Banco de Poupança e Crédito, Angola’s last state-owned bank, maintains its core mission of providing universal access to ...

Gold, considered a safe-haven asset, soared in January 2026 but then slipped despite the Iran war, as concerns about Gulf energy supplies fuelled inflation expectations and increased the appeal of ...

India, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, is beginning to show signs of slowing down. The surge in energy prices ...

Italy’s banking sector is undergoing an unprecedented push toward mergers and acquisitions, with the country’s largest financial institutions convinced they must expand to escape being acquired, a ...

Pope Leo XIV signed the first papal encyclical regarding artificial intelligence, Magnifica Humanitas, in May. Several ...

The war in Iran has sent energy prices soaring, pushing Asian countries reliant on imported oil and gas to prioritise energy security. Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have exposed ...

Investors use credit ratings to make well-informed assessments of a bank’s condition. Banks with fewer problematic loans and more stable profits are rated more favorably by top credit-rating agencies.

Africa may be the most persistently mispriced growth story in global finance. Returns on equity across the continent’s banking sector reached 19 percent in 2024, nearly double the global average of 10 ...

Trade facilitation has become one of the most effective policy tools available to countries in Asia and the Pacific. As geopolitical tensions, protectionism and slowing growth reshape the global ...