The UAE is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace proposal at their meeting later on Monday and to abandon any plan to annex…
MUCH of the country was submerged in the monsoon-induced floods of 2011, and again in 2022 — and with them, so was the illusion that climate change was a distant…
Financial technology firms and crypto companies are seeking to become state or national banks in a bid to expand their business under the Trump administration that they view as more…
A nine-member delegation of World Bank Executive Directors visited Pakistan in February 2025 to engage in discussions on economic development plans and the implementation of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF).…
US bank investors, analysts and executives were trying to figure out on Wednesday how lenders would fare under revised hikes in capital requirements, with considerable uncertainty over what specifics will…
Introduction: The digital revolution is sweeping across the globe, transforming traditional industries and reshaping how we interact with the world. Pakistan’s banking and financial sector is no exception, experiencing a…
Pakistan’s significant debt servicing problem can be resolved through full reserve banking, eliminating high inflation, huge government domestic government debt, and interest costs. Full reserve banking represents a transformative shift…
The Bank of Japan’s decision to keep policy unchanged last week gave yen bears plenty of sell cues, but largely overlooked in the stampede were signals the central bank could…
Once hurt by crises and deflation, the euro is gaining popularity among central bank reserve managers thanks to a return to positive rates and geopolitics challenging king dollar’s appeal. Roughly…
A mix of global economic unease and geopolitical uncertainty means optimism is in short supply among bankers from the City of London to Frankfurt’s ‘Mainhattan’ financial district. Even rainmakers renowned…
