Indonesia has launched a new regulatory regime, placing some of the country’s most important commodities under centralised state control. The policy, announced by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in late May,… read more →
Lex Greensill, a former financier who fell from grace in 2021 following a high-profile financial scandal, has been banned from directing a company in the UK for nine years. Ahead… read more →
On Wednesday, 3 June, Ghana and the UK signed a new growth partnership worth up to £215 million, revealed the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. The deal involves a… read more →
The UK’s public finance institution National Wealth Fund is committing £200 million to support the country’s largest port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) in a major port infrastructure programme, the… read more →
Recently proposed stablecoin regulations may need to be loosened to enable the UK industry to develop and compete internationally, found a report released today, 3 June, by the House of… read more →
On Tuesday, 2 June, Mizuho announced it has adopted enterprise resource planning (ERP) specialist SAP’s multi-bank connectivity solution, making it the first Japanese bank to do so. The solution allows… read more →
On Thursday, 28 May, Glasgow Prestwick Airport confirmed the launch of a new direct cargo route to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, projected to boost Scottish exports into China. In June… read more →
Seven central banks and over 40 commercial banks have participated in a successful prototype of Project Agorá, an initiative to test the feasibility of a multi-currency shared programmable platform. A… read more →
China’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) and provincial authorities are stepping up their crackdown on container lines engaging in freight rate filing violations, in the fourth cycle of an enforcement programme… read more →
On Wednesday, 27 May, British bank NatWest announced its partnership with specialist artificial intelligence (AI) provider Cleareye.ai. Through adopting Cleareye.ai’s AI-powered platform, ClearTrade, NatWest aims to automate data extraction and… read more →
