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Insurance

Insurance Industry Is On The Brink Of Change

Big insurance companies aren’t known for their nimbleness. Many of the largest global insurers have been around for more than a century, and their time-tested business models and operating processes have changed very little. They are like supertankers; for them to change directions takes a long time.

Technology

AI Transforms The Finance Function

AI tools are driving efficiency and strategic gains—and fundamentally reshaping finance professionals’ roles.

Executive Interviews

Christopher Hodge, Natixis: Inside The Economic Crosswinds

Christopher Hodge, chief US economist at investment bank Natixis, shares his thoughts regarding the forces shaping the US economy. With a career spanning the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the US Department of the Treasury, and hedge funds, he offers a rare public and private perspective on today’s policy-driven landscape, the growing risk of an economic slowdown, and how recent policy decisions may be making it worse.

Transaction Banking

Will Reshoring Survive Trump’s Shifting Tariff Policy?

Can companies realistically pivot their manufacturing based on policy winds, or is this strategy more complicated than policymakers suggest?

Technology

GCC Digital Upheaval – Fintechs vs. Banks

Gulf fintechs are challenging banks’ and brokerages’ long-standing dominance, as the GCC forcefully pursues a digital future.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Investment Banking Surge In The GCC: From Oil To Assets

Corporate and investment banking revenues in the Gulf are burgeoning as lenders underwrite the region’s economic transformation.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Velong Chief Jacob Rothman Calculates Cost Of New Trade Environment

Jacob Rothman, President and CEO at Shanghai-headquartered Velong enterprises, a cooking equipment manufacturer and exporter, navigates shifting tariff and trade policies.

Banking

As Dominican Republic’s Fintech Sector Booms, Financial Inclusion Is Big Goal

Fintechs are a rapidly growing presence in the Dominican Republic, where they promise to improve inclusiveness in a still-underbanked nation.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Dominican Republic: The Caribbean’s Economic Diamond In The Rough

Capitalizing on natural resources and a prime geographic location, the island nation considers a host of opportunities to expand exports and encourage foreign investment.

Features

Price Of Protection: Inside The Global High-Stakes Response To Tariff Turmoil

As trade tensions rise and currency markets swing, how are companies around the world coping with the uncertainty?

Transaction Banking

Pix Becomes Brazil’s Top Transaction Method

The massive growth in digital payments in Brazil has reached yet another milestone.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Fake Goods Trade Reaches $467 Billion

Counterfeit goods accounted for an estimated $467 billion in global trade in 2021, the latest year with available comprehensive data, says a joint study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), an EU agency based in Alicante, Spain.