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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Vodafone Idea In India Explores Alternative Avenues To Raise Capital

Facing looming 5G spectrum financing and rock-bottom data prices, Vodafone gets creative with alternative funding options. Numerous Indian companies and...

Banking

Mastercard Seeks Caribbean Fintech Partners For New Products

Mastercard has issued a call to action for financial technology companies to solve financial issues in the Caribbean. In return,...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

RBI Taps Into Instant Payment Systems Project Nexus

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) joined Project Nexus, which aims to create a multilateral cross-border instant payment system (IPS)...

Georgia – Strategic Hub for Business & Investment

For centuries, the small European country of Georgia has been a strategic hub between East and West, going back to the famed Silk Road trading route. Today, Georgia consistently ranks as one of the most business-friendly countries in the world, attracting companies in diverse industries, including electronics, automotive and airplane parts manufacturing, IT and business process outsourcing.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New Stock Exchange Proposal For Texas Weighed By SEC

Regional and specialized stock exchanges are returning as demand expands for new products and market locations. The theory that regional...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Accounting Firms Find New Ways To Finance Growth

Mid-tier accounting firms have found new paths to finance their growing needs. Last November, US accounting firm Forvis purchased the...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Panama: The Promise Of Positivity

As a new government takes office, optimism is growing that economic expansion will resume in Panama. But fiscal challenges, plus...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nordic Finance: M&A And Partnerships Fuel Bank Growth

The Nordic financial sector is witnessing unprecedented bank-sector consolidation and fintech partnership-building activity. The surge in collaborative deals between traditional...

Transform Into a Platform Player

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Banking

African Energy Bank’s Launch Hampered By Funding Problems

Oil-producing African countries, operating under the aegis of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), have set up an African Energy...

Features

GCC Banking’s New Techno-Frontier

Generative AI could help the Gulf’s traditional banks wrest the competitive advantage back from challenger and neobanks. While artificial intelligence...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The Talent Tussle: CFOs Struggle With Hiring And Retention Challenges

CFOs are struggling to hire people with the right balance of quantitative and strategic skills in today’s increasingly tech-centric corporate...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFO Corner With Weave’s Alan Taylor

The NYSE-listed Weave connects patients and providers for appointments, forms, payments, and feedback with a SaaS platform for small- and...

Redefining Trade Finance

Widespread supply chain disruption during the pandemic put a spotlight on outdated trade finance processes. Now, corporates focused on digital transformation are redefining the financial supply chain as a resilient trade ecosystem, according to Sriram Muthukrishnan, Group Head of Trade Product Management, at DBS.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Wealth Management Opportunities In The GCC Surge

Financial growth, a coming generational wealth transfer, and an influx of high-net-worth individuals is solidifying the region’s appeal as a...