Commercial Lending Market Insight - Q2 2025
Greenwich Report
Higher tariff rates and uncertainty around trade policy are dampening projections for lending activity for the remainder of the year.
AI in banking: Obstacles to transformation
Greenwich Blog
For banks, the process of adopting AI has been neither easy nor smooth. Corporate and commercial banks have deployed valuable AI use cases for some specific front-office applications. In many other areas, however, progress has been slow.
Corporates in the Middle East resolutely optimistic in the face of global headwinds
Greenwich Report
Large companies in the Middle East are taking advantage of economic tailwinds to grow their businesses as they shore up capital positions and balance sheets to adjust to evolving macroeconomic and business conditions.
Unlocking growth: Islamic finance sees global expansion
Greenwich Report
The global Islamic finance industry has exhibited substantial growth, with assets reaching $5.4 trillion as of 2024 and forecasted to expand to $9.75 trillion by 2029, representing a CAGR of 10%.
Executives expressed mixed sentiments on the new administration, but are largely concerned with new tariff policies, inflation and unemployment. Executives’ state that ease of doing business is the most important factor in determining whether banks...
U.S. corporate banking: A new digital ecosystem emerges
Greenwich Report
A push by large U.S. companies to more closely link internal treasury systems to bank platforms is helping create a new digital corporate banking ecosystem tailored to an era of digital commerce and real-time payments.
Commercial Lending Market Insight - Q1 2025
Greenwich Report
Commercial and industrial loan demand surged in 2024, driven by rate cuts and improving economic sentiment. But can this momentum continue into 2025? Uncertainty about the business environment threatens to slow growth.
Corporate banks in Europe target existing clients for growth
Greenwich Report
Rather than devoting new resources to win relationships with new companies, European corporate banks and their international counterparts are targeting existing clients for growth.