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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Companies Face Tougher Standards

Silicon Valley Bank and other recently collapsed banks all received clean bills of health from outside auditors raising the question of whether accounting standards themselves need to be reformed.

Features

Fed Preps Digital Payments

FedNow will permit individuals and institutions to make payments around the clock daily, challengingprivate sector incumbents such as PayPal, Venmo and Square Cash.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

India’s PhonePe Branches Out

PhonePe is fast becoming a distribution engine, leveraging the large base of 450 million registered users to cross-sell products such as insurance, lending and other services.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Indian Companies Work Around Swift Ban Targeting Russia

Indian companies continue to do business with Russian banks using non-dollar currencies and channels outside of the Western financial system.

Features

Panama To Gain First Fully Digital Bank

Already active, the bank will launch its proprietary Atlas Pay platform in the region, a virtual wallet with built-in services.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Sri Lanka: IMF Approves Bailout

Sri Lanka’s perfect storm of economic disaster started with the Covid-19 pandemic and years of government nepotism, corruption, and economic mismanagement ultimately led to a$50 billion default on foreign loans.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Swiss National Bank Chair Reassures Markets

Swiss National Bank chair orchestratedthe swift takeover of Credit Suisse by competitor UBS but not without ruffling some feathers.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The ‘Go Anywhere’ Strategy: Q&A With Cook & Bynum Co-founder Richard Cook

Richard Cook, co-founder of Cook & Bynum, a value and long-term investor with $300 million AUM, talks about searching for undervalued assets and the “on-the-ground research” approach.

Technology

The Netherlands Joins US Effort To Deny China Semiconductor Technology

While the US effort to cut China out of the global semiconductor industry is driven by national security concerns,the effort has consequences for semiconductor companies that produce civilian products.

Editor's Letter

Turmoil And Surprise

Global Financeeditor at large Andrea Fiano's letter to you, the reader.

Banking

Worlds Safest Unfazed By Recent Bank Failures

The leaders on ourannual list of trhe world's safest banks, compiled last summer, show continued stability despite the global banking upheaval.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Biden Flip-Flops On Climate With Willow Project Approval

The Biden administrationpleased progressives by cancelling drilling projects on federal territory shortly after taking officebut recently approvedConoco Phillips’s $8 billion Willow Project in Alaska.