Global Business Network
Is stagflation coming? First came a global pandemic, then national lockdowns, furloughing, redundancies and insolvencies. A vaccine roll-out and easing of restrictions pointed to better times, but could another problem be headed our way? By Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business July 3, 2021 Source link
Demand for digital-only services has flourished, but many people still prefer to pay their salaries into an incumbent high street bank, according to survey conducted by Attest for The Banker. Source link
Non-performing loans (NPLs) in the Italian banking system totalled €203.3bn in April 2017, and were a cause of widespread concern in Europe. “The economic situation [after the sovereign debt crisis] and poor credit control in the banking sector caused bad loans to pile up,” says Maddalena Martini, an economist at Oxford Economics. “But there has … Read more
Every so often, the corporate world is faced with apocalyptic societal events in which burying your head in the sand, as a strategy, becomes suicidal. In recent times, the COVID-19 pandemic and the time bomb of racism that finally exploded have shaken the mantle of corporate governance like never before. While companies tend to sit … Read more
Blockchain is a decentralised ledger and so lends itself to operating at a global level, across different cultures. But different cultures have different philosophies as to how things should be regulated. Source link
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
Transcript Francisco Ramirez, Executive Vice President of Personal Business and Branches for Banco Popular Dominicano, explains how the bank’s commitment to digital technologies helped it meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Francisco Ramirez: Since the establishment of Banco Popular Dominicano more than five decades ago, innovation has been a fundamental pillar that characterises our … Read more
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
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued a consultation paper on the prudential treatment of banks’ cryptoasset exposures on June 10, in a bid to provide banks with a regulatory framework to deal with the fast-developing asset class. The move comes as policy-makers around the world take steps to control the largely unregulated market. China … Read more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued a consultation paper on the prudential treatment of banks’ cryptoasset exposures on June 10, in a bid to provide banks with a regulatory framework to deal with the fast-developing asset class. The move comes as policy-makers around the world take steps to control the largely unregulated market. China … Read more