Banking
Credit Squeeze Comes for Main Street as Bankruptcies Surge
Rising bankruptcies reflect a credit squeeze driven by cautious banks, higher rates, and deteriorating borrower cash flows nationwide right now.
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Wall Street Jobs Data Tell Diverging Stories in May
The latest U.S. job numbers for Wall Street don’t line up. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hormuz Bottleneck: Gulf Energy Has a ‘Plan B’
The Strait of Hormuz was once treated as an unavoidable pathway of global energy flows. Now, Gulf producers are in desperate need of a workaround.
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Beyond Speed and Cost: The Push for Transparency in Cross-Border Payments
As cross-border payments evolve, Frantz Teissèdre, Head of Public Affairs for Cash Clearing Services at Societe Generale and a member of the G20 Payments, Interoperability, and Extension (PIE) Task Force, examines how the focus on transparency is raising the bar for efficiency, security, and trust in global payments systems.
Executive Interviews
Siemens’ Heiko Nix Details the Corporate Treasury Tech Upgrade
Heiko Nix, Global Head of Cash Management and Payments at Siemens, discusses the shift to programmable, 24/7 payment systems, bets on tokenized money for corporate use, and explains how a lack of standardization turned a six-month API integration project into a three-year challenge.
Features
An Insurance War Without Borders
The maps have been redrawn. Not just on the ground in the Middle East, but inside the policy documents that...
News
Visa, Mastercard Restart Business in Syria
Visa's and Mastercard's latest move signals early steps toward rebuilding a digital payments system amid major structural hurdles.
News
Dangote’s IPO Tests African Capital Markets
Dangote Refinery’s initial public offering is shaping up to be one of the most historic capital markets events for the...
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Bridging Continents: The Future of Middle East-Africa Trade Alliances
Islam Zekry, Group Chief Finance & Operation Officer and Executive Board Member at CIB, explores how GCC-Africa partnerships are driving economic growth, resilience and a transformative era of South-South cooperation, and how Egypt’s strategic location and financial expertise position it as a key player in emerging trade corridors.
News
Mega-Cap IPOs Make Major Waves for Index Investors
When mega-cap companies go public, index providers and investors will see it as dropping battleships into the old fishing pond....
Features
CFOs Confront a Fractured Global Order
Global corporate finance leaders are entering the second half of 2026 facing the most complex operating environment of the post-pandemic...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Buying the Beautiful Game—and Beyond | Global Salon
Sports financial advisor Laurie Pinto explains how U.S. investors are reshaping soccer, cricket, basketball, and the global sports landscape with new strategies.
News
Industry Insider Takes Reins of HSBC’s India Private Bank
Industry veteran Gautam Anand took over as HSBC’s head of Global India, HSBC Private Bank at the end of April....
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Vietnam’s New Wealth: How Techcombank is Shaping Private Banking
The man financing Britain's clean energy future on doubt, policy risk, and the things no CFO can control.
Executive Interviews
CFO Corner: Max Williams, EnergyPathways
The man financing Britain's clean energy future on doubt, policy risk, and the things no CFO can control.