In recent years, the wave of artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies has swept across nearly all aspects of our human experiences: AI adoption has nearly tripled in the last… read more →

Global banks have retreated from emerging markets, citing regulatory complexity, geopolitical uncertainty, and rising compliance costs. This has left gaps that neither corporates nor local financial institutions can easily fill.… read more →

The losses to the global financial ecosystem caused by fraud and non-payment are immense, but pain points are most acutely felt in emerging markets. This makes the need to increase… read more →

Coface downgraded four countries and 23 industries in its June Risk Review, which paints a picture of a world reeling from tariffs and unsure of its economic future. Uncertainty is… read more →

This synergy largely comes from a mutual understanding that more needs to be done to help uplift smaller parties in the financial ecosystem: underrepresented groups of society, small and medium-sized… read more →

Global GDP is projected to slow to approximately 2.8% by 2026, down from the robust 3.3% expansion recorded in 2022’s post-pandemic rebound. The deceleration reGlobal GDP is projected to slow… read more →

Since the general downturn in the cryptocurrency market in 2022, stablecoins—crypto tokens pegged to a fiat asset like the US dollar—have steadily taken over more of the cryptocurrency market. Investors… read more →

How can treasury teams manage risk across foreign exchange (FX), interest rates and commodities in this context – and what lessons can be learned from recent years? The key question… read more →

The announcement, made yesterday at the fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo meeting in Changsha, China, extends Beijing’s existing duty-free arrangements beyond the continent’s least developed countries to include middle-income… read more →

Every day, global corporates move nearly $23.5 trillion through financial systems in cross-border transactions, fueling economic growth. But hidden within these legitimate flows are sophisticated financial crime schemes that exploit… read more →