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Tariff fights, rising US debt, and policy volatility weigh on global expansion—even as AI investment fuels some resilience. This has been a turbulent year, marked by uncertainty over global economic policies. US tariffs remain undefined in form and scope, fueling instability. Global growth is projected to ease in the final …

One year after an eleventh-hour bailout, Egypt’s economy is brightening. Reforms are being implemented, inflation is declining, and FDI is up. Egypt’s economic outlook is brightening, thanks in part to the commencement of long-delayed structural reforms, ambitious economic transformation plans, and an influx of foreign capital. Rebounding from the prolonged …

September was life-changing for 81-year-old billionaire entrepreneur Larry Ellison and his family. After announcing that his flagship database software company, Oracle, had a backlog of orders amounting to nearly $100 billion on red-hot demand for artificial intelligence, as well as announcing several other multi-billion-dollar contracts with companies including OpenAI, Nvidia, …

The first half of 2025 marked a decisive shift from balance-sheet defence to strategic deployment, with issuance patterns reflecting not just a recovery in confidence but a deliberate repositioning of funding models. European investment-grade corporate bond issuance exceeded €100 billion in May 2025, up 22% year on year and the …

The move aims to expand digital finance across Europe. Exchange operator and markets infrastructure provider Deutsche Börse Group has signed a deal with global stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group to integrate Circle’s EURC and USDC stablecoins into Deutsche Börse’s financial market infrastructure. This collaboration aims to bridge traditional finance with …

Citi Investor Services rolled out Single Event Processing (SEP) technology, which promises real-time transaction processing and improved efficiency, in North America. This platform, which was already unveiled in some European markets, enables real-time processing of all global asset-servicing transactions, with the majority of Citi’s custody flows expected to utilize SEP …

New features let employees to focus on creativity, conversation, and addressing complex client needs. Bank of America (BofA) revealed this week significant ways that artificial intelligence is enhancing its services for clients and employees alike through the strategic deployment of generative AI (GenAI), demonstrating a leap forward in how the …

Home Transaction Banking Standard Chartered: Corporates Focus On Resilience In Global Trade And Supply Chains Survey of 1,200 corporate leaders shows resilience, digitalization, and supply chain shifts driving trade strategy. Standard Chartered’s “Future of Trade” report highlights the complex and uncertain future of global trade and supply chain resilience, according …

Home Transaction Banking Financial Institutions’ Top Concern Is Compliance, Bottomline Report Finds Maintaining older systems slows advancements towards real-time payment and regulatory compliance. A Bottomline report released at Sibos on Monday shows that 91% of banks and other financial institutions expect compliance challenges in the coming year, as they manage …

North American banks are having difficulties keeping up with the evolutionary pace in payments. Technological innovation is transforming commercial payments across North America, greatly affecting major financial institutions in the US and Canada. Celent, a fintech research and advisory firm and part of data analytics consultancy GlobalData, shared a report …