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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Easing The Payments Innovation Deficit

Innovation in the consumer payments sector vastly outstrips innovation in the business payments sector but that need not be the case according to BottomlineBusiness Payments Roundtable participants.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

German Fail Points To More EU Bank Consolidation

A new round of banking consolidation in Europe?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Green Bonds: Hong Kong Makes Its Mark

Environmentally-friendly investment takes another step forward.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Impact Bonds: From Public To Private

Are humanitarian bonds the answer to aid shortfalls?

Features

Mobile Cash In The Midst Of Libya’s Chaos

Financial innovation continues despite Libya's strife.

Features

New Technology Faces Broad Backlash

Biometric technology faces litigation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Pension Turbulence Casts Shadow Over Brazilian IPOs

The Bolsonaro administration's reform agenda faces hurdles.

Features

TIPS Comes For Paypal’s Lunch

The EU's alternative to Paypal is off to a slow start.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Uber Skids On Wall Street

Uber's IPO did not go as planned.

Banking

Africa: New Frontier For Private Banking

A rising entrepreneurial class is fueling the growth of African private banking, and competition is heating up.

Banking

Family Affairs

More and more families are accumulating enough wealth to need not just a private banker, but a whole flock of them, growing the ranks of family offices.

Banking

Middle East and North Africa: Wealth Shift

Rising fortunes in the Middle East are driving the private-banking market toward socially responsible investing, Islamic products and more digital tools.