Technology
SWIFT Taps Global Banking Giants to Pilot 24/7 Blockchain Ledger
SWIFT announced that its blockchain ledger is ready for initial use, enabling early adopter financial institutions to support cross-border payments...
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Banking
Citi Structures $1.1B Export Credit Framework for Enel
Citi is once again using export credit agencies as a financing engine for Europe’s energy transition. The investment bank announced...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Syria Taps Raslan to Lead Central Bank
Safwat Raslan, a former refugee who fled to Germany during his country’s 14-year civil war, is the new governor of...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cuba Forced to Adopt Free-Market Reforms
In June, the Cuban National Assembly unanimously passed 176 economic reforms aimed at staving off an economic crisis partly caused...
Commentary
Menendez: The Gig Economy Has a Payment Problem
In June 2026, member states from more than 180 countries convened for the International Labour Conference to determine international labor standards for...
Transaction Banking
Bank of America Data Show Record Fan Spending at World Cup
Exorbitant ticket prices be damned. Die-hard soccer fans are flocking to host cities across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
June Jobs Data Disappoints; Financial Sector Hiring Fell in First Half
June’s employment numbers showed almost no change from the previous month, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 4.2%...
Private Credit
BlackRock’s CEO Exit Signals Private Credit Shift
The private credit market’s roughest stretch in years has claimed its first senior leader at a major asset manager. BlackRock’s...
Commentary
What if Revolut Isn’t the Only Threat? How Santander Is Quietly Targeting the US
There’s no question that the competitive threat to U.S. finance from abroad is real. What remains murky is whether U.S. banks truly appreciate how many directions it’s coming from.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global M&A Nears $4T as Megadeals Defy Geopolitics
Global mergers and acquisitions are on track to reach roughly $4 trillion in total value in 2026. That's up 13% from 2025 — only the second-highest spike to the pandemic-era peak of 2021 — that figure obscures a market increasingly defined by a handful of blockbuster transactions.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Ecobank Bets $450M Africa’s Biodiversity Can Be Saved
In May, Togo’s Ecobank became the first commercial bank in Africa to issue a nature bond, mobilizing $450 million that...
Technology
PwC, OpenAI Prep AI Treasury Agents
Working in conjunction, global accountancy and advisory firm PwC and OpenAI are bringing agentic AI to CFOs and their organizations....