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Masatsugu Asakawa, president of the ADB, speaks at a panel

ADB president: Asia needs to foster resilience to external shocks

Today 01:57 pm

Masatsugu Asakawa discusses climate financing and geopolitical impact on supply chains 

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FCA launches review into Big Tech data

Today 10:53 am

UK regulator might ‘incentivise’ data sharing between Big Tech and financial services firms

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The Banker’s Top 30 Nordic Banks 2024

Today 10:42 am

The region’s banks seem likely to continue to weather economic storms

Rebecca Jackson and a co-panellist speak at a UK Finance conference

UK regulator urges banks to stress test their private equity exposure

April 23, 2024

The Prudential Regulation Authority has presented the results of a review on banks' exposure to private equity

A pedestrian street in Armenia's capital, Yerevan

Armenian banks on an upward trajectory

April 23, 2024

Performance is likely to remain strong, provided interest rates and immigration remain high

Visitors discover images and models of ’The Line’ project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil economy shrugs off regional tensions

April 23, 2024

Burgeoning domestic economy set to return country to growth this year as oil revenues lag

Members of the EU Parliament sit in the hemicycle during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Starsbourg, France

Banking groups call for caution as EU advances on common deposit insurance scheme

April 19, 2024

The scheme, first proposed in 2015, has long been stalled because of concerns from some states about sharing risk

Graphical representation of digital buildings and binary code overlaying the Canadian flag’s maple leaf

Canada announces date for real-time payments system launch

April 18, 2024

The new RTR system for fast digital transactions is set to revamp Canada’s ageing payments infrastructure

A man walks past photovoltaic solar panels at the Benban Solar Park in Aswan, Egypt

World Bank and ADB presidents set goal to bring electricity to 300mn Africans by 2030

April 18, 2024

Initiative to power up Africa will require more than $30bn of investment

Michelle Bowman, member of the US Federal Reserve board of governors

Stop using SVB failure to beat up banks, says Fed official

April 18, 2024

Bank regulators need to think hard about consolidation rules post-SVB, says Michelle Bowman

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