Intelligence, Recognition and Trust for Global Banking
The Global Banker is an independent publisher of news, research, data and recognition for the leaders of the banking and finance industry. Everything we publish rests on primary sources and is held to published standards.
A Standard of Evidence for an Industry Built on Trust
Banking runs on confidence: in balance sheets, in counterparties and in the information on which decisions are made. The Global Banker exists to serve that confidence.
We report on the institutions, markets and policy decisions that shape the industry, and we hold every figure we publish to the source from which it came. Our coverage spans the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa, from the largest global banking groups to the markets where the next generation of institutions is being built.
We write for those who lead banks and financial institutions: boards, executive committees and the heads of finance, risk and strategy, and for those who supervise, invest in and advise them. Our purpose is to tell them not only what has happened, but what it means for their institutions.
Six Disciplines, One Standard
From daily reporting to an annual awards season, every part of The Global Banker is built on the same foundation: primary sources, clear dating and independent judgement.
Banking News
Sourced reporting on results, leadership appointments, mergers and acquisitions, regulation and central-bank policy across the world’s banking markets.
Read the latestTGB Intelligence
Six research series, from the Weekly Research Note to the Annual Banking Outlook. Each report states the period it covers and the date to which its information is current.
Explore the researchRankings and Markets
The TGB Bank Rankings compare the world’s largest banking groups on audited figures under one published methodology, alongside banking-sector profiles of 55 markets.
TGB Magazine
Our quarterly review of global banking: the defining developments of each quarter, set out with the analysis and data behind them.
Read the magazineThe Global Banker Awards
Six programmes recognising excellence in banking and finance at global, regional and country level, decided by independent assessment and an Independent Panel of senior leaders.
Discover the AwardsSolutions
Custom intelligence, media partnerships, events and accreditation for institutions that wish to work with us, conducted entirely separately from our editorial work.
What Our Readers Can Rely On
Our standards are published in full, and they apply to everything we produce: news, research, rankings, market profiles and awards.
Primary Sources
Central banks, regulators, official statistics, company filings and exchange announcements. We do not publish figures we cannot support.
Precision
Every figure is checked against the original document, including its unit, currency and period, and dated to the information it reflects.
Independence
Advertising, partnerships and commercial services have no bearing on our coverage, our research conclusions, our rankings or the outcome of any award.
Discretion
Information entrusted to us, from awards submissions to commissioned research, is held in confidence and used only for the purpose for which it was given.
Recognition Earned on Merit
In 2027 The Global Banker opens its inaugural awards season: six programmes spanning performance, AI transformation, retail finance, transaction finance, customer experience and sustainable finance.
Each programme recognises achievement at three levels, on evidence assessed by our analysts and decided by an Independent Panel of senior leaders.
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Every enquiry is directed to the team responsible and answered in confidence.