Global Finance announces its selections for the World’s Best Banks 2025, including its honoree for the World’s Best Bank, which is being revealed here for the first time. The 2025 World’s Best Bank is Societe Generale.
“Societe Generale stood out from its competition in the past year. Its global presence, deep local market knowledge, broad range of innovative corporate and consumer offerings, and leadership in sustainable finance have helped the bank deliver strong growth and even stronger profitability,” said Joseph Giarraputo, founder and editorial director of Global Finance. “For more than three decades, corporate and banking leaders have used Global Finance’s Best Bank Awards to identify financial partners that provide the most robust products and services and comprehensive industry expertise.”
Societe Generale has further been selected as The World’s Best Frontier Market Bank
“Whether it is enabling businesses to interact with the local or global economy, Societe Generale is the leading provider of financial products and services for the frontier markets. The bank’s broad portfolio of offerings ranges from the latest digital banking advancements to assistance in moving to more sustainable infrastructures that are tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises,” said Joseph Giarraputo, founder and editorial director of Global Finance. “For more than three decades, corporate and banking leaders have used Global Finance’s Best Bank Awards to identify financial partners that provide the most robust products and services and comprehensive industry expertise.”
Also being revealed here for the first time are the following global honorees: World’s Best Corporate Bank – BBVA, World’s Best Consumer Bank – State Bank of India, World’s Best Emerging Market Bank – J.P. Morgan, World’s Best Frontier Market Bank – Societe Generale and World’s Best Sub-Custodian Bank – CIBC Mellon.
Editorial Coverage of Societe Generale
The full World’s Best Banks report will be featured in Global Finance’s October print and digital editions, as well as online at GFMag.com.
Global Finance will honor the World’s Best Banks 2025 on the morning of October 18 at the annual World’s Best Bank Awards Ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, DC during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings.
Winners were selected based on performance over the past year and other criteria including reputation and management excellence. Global Finance’s editorial board made the selections with input from corporate financial executives, analysts and bankers throughout the world. The editors also used entries submitted by banks for Global Finance’s 2025 awards programs, in addition to independent research, to evaluate a series of objective and subjective factors.
Societe Generale recognitions throughout 2025
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