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Liz Lumley

Save me from the ‘Women in…’ breakfasts, please!

March 6, 2024

The gender parity needle will only move when we put down the pastries and find real solutions

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Silvia Pavoni

When should the boss speak up?

March 1, 2024

The lines between CEO activism and views on business strategy are blurring

Oleksandr Pysaruk, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Ukraine, in a meeting in a bomb shelter in Vinnytsia during an air-raid alarm

Ukraine war: how do you keep a bank going during a conflict?

February 28, 2024

Oleksandr Pysaruk, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Ukraine, discusses the challenges the bank faced following the Russian invasion

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Liz Lumley

Anyone nostalgic for the pre-SVB fintech era?

February 28, 2024

Fintech is entering a new phase. Leave it a bit before you start planning the reunions, please?

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Silvia Pavoni

Will banks become beggars, not choosers, when it comes to talent?

February 23, 2024

As expectations around work and life change, and banking careers lose their gloss, bank bosses would do well to reconsider their approach to attract bright, young minds

A boat sits grounded in a dwindling reservoir in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain

With nature in dramatic decline, land banking awaits reinvention

February 23, 2024

How fintech companies, accountants and bankers can work together to bring nature onto the balance sheet

Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro, minister of industry and commerce for Bahrain

Bahrain positions domestic industry for regional growth

February 23, 2024

Bahrain’s minister of industry and commerce discusses how sustainability is being woven into the country’s industrial development strategy

A pedestrianised UK high street flanked by small businesses

Why an FCA ‘super-complaint’ could lead to regulation of personal guarantees

February 22, 2024

SMEs tell the UK regulator that certain lending practices are harming entrepreneurs

Cuban medical staff arrive in Africa during the Ebola breakout

Why the SDGs, not GDP, are the real measure of economic progress

February 22, 2024

A phase-out of fossil fuels will not happen unless we change how we measure growth

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Liz Lumley

Minds are like umbrellas; they only work when they’re open

February 21, 2024

There are lots of views on CBDCs. The only constant is that views can change

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