Current Account Sep 23, 2021 Polluting companies use transition bonds to move to a greener future The commitment from high-emission companies to raise capital to fund environmentally sustainable projects is expected to... 5656
Current Account Sep 23, 2021 Pandemic aggravates semiconductors shortage in Southeast Asia The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a shortage of semiconductors globally, accelerated by the increase in remote working an... 7719
Current Account Sep 20, 2021 Square to acquire AfterPay in $29 billion deal Square announced its acquisition of Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company, AfterPay, through a $29 billion deal. ... 9720
interviews Sep 10, 2021 AirCarbon’s Thomas McMahon: “Carbon trading is not borderless” AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) founder and CEO Thomas McMahon stressed the need for transparent pricing and a marketplace for ... 14971
interviews Sep 10, 2021 AirCarbon’s Thomas McMahon: “Carbon trading is not borderless” AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) founder and CEO Thomas McMahon stressed the need for transparent pricing and a marketplace for ... 8881
interviews Sep 07, 2021 Richard Sandor: Creating a market to fund climate change American Financial Exchange (AFX) founder and chairman Richard Sandor in this wide-ranging conversation with Emmanuel Da... 27944
Trendwatch Sep 06, 2021 The $610 million DeFi heist that wasn’t Despite losing over $610 million worth of cryptocurrencies to a cyber hack, touted as the largest of its kind, Poly Netw... 23686
Datafiles Sep 02, 2021 Almost 40% of current unicorns were created in the first eight months of 2021 The number of unicorns has increased dramatically amid a surge in venture capital investments, making 2021 a record year... 23239
interviews Sep 01, 2021 Hong Leong’s Fuda: “Digital has forever transformed the business model” In this Leadership Perspective series, Domenic Fuda, group managing director and CEO at Hong Leong Bank (HLB), discussed... 10099
Opinion Sep 01, 2021 Lawyers Ashhab and Chan: “Cryptocurrency-related fraud to rise by 75% in 2021” With the rise of cryptocurrency fraud, appropriate legal remedies are needed to mitigate risk and recover stolen assets.... 23657
Research Note Aug 27, 2021 A comparison of licensing frameworks for digital banks in the Middle East The global financial industry has evolved as a result of the widespread digital transformation of traditional banks and ... 18279
TABLive Aug 26, 2021 Education should not be denied to young women John Wood, founder of the non-profit organisation Room to Read, explains the importance of education and why it is imper... 9504
interviews Aug 25, 2021 Kasikorn’s Kiatsupapong: “We transformed into a data-driven organisation using machine learning to empathise with customers” Jarung Kiatsupapong, chief information officer (CIO) at Kasikorn Business-Technology Group (KBTG), discussed the bank’... 7739
interviews Aug 24, 2021 Room to Read’s Wood: “Young women from developing countries see wage increases of up to 20% for every year of education” Twenty-one years ago, John Wood founded Room to Read, an organisation that is working on bringing literacy and gender eq... 6907
Datafiles Aug 21, 2021 China's digital RMB trial surpassed $5.3B in transactions China’s pilot of the central bank digital currency has made promising progress. However, the digital RMB system collec... 6875
Research Note Aug 19, 2021 Global wallets target $35T B2B cross-border payment market With the progress of technology and pandemic-induced restrictions, SMEs are increasingly steering towards digital and mo... 10605
