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Hanna Halaburda, associate professor in the Technology, Operations and Statistics department at the NYU Stern School of Business and former senior economist at the Bank of Canada, shares her thoughts regarding the risks and benefits of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Companies that buyback their own shares will have to pay a new tax due to a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Powered by high valuations and mainstream adoption of blockchain, dealmaking in the crypto industry is moving rapidly, opening an uncharted lane for traditional corporate finance.
One of the biggest challenges for Tarek Amer’s successor will be balancing austerity and boosting citizens' purchasing power.
Egypt’s fastest growing bank and the leading investment bank in frontier emerging markets, EFG Hermes has put digital innovation at the heart of its growth strategy. EFG Hermes’s Ahmed Waly, Head of Brokerage, Mohamed Fathy, Chief Information Officer and Mohamed Keshk, Corporate Product Manager, discuss the digital future of brokerage and relaunching the bank’s mobile trading app to serve increasing retail demand.
Former guerrilla rebel Gustavo Petro pledged ambitious reforms in pensions, taxes, labor and health care on the campaign trail.
Although national legislation for crypto assets already existed in some member states, no specific regulatory framework at the EU level has existed until now.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are leading frenzied activity in Gulf equity capital markets.
The decline in startup funding globally and the uncertainty around raising new venture funds have brought attention to new sources of capital for technology companies to address liquidity and operational concerns via venture debt financing.
Nick Smith, Global Head of Managed Services at SmartStream Technologies, speaks with Global Finance’s Founder and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo about how SmartStream are driving innovation, what technology shifts they are seeing, and the rise in adoption of cloud services and APIs.
Strategic partnerships and technological investments mark this year’s cream of the crop.
In the past 15 years, global peacefulness has fallen by more than 3%. Old and new conflicts, the pandemic and our political and cultural polarization are the main culprits.
Private banking has been tested by nearly two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The industry passed with flying colors—and with considerable help from buoyant financial markets.
Private banking continues to thrive in the devastated Latin American economy.
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