ARCHIVE April2023
Economists and investors should pay less attention to consumers
It is an idea so seemingly obvious as to need little elaboration: people’s feelings influence their behaviour. In the economic realm this truism helps explain why surveys of consumer sentiment garner attention. […]
Investors have reason to fear a strong economy
It takes two to make a market, which inevitably sets the scene for contradictory opinions. Yet rarely do the signals sent by different markets seem quite as much in conflict as they […]
Indian firms are flocking to the United Arab Emirates
Stand in the middle of the teeming Meena Bazaar in Dubai and it is not hard to imagine you are 1,200 miles across the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Lanes are filled with […]
If China’s growth is so strong, why is inflation so weak?
When America unshackled its economy from pandemic-era restrictions two years ago, it also unlocked inflation. By mid-2021, consumer prices were rising by more than 5% compared with the previous year. China’s later, […]
Why commodity-trading scandals are multiplying
The choppy waters of commodity trading have claimed another victim. On April 23rd it emerged that ING, a Dutch lender, was suing ICBC, China’s biggest bank. ING accuses ICBC of releasing export […]
Sweden’s Bits Technology secures €4M to democratise financial tech services for everyone
Bits Technology co-founder (Left to Right) Jonatan Klintberg, Fredrik Eriksson, Robin Lantz | Image credit: Bits Technology Stockholm-based Bits Technology, a startup that aims to simplify and democratise financial tech services for […]
Patriotic Ukrainians are rushing to pay their taxes
After Russia invaded in February last year, Ukraine’s finance minister, Serhiy Marchenko, braced, logically enough, for government revenues to “plummet”. He says he expected them to fall by roughly as much as […]
UK House of Commons passes Illegal Migration Bill – JURIST
The Parliament of the United Kingdom Wednesday passed the controversial Illegal Migration Bill through the House of Commons, clearing all reading stages in the lower House of Parliament. Passing by 289 votes […]
First Republic Bank is on the edge of a precipice
The central conceit of most zombie flicks, like “28 Days Later”, a film set in an apocalyptic London, is that a terrible disease has spread. It has turned legions of healthy humans […]
Change of Culture Taking Place in Corporate Banking as Service Prices Drop to Be More Competitive
SunTec Business Solutions, the pricing and billing company, in association with Arizent Research and AmericanBanker, has released a whitepaper titled It’s time to reinvent account analysis. As per the study, conducted between […]
Sumsub Integrates Travel Rule Solution with Binance, Supporting VASPs Globally
Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification and compliance provider, has completed the integration of its Travel Rule solution with Binance, the crypto exchange platform, through the Global Travel Rule (GTR) Alliance. Sumsub hopes […]
US granted extension by UK High Court to provide ‘satisfactory assurances’ for fair trial of WikiLeaks founder – JURIST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange “lives to fight another day” according to his brother Gabriel, as the UK High Court halted his potential transfer to the US on Tuesday due to inadequate assurances […]
UN migration agency reports 8,542 died or disappeared during migration in 2023 – JURIST
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed in a report on Tuesday that 8,542 people died or disappeared during migration in 2023. This represents a 20 percent increase in migrant deaths […]
Moscow music hall terrorist attack suspects appear in court – JURIST
Suspects of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack appeared before Moscow’s district court on Sunday. On Friday, camouflage-clad individuals opened fire on a crowded concert hall and shopping complex just outside of Moscow before […]
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