Mega rounds surged to its highest in three years. Financial technology (fintech) funding reached $11b globally across 390 funding rounds in Q2 2025, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. This marked the first time that fintech funding surpassed $10b...
High trade costs, ongoing uncertainty weighs on corporate planning, investment. Protectionist U.S. trade policy is raising the cost of global trade and poses a downside risk to the global credit outlook, says Moody’s Ratings. In a new report, the rating agency...
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 11% to US$1.5 trillion in 2024, marking the second straight year of decline. The UN Trade & Development’s (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2025 shows. The World Investment Report calls for “bold, coordinated action to...
The respective trade associations for the UK and Singapore's asset management industries have signed up to Project Guardian, a cross-border initiative led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and designed to promote use-cases for blockchain. The UK's Investment Association (IA)...
Citi’s 2024 Sustainability Report shows the company is more than halfway to its 2030 sustainable finance goal and supporting social impact initiatives. The World Economic Forum says that hundreds of trillions of dollars will be needed to achieve net...
BNP Paribas 3 Step IT is driving circularity in tech by helping businesses cut e-waste, meet ESG goals and access devices without upfront investment The market for sustainable investments is rapidly growing and projected to reach trillions of dollars according...
The provision of cross-border bank credit reached a record high. Global bank liquidity grew in the first quarter as cross-border credit rose to record heights, according to new data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In a new report, the...
Global electricity demand is expected to expand at one of the fastest sustained paces in over a decade despite ongoing economic pressures, according to a new IEA report, with renewables, natural gas and nuclear all contributing to meet the...
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) posted a 2.2 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit on Monday as loan demand in Japan and abroad rode out market volatility over the quarter, after stripping out a one-time item. The results from...
Saudi Arabia's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.9% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, reported SPA citing data from General Authority for Statistics in Saudi Arabia. As per the GASTAT data,...
