March 2019

Demand for materials needed in batteries and energy storage has created a dynamic new market for once-obscure metals. Can supply keep up with demand?

Technology is raising old metals to new highs. Africa has them all.

The regulatory and technological stars have aligned for the benefit of all as the move to real-time treasury operations promises to deliver unparalleled efficiencies and insights that banks and treasurers once only dreamt of.       

Mobile banking and card payments are replacing cash.

The treasury function in Asia-Pacific is being transformed.

Banks and fintechs want to make treasurers’ lives a lot simper.

Real-time means better predictability for treasurers.

New technologies can help treasurers solve challenges they face in accurately forecasting their future cash and liquidity needs.

Banks in the Nordics have a bold vision to establish an integrated regional payments network, and to open up access to information so companies can better manage their cash and liquidity.

North American treasurers are adapting to the rapid pace of technological change, as new real-time payment systems and greater digitization and centralization of treasury operations take hold.

European treasurers must decide what they want their future treasury operations to look like.

An array of new and improved technologies promise to make moving and managing money much simpler for treasurers.

Sarah I. Hody, an attorney in the Palo Alto office of law firm Perkins Coie, talks to Global Finance about fintech regulation and how the blockchain is impacting corporate interactions.

Vietnam has evolved, becoming a bigger FDI draw. Yet investors have cause for caution.

The oil-rich Southern African country bets its economic revival on an IMF bailout and a fresh pair of hands.

Greece makes a deal with its neighbor to change the country's name to North Macedonia.

Pakistan scrambles to pay its debts.

Europe and Japan create the world's largest free trade zone.

The country's first election since a military coup in 2014 will probably not lead to stability in the near future.

Mining companies have traditionally avoided selling off future production in streaming contracts. That’s changing as investors pile in and terms improve.

Big moves in Nigeria's oil industry.

Everyone wants a piece of the millennial market.

Succession and a shake-up at Spain's Santander bank.

A young politician takes the helm of a troubled nation.

Tech companies lead the way on M&A.

Technologies associated with cryptocurrencies are going mainstream even if cryptos aren't.

Opportunities abound for investors in Africa.

Fintech M&As broke records last year.

US-Russia tensions are not deterring Russian IT firms from seeking American capital.

The US banking sector could see a new round of consolidation.

Nations compete for foreign direct investment.

The dollar remains strong but other currencies are strong too.

Blockchain technology is speeding up trade-finance transactions. But there’s more work needed to scale up and develop common standards.

A new agricultural initiative in the Caribbean aspires to reduce both obesity and dependence on cheap food imports. Can it spur eco-nomic growth too? After decades anchored to tourism and commodity exports, the Caribbean region is shifting to development through ...

China’s slowdown and trade uncertainties combine with domestic turbulence to make 2019 a year of low expectations for Latin America.

Broadly positive developments last year suggest reform and economic development could take deeper root in 2019.