My ‘Women in… — never again’ streak has ended, with hopeful results.
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Doing banking differently still means making a profit. But following its successful late-night rescue, what does this mean for the UK challenger bank?
Andrew Cross, chief financial officer at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, gives his perspectives on climate change commitments, possible challenges ahead, and the bank’s upcoming priorities.
A weekly look at some of the most recent and influential people moves across the global banking industry.
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The multilateral development bank’s new leader has spent his first four months building bridges across the world, as well as pledging to do more to combat climate change.
Chile is working to reach a balanced economic development while transitioning toward carbon neutrality, writes minister of the economy Nicolás Grau.
Women with access to financial services are better equipped to deal with the shocks related to climate risks and to build their own resilience, writes the president and CEO of Women’s World Banking.
Financial inclusion needs to move beyond basic banking services. But this requires greater investment in digital infrastructure, says the director of Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Nigeria and San Francisco, the payments and remittances firm has grown to become one of Africa’s largest start-ups, with a valuation of $3bn as of 2022.
The digitalisation of services and resilient payment systems that result in lower transaction costs and higher levels of money supply have had a profound impact on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s economy, says central bank governor Senad Softić.
In 2023, the industry doesn’t seem that interested in talking about experiments that may or may not deliver value.
In an increasingly fragmented world, collaboration on solving the world’s most pressing challenges is an urgent priority, writes Saudi Arabia’s finance minister.
Banks are once again turning their attention to the payments space, particularly cross-border payments, in the search for growth and margin improvement across geographies and products.
Banking and financial services have been cautious and slow with innovation and progress. But what if we are looking at our sector as we dream it to be rather than what it is?