Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and her Liberal Democratic Party secured a supermajority in the February elections, ...

Global energy prices have surged in response to the 2026 Iran War, fuelling concerns about widespread lingering inflation ...

During periods of low interest rates, deposits were regarded as the banking system’s most reliable asset, with customer funds stored in bank accounts. As monetary policy evolves and competition for ...

Batteries have advanced significantly, becoming a crucial component across a range of products, applications and industries. The revolution in battery technology will have far-reaching effects on the ...

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 ...

With the outbreak of a crippling global pandemic and a pronounced global economic slowdown, the last few years have been rather tumultuous for the world. They have also triggered profound changes ...

Coming hot on the heels of accounting scandals involving Enron and Tyco, both of which sent financial markets into tailspins, the fraud committed by WorldCom, one of the world’s biggest ...

“Must we starve our children to pay our debts?” Julius Nyerere, former president of Tanzania, speaking in 1987. In June 2025, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported ...

The digital revolution in banking is no longer a headline but rather the baseline. During the past decade, incumbents and digital “attackers” alike have taught customers to expect real-time decisions, ...

Sri Lanka’s economy is currently experiencing a phase of strong growth, driven by an increase in domestic consumption and a pickup in business and infrastructure spending. Furthermore, the ...