Seven international banks sign-up for global digital network for SME finance
CHEAPER and easier funding for corporates via a global digital network in trade finance: this is the goal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Sharia banking weaves moral fibre into the West’s oft-flawed system
No pork, no porn, no booze: this traditional Islamic take on finance and funding relies on ancient ethical codes — and ensures lender and...
Deutsche Bank cuts thousands of jobs to keep ‘doing what it does do well’
New CEO Christian Sewing comes out swinging as troubled German lender struggles towards promised turnaround
DEUTSCHE Bank has announced it will cut more than 7,000...
More to employee satisfaction than monetary gain, report shows
FINANCIAL professionals have voted Goldman Sachs the world’s top company to work for.
Research by eFinancialCareers was conducted via an online survey between the months...
Fast moves mean head start in high-paced fintech arena
A LONDON-based fintech start-up profiled in BV’s feature on the recent Gibfin conference, Lendo, is making headlines for its pioneering approach towards regulated cryptocurrency.
Forbes...
Drug cartels, weapons, banks and the Greenback — illicit trade continues, former whistleblower claims
Major banks are unwittingly laundering drug money to fund international arms deals, a former US Senate candidate tells BV editor HAL WILLIAMS
US BUSINESS intelligence...
New Cryptocurrencies, Same Old Problems
Based on insights from SARIT MARKOVICH, clinical associate professor of strategy at the Kellogg School
RECENTLY there has been an explosion of global interest in...
Banking group’s Bitcoin block ‘won’t halt crypto trading’
Lloyds Banking Group has blocked credit card transactions for cryptocurrency purchases, but that lacks logic – and may even increase demand, say experts
By HAL...
Lloyds Banking Group shuts down all crypto credit card transactions
Are we witnessing the murder of Bitcoin? Knives are out for the biggest and (so far) bestest crypto on the block. HAL WILLIAMS looks...
Post-crisis restrictions on international banking can blunt growth prospects in developing countries
Growing restrictions imposed on foreign banks operating in developing countries since the 2007/9 global financial crisis are hampering better growth prospects by limiting the...
