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Reviving Nigeria’s neglected $700bn mining sector
The country wants to better capitalise on its rich mineral resources
BNPL in a recession: A debt spiral or a safe refuge?
As buy now, pay later becomes increasingly popular in a recession, the payment method could either give consumers a safe refuge to weather the storm or uncontrolled levels of debt.
US farms grow fearful of foreign investors
A flurry of proposals banning Chinese ownership of domestic farmland is being discussed in the US, at both the national and state level, as lawmakers have grown fearful of adverse foreign powers potentially posing a threat to national food security.
Emerging markets debt defaults leave creditors hanging
Unfavourable global macroeconomic conditions are exerting pressures on emerging markets with dispersed and ad hoc debt restructuring regulatory frameworks
Indonesia to drive digital bank growth as Gojek, Sea move into fintech
With the recent announcement that Indonesia’s Bank Jago will go fully digital, the trend of digital banking is on track to open up financial services to populations across the archipelago who have so far struggled to see benefits from traditional banks.
The digital pound: can private payments and the UK’s CBDC coexist peacefully? The BoE thinks so
The Bank of England has issued its long-awaited formal proposal for a UK central bank digital currency, reassuring private sector players the CBDC will form part of a “mixed payments economy”.
Indonesia’s ESG profile scares off non-Chinese investment
The country’s variable labour and environmental standards clash with its cleantech ambitions
More regulatory convergence needed for cross border payments plan, FSB says
The Financial Stability Board has hinted at future initiatives that could ease regulatory barriers for non-bank payment service providers, as it sets out the key priorities in its roadmap for easier cross-border payments.
FCA to shake up its asset management rules
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to revamp the country’s asset management sector, in the latest iteration of British regulators’ attempt to move away from the EU’s financial services rulebook.