Global Finance

Name

Global Finance

Legal name

Global Finance Magazine

Website

https://gfmag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Global Finance publishes a monthly English-language financial magazine in print and digital editions, delivering news, data, and analysis on international finance to corporate finance professionals. Alongside the magazine, it operates an awards platform of 19 distinct annual recognition programs covering global and regional banking categories, fintech, sustainable finance, treasury and cash management, trade finance, FX, custody, private banking, and Islamic finance, plus data services such as the World's Safest Banks rankings.

Product overview

Global Finance is a financial media and awards organization offering a unified platform of publication content and recognition programs. The core offering is the Global Finance Magazine (print and digital editions), which provides news, analysis, and data on international finance. The publication operates extensive awards programs spanning banking, fintech, trade finance, sustainable finance, treasury management, and Islamic finance across multiple regions. Additional offerings include data and rankings services including the World's Safest Banks rankings, economic data, and country-level financial intelligence. The portfolio includes 19 distinct award programs covering various financial services sectors and geographic markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gordon Platt Foreign Exchange Awards: World's Best FX Banks awards program
• The Innovator Awards
• World's Best Bank Awards
• Sustainable Finance Awards
• Digital Bank Awards
• Treasury & Cash Management Awards
• Sub-Custodian Bank Awards
• Safest Banks Rankings
• Central Banker Report Cards
• Stars of China
• SME Bank Awards
• Private Bank Awards

Products and services

• Global Finance Magazine Monthly print and digital publication delivering news, data, and analysis on international finance to corporate financial professionals.
• World's Best Banks Awards Annual awards program recognizing excellence across banking categories globally, including regional best bank awards.
• The Innovators Awards Annual awards program recognizing the most innovative banks and fintech companies globally and regionally.
• Digital Bank Awards Awards program recognizing excellence in digital banking, judged in partnership with Infosys.
• AI in Finance Awards Awards program recognizing artificial intelligence innovation in financial services, judged in partnership with CGI.
• Sustainable Finance Awards Annual awards recognizing leadership in sustainable finance across green bonds, social bonds, and sustainability-linked financing.
• Treasury & Cash Management Awards Annual awards recognizing excellence in treasury and cash management systems and services globally.
• Trade Finance Awards Awards recognizing the world's best trade finance providers across multiple regions and categories.
• Gordon Platt Foreign Exchange Awards Annual FX awards recognizing the world's best foreign exchange banks and FX technology providers.
• World's Safest Banks Rankings Annual rankings of the world's safest banks based on composite scoring of ratings from Fitch, Moody's, and Standard & Poor's.
• Best Investment Bank Awards Annual awards recognizing the world's best investment banks across multiple categories.
• Best Islamic Financial Institutions Annual awards recognizing the world's best Islamic financial institutions.
• SME Bank Awards Annual awards recognizing excellence in SME banking across 74+ countries and territories.
• Stars of China Awards Annual awards recognizing the best Chinese banks, fintech companies, and asset management firms.
• Private Banking Awards Annual awards recognizing excellence in private banking and wealth management.
• Best Sub-Custodian Bank Awards Annual awards recognizing excellence in sub-custodian banking across regions and countries.
• Data & Rankings Service Economic data, country rankings, and non-economic data including happiest countries, safest banks, and technological advancement indices.
• World's Best Financial Innovation Labs Awards recognizing financial innovation laboratories and their experimentation in financial services technology.
• Supply Chain Finance Awards Awards recognizing excellence in supply chain finance solutions and providers.

Quantifiable outcome

• BPA audited print circulation of 50,000 readers in 193 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• InfosyscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026Infosys serves as the official judging partner for Global Finance's Digital Bank Awards, providing world-class panel of judges to evaluate bank entries for the competition. Winners are selected by Infosys judges with final selection made by Global Finance editors.
• CGIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026CGI serves as judging partner for the AI in Finance Awards, evaluating bank entries submitted for the competition. Winners are selected by CGI judges with final selection made by Global Finance editors.
• CIB EgyptflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026CIB Egypt is the content partner for Global Finance's Middle East-Africa Trade Corridor content hub, exploring trends, opportunities, and institutions powering stronger commercial ties between the two regions. The partnership provides sponsored content and editorial coverage.

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• The Banker: FT-owned financial industry magazine publishing bank rankings (e.g., Top 1000 World Banks) and awards for global banking — directly comparable to Global Finance's magazine-plus-rankings-plus-awards model targeting the same international banking audience.
• Euromoney Institutional Investor: Long-running international finance magazine and events group that publishes Euromoney and runs awards across banking, FX, capital markets, and sustainable finance — competing head-to-head with Global Finance for bank marketing budgets and award entries.
• Institutional Investor: Financial media brand covering asset management, banking, and capital markets with a heavy awards and rankings portfolio (e.g., Hedge Fund Awards, All-America Research Team) — analogous operating model to Global Finance's editorial-plus-recognition franchise.
• Central Banking Publications: Specialist publisher covering central banks with its own magazine, awards (including Central Bank of the Year), and report cards — directly comparable niche authority model to Global Finance's Central Banker Report Cards and sustainable/treasury coverage.
• Treasury & Risk Magazine: Specialist magazine and awards program focused on corporate treasury, cash management, and risk — overlapping directly with Global Finance's Treasury & Cash Management Awards and FX coverage.
• CFO Magazine (CFO Dive / Informa): Long-running CFO-facing financial publication and award franchise targeting senior finance decision-makers — overlapping with Global Finance's core readership of corporate finance professionals and treasury executives.
• GlobalCapital (Euromoney group): International capital markets magazine and bond-awards franchise covering investment banking, FIG, and DCM — competes with Global Finance's Best Investment Bank Awards and Sustainable Finance programs for the same wholesale-banking audience.

Emerging players

• Risk.net (Incisive Media / Risk Awards): Specialist risk-management publication with annual Risk Awards — adjacent rather than directly overlapping with Global Finance, but competes for the same bank marketing wallet in adjacent finance verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Media: Much larger financial media and data incumbent with global coverage, video, events, and proprietary rankings — a broad incumbent against whose scale and digital product Global Finance must compete for reader attention and ad spend.
• Financial Times (Nikkei group): Global financial daily and digital subscription business with deep banking, sustainable finance, and FX coverage and an events arm — competes for the same senior corporate finance reader and advertiser base that Global Finance targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GFmag
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Global_Finance
• Facebookfacebook.com/129857820367957
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-finance-magazine

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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