February 2022

The effect of the Glasgow COP26 meeting continues to grow and is now propelling the carbon-trading market.

Bruno François, deputy global head of Trade Finance and Network Management at BNP Paribas, flags the biggest trade finance challenges facing companies today.

SCF is no longer a luxury that only the largest suppliers can afford.

Frank Tezzi, vice president of Trade & Supply Chain at CGI, explains how technology can help banks by bringing efficiencies to trade finance.

Global Finance names this year’s best trade finance providers in the world.

Manuela Maria Veloso, head of J.P. Morgan AI Research and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, speaks to Global Finance about AI development and use.

Sharifa Al-Sulaity, co-founder of e-commerce startup Thuna, talks to Global Finance about the launch and growth of her digital shoe business.

Despite external investor caution, Iceland’s economy continues to rebuild.

Kuwait responded swiftly to the pandemic, but political feuds are slowing the reform agenda and increasing macroeconomic vulnerabilities.

The currency’s wild ride continues into the new year.

The resignations have highlighted the strong inclination of some US officials to trade in stocks based on privileged information.

Global VC investment nearly doubled in value to $671 billion, according to the latest quarterly report from KPMG Enterprise.

European businesses will no longer be punished for investing in Mauritius, the Bahamas, Botswana, Ghana and Iraq.

5G signals operate in the same frequencies (the C-band) as the radar equipment on some jets.

With Covid-era recovery well underway for some, dividends are soaring—led by commodities and finance. 

Protests over energy prices turned violent and Russian troops intervened to restore the status quo.

Sarah Raskin’s background, credentials and experience reflect her policy bias toward heavier regulation of the financial sector. 

Breaking with tradition, Volvo opts for an outsider to the automotive industry.

Fortune and fame were not enough to protect some members of the global elite from defying the Covid era's new norms.

Citi is selling its consumer businesses in Asia and EMEA to local and regional competitors.

One Zero stands out as an exclusively digital but nonetheless fully licensed bank.

The raw number of IPOs broke records last year but many of them underperformed.

Walmart is finalizing its push into the metaverse, according to trademark application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office at the end of 2021.

The acquisition also lets Microsoft get its foot into the metaverse’s door.

Upward of 20 companies went public on South Korea’s main market last year, raising around $14 billion—nearly double the previous record, set in 2010.

The new system will ideally be a game-changer in the continent’s payment space.

According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, cheap debt, strong corporate valuations and a stronger-than-expected recovery from the first waves of the pandemic drove deal-making into record-breaking territory.

A growing number of local family-owned businesses are floating shares alongside major state assets.

According to data from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, micro and small enterprises account for nearly 99% of the total companies in the country and contribute to one-half of its tax revenue, 60% of its output and 80% of urban employment.