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Why banks struggle to report capital markets fossil fuel activity

November 20, 2023

Climate campaigners say banks are shy about reporting on facilitated emissions, while banks say it is more complicated than that. 

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AI in finance: can regulation keep pace?

November 17, 2023

The CFA Institute’s senior head of research outlines the risks surrounding AI’s reshaping of the finance industry and the efforts needed beyond regulation.

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Indonesia’s investment focus on green economy

November 16, 2023

Indonesia’s search for value has seen a shift towards bringing value to the industries that support its commodity production, while also contributing to the green economy. 

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Powering up banking in Ukraine

November 16, 2023

Ukraine’s central bank governor tells us how the bank is helping keep the lights on, even as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

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‘Digital first, human always’ steers the Coventry’s finance transformation

November 13, 2023

Embracing digital, while retaining brick-and-mortar, is the Coventry’s recipe. 

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Are we entering a new era of value creation for banks?

November 9, 2023

Banking profits are up, but financial institutions will likely need to reinvent themselves as the risk landscape evolves and new drivers of growth come to the fore.

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Rapid growth of central Asia’s IT economy may change investment prospects

November 2, 2023

As global demand for tech talent grows, could central Asia become a technology hotspot? 

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Fixing one’s interest on a floating mortgage

November 2, 2023

Only brief fixed-term mortgages are offered in the UK, leaving homeowners transfixed by the Bank of England’s every move. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Monthly preview: Can India’s UPI go global?

November 1, 2023

India’s real-time payment system UPI appears to have defied the odds in becoming the digital payments channel of choice for a country of 1.4 billion.

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Cover story: India’s UPI systems look to go global

November 1, 2023

India’s real-time payment system, UPI, appears to have defied the odds in becoming the digital payments channel of choice for a country of more than 1.4 billion. As other countries look to replicate this success, there is more to it than simply adopting the technology.

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