South-east Asia catches the sustainability bug
Although south-east Asia has arguably been slow off the mark in the adoption of green bonds, things are starting to change. Source link
Is the gig economy headed towards a day of reckoning?
Delivery workers take part in a demonstration in Bordeaux, France  Author: Jo Caird September 10, 2021 When the UK-based food delivery platform Deliveroo announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange in March this year, it did so in anticipation of raising £8.8bn. Just days later the company lowered the price range of … Read more
Transaction Banking Awards 2021 –
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
Asia’s tax issues come into sharp focus
The Asean region has a low tax regime, but as its countries seek to overcome the economic impact of the pandemic, raising taxes may be a speedy route towards recovery. Source link
Universities will struggle in the post-pandemic fallout
Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins university is expected to lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to COVID-19  From Zoom seminars to locked-down halls, the pandemic has had an enormous effect on everyday life in universities across the globe. But COVID-19 will also have a serious impact on the finances of the higher education system, including both … Read more
DeFi: finance's new era
Decentralised finance will completely shake up, and potentially even replace, the existing banking system. Source link
Japan seeks to shake off cash
Japan’s digital payments overhaul has been slow to get off the ground. Kimberley Long reports on the mobile payments platforms that have emerged and what is holding them back from becoming more widely used. Source link
NFTs: A new market for digital brushstrokes
  Author: Lana Crowe, Features Writer September 3, 2021 In the art world, rarity confers value. There is, and can only ever be, one Mona Lisa. This maxim is even more important to a replicable form such as photography, where a single set of negatives could produce a countless number of prints – the fewer … Read more
Russian banks should prepare for digital rouble disruption –
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
European bank M&A forecast to accelerate
The consolidation drive is expected to continue into 2022, with domestic deals taking the lion’s share of activity, according to report. Source link