Rather than just handling payments, one mobile-phone technology entrepreneur wants to extend small lines of short-term credit to the financially excluded.

The sovereign wealth fund is withdrawing to cash, has seen a once-in-a-generation drawdown and is positioning defensively.

The Goldman Sachs arrangement with the government of Malaysia over 1MDB only draws a line under part of the scandal. There is more to come – and questions to answer.

As Iran’s currency crisis deepens, observers fear that far from improving the situation, state intervention will do further damage to a country that was in economic turmoil even before coronavirus.

Unquantifiable risk as a result of Covid-19 made the complex deal unworkable.

Private sector digital adoption is surging because of the pandemic. The resultant efficiencies will partially offset pressure on profitability at the bank.

The Singaporean investment company made a loss – but an impressive one in the circumstances.

A backdrop of buoyant economic growth, falling unemployment and rising consumer confidence gave Serbia’s banks a welcome boost last year.

A quick reaction to warning signs in Asia meant Atlantic Natural Foods was better positioned than some to deal with Covid-19 – but it still needed flexibility from its bank

Attorney Mel Georgie Racela runs the Anti-Money Laundering Council Secretariat in the Philippines, one of two agencies tasked with getting to the bottom with the country’s involvement in the Wirecard scandal. He talks to Chris Wright.

The country’s response to the scandal is a chance to show good governance.

Investors should stop pretending to care about ESG risks.

It has become almost fashionable to write off the city. There are important reasons to believe it will endure.

The Covid-19 crisis will accelerate monetization in the Gulf and see Abu Dhabi companies take equity stakes in the emirate.

The New Development Bank, born in Shanghai 2015 to help the five ‘Brics' countries, has had a good pandemic, disbursing $4 billion in emergency funding and printing a maiden US dollar bond. Its future plans: more capital, more members and a better credit rating.

The awkward truce in Brazil between XP Inc and Itaú broke down in a very public way in June.

Social distancing and government payments are turbo-charging digital bank’s growth.

The country is losing the war on the coronavirus, as well as wasting the ensuing digital payments opportunity eagerly grasped by others in Latin America.

Experienced mobile money market participants have given a cautious welcome to Ethiopia’s plans to liberalize its telecommunications market, but warn that the emergence of new transaction providers is far from certain.

As the US turns its back on China, US-listed mainland firms are rushing to complete secondary share sales. For all the challenges facing Hong Kong, this week’s market debut by JD.com and Yum China’s $2 billion beauty parade, are signs of a market in rude health.

Emerging market currencies look set to continue their bumpy ride over the coming months as the potential for a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks weighs on Asian currency sentiment.

Mainland Chinese firms invested $72.2 billion in Africa between 2014 and 2018, much of it through the Belt and Road Initiative. Now that Covid-19 has struck, there is a growing sense of unease in Beijing over calls to write off debt to stressed African states.

African governments and SOEs owe China more than $150 billion and Covid-19 is limiting their ability to repay. Will this usher in debt-trap diplomacy or are Chinese lenders playing a longer game?

Will forcing all foreign firms to comply with US audit standards be the straw that breaks the camel’s back in Beijing?

A new law prohibiting the return of banks to their former owners will unlock international funding for Ukraine. But is it really the game changer some are claiming?

China has moved closer to approving its first onshore real estate investment trusts. When tax and gearing issues are overcome, the market could overtake the US to be the world’s largest, bankers say.

Collapse in Brazilian equities places a question mark over recent growth in retail investment.

A due-diligence downside to working from home.

Tinkoff Bank’s virtual assistant is good for eating out, but not food for thought.

Foreign capital is flooding into Chinese bonds, but investors would be wise to scrutinize the myriad ways by which issuers can wriggle out of meeting their obligations. China’s bond markets are vibrant and attractive, but – all too often – unruly.