Month: June 2021

Banks look beyond digitisation post-pandemic -

Banks look beyond digitisation post-pandemic –

The Banker Portfolio encompasses: An essential and trusted resource providing economical and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector; premium editorial excellence striving to stimulate and inform Detailed regulatory and policy insight for the banking and securities market, analysing the major rules from the formulation stage and explaining their aims and likely impact on a … Read more

Portuguese Golden Visa demand soars as 2022 rules change is announced

Portuguese Golden Visa demand soars as 2022 rules change is announced

Transcript Portugal’s Residency Permit Programme – its Golden Visa – has been offering high-net-worth-individuals a route to EU citizenship since 2012. Tiago Camara and David Machado are co-founders of PTGoldenVisa, an investment and consultancy service that focuses exclusively on Portugal’s programme. They explain how the COVID-19 pandemic, in combination with changes to the golden visa … Read more

China’s CBDC rollout gathers momentum

China’s CBDC rollout gathers momentum

China has made great strides in its bid to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and lay the foundations to make the digital renminbi a global reserve currency, though there remains a long way to go, according to a report released by French bank Natixis on June 9.  E-yuan pilot schemes have been running in … Read more

FRTB: a silver lining?

Regulators will save banks from DeFi –

The Banker Portfolio encompasses: An essential and trusted resource providing economical and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector; premium editorial excellence striving to stimulate and inform Detailed regulatory and policy insight for the banking and securities market, analysing the major rules from the formulation stage and explaining their aims and likely impact on a … Read more

Will commodities be the best investment of 2021?

Will commodities be the best investment of 2021?

&nbsp Author: Giles Coghlan, Chief Currency Analyst, HYCM June 14, 2021 The geopolitical events of the last year seem to have been the perfect storm in the commodity complex. Whether it was COVID-19 lockdowns disrupting supply chains and causing bottlenecks in everything from semiconductors to transportation upon reopening, or the enormous amounts of coordinated monetary … Read more

Philippine banks squeezed as Covid-19 ravages economy

Philippine banks squeezed as Covid-19 ravages economy

The Philippines is battling one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in Asia and the tough restrictions that have been in place over the past year have caused gross domestic product to contract for five quarters, including a 4.2% drop in the first three months of 2021. “The number of infections has remained elevated, which has … Read more

How fintechs help SMEs to grow in exchange for data -

How fintechs help SMEs to grow in exchange for data –

The Banker Portfolio encompasses: An essential and trusted resource providing economical and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector; premium editorial excellence striving to stimulate and inform Detailed regulatory and policy insight for the banking and securities market, analysing the major rules from the formulation stage and explaining their aims and likely impact on a … Read more

UK banking vacancies surge in May

UK banking vacancies surge in May

UK job vacancies in financial services have risen sharply this year as the country begins to rebound from the pandemic, with demand for compliance and IT roles helping to drive up talent acquisition. The overall number of professional vacancies in banking and asset management, excluding clerical roles, reached the highest level in more than five … Read more