As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, financial institutions all across the world are under intense pressure to improve efficiency, reduce costs and boost productivity. Indeed, there is ...

At the beginning of the last decade, Swiss investment firm UBS Investment Research began partnering with satellite companies such as Remote Sensing Metrics LLC in order to gauge changes in the ...

The last decade or so has seen concerns grow significantly over the long-term health of the dollar. Those concerns have only grown in urgency since the coronavirus arrived on the shores of the United ...

Both of these buildings in downtown Houston, 1400 Smith Street and 1500 Louisiana Street, were formerly occupied by Enron. August 2021 marked the 20 th anniversary of arguably the most notorious ...

Construction in the United States entered 2024 on a high note, with growth in all major segments. While some categories appear poised for further increases, the industry is unlikely to repeat its ...

On October 22, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the latest edition of its “World Economic Outlook”. Published twice a year, the report’s October issue confirmed that the organisation ...

According to Global Canopy, US$6.1 trillion in funding was provided to the 350 companies with the greatest risk exposures to tropical deforestation by some 150 financial institutions in 2023. This is ...

The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond is arguably the most critical asset price in the global financial system. It is the benchmark for all other interest rates and is thus a crucial determinant of ...

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is poised to revolutionize the banking industry, offering unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, innovation and value creation. As financial ...

Also known as the internet bubble or the information technology bubble, the dotcom bubble was the unprecedented rise in equity valuations of internet-based tech companies during the bull market of the ...

In August and September 2018, a survey was carried out by pan-African research institution Afrobarometer of 1,800 South African citizens, delving into what they considered to be the most important ...

As of early 2024, fraud and cybercrime within the global banking system show little sign of abating. On the contrary, the comprehensive ongoing digital transformation undertaken by many of the world’s ...