The emerging strategy will connect existing systems, enabling money to move between countries more efficiently, Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/technology/east-af… #Finance #GlobalFinance #technology

G-24 Urges Inclusive Growth and Dept Reform at Bangkok Meetings. Borrowing costs and debt financing were the focal point as the G-24 addressed reporters during the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok. Click the link below to find out more: gfmag.com/economics-policy-r… #Finance #IMF #Economics