Entries for 2020

Meeting customer preferences is at the center of both the digital transformation of finance and Islamic banking. In this episode, Bassel Gamal, Qatar Islamic Bank’s Group CEO, shares his experience with these two innovation journeys and how they intersect.

On June 30th, the IIF hosted our first ever event dedicated to central banking - Central Banking in the Age of COVID-19. This week's episode of The Big Questions recaps some of the most interesting moments.

In response to the request for a waiver from private lenders stating that a request from sovereign borrowers for forbearance from official creditors would not constitute an event of default, we are very pleased to published this “G20 DSSI Template Waiver Letter Agreement.” 

The IIF has responded to the consultation of the European Commission on the mandate for Europol.

Leon Saunders Calvert, Head of Sustainable Finance, Lipper and I&A Insights, Refinitiv, joined Sonja Gibbs, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, Global Policy Initiatives at the IIF on this week's ESG Webinar to explore sustainable finance market trends. 

The IIF submitted comments to the European Banking Authority on their recent consultation on money laundering and terrorist financing risk factor guidelines. 

Deem Finance CRO Torsten Kleine Buening joins us to discuss the ethical use of data and preserving customer trust, and the implications of the COVID experience for technologies such as digital identity and machine learning.

Giel Linthorst, Director Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure, Guidehouse; Executive Director, PCAF, joined Sonja Gibbs, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, Global Policy Initiatives, at the IIF for this week's edition of the IIF ESG Webinar Series.

Managing Director and Chief Economist of the IIF, Robin Brooks, joinsThe Big Questions again this week to discuss what he sees as a "painful and slow" US labor market recovery post-COVID-19.