The European payments industry is improving by leaps and bounds. Their economy is experiencing seismic changes, regarding shifts in real-time payments, integration of artificial intelligence (AI) software, and regulatory shifts.… read more →
It’s often easier to ship from Lagos to London than it is from Lagos to Nairobi: a fact which illustrates the nascent stages of intercontinental transport in the continent, but… read more →
UBS will wind down a number of funds by the end of the year, many of which have significant First Brands exposure, the Financial Times reported.
Trade finance is being reshaped by three intertwined pressures: sustainability, digitalisation, and geopolitical turbulence. As emerging markets push for economic growth, banks face the difficult task of balancing development needs… read more →
Latin America (LatAm) is undergoing significant transformations in its financial technology (fintech) landscape. At the 2025 Sibos conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Silvia Andreoletti, Senior Reporter at Trade Finance Global (TFG), … read more →
Banks operating today are facing a myriad of challenges, from tariff adaptation to tech adoption. Multinational institutions must further grapple with changing regulations in a number of jurisdictions, on top… read more →
In 1878, just a few years after an early version of the incandescent lightbulb had been invented by English physicist Joseph Swan, a British parliamentary report on the new technology… read more →
The ninth Annual African Financial Markets Index, launched today by multinational African bank Absa, shows a continent that has remained relatively stable despite tariff and geopolitical turbulence, where ambitious reforms… read more →
The accession means Moldovan users can now send and receive euros with processing times of less than 24 hours and substantially lower fees than previously available. International transfers that formerly… read more →
Yesterday, at the Sibos 2025 conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Visa announced it would launch a stablecoin prefunding pilot through Visa Direct, its real-time digital payments network. The pilot will enable… read more →
