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Kurdistan readies for post-ISIS future

It’s not long ago that Kurdistan was on the brink of accessing the international markets. Then came ISIS, strained relations with Iraq and the challenge of being shackled to a state from which the population wants independence. Is Kurdistan ready to approach world markets again?

Chris Wright, September 12, 2019

CAPITAL MARKETS

The places that finance forgot

Countries fall off the global financial grid for a host of reasons: political obtuseness, lack of sovereign recognition, the departure of correspondent banking relationships, even Ebola. But we make a mistake if we think of these places as distant and uninteresting curios

Chris Wright, September 12, 2019

BANKING

Clothes don’t cover Haiti’s problems

The country’s poverty is in marked contrast to the relative affluence of its neighbours. It needs access to finance beyond disaster relief. But can banks make a business case for a nation in such poor repair?

Rob Dwyer, September 12, 2019

BANKING

Algeria’s battle for modern banking

A properly functioning financial system has long eluded the country. As it moves on from Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year leadership, can the financial system finally overcome its many problems?

Olivier Holmey, September 12, 2019

BANKING

Non-recognition gives Kosovo a headache

It is 11 years since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, and even now, only about half of the UN recognizes it as a free-standing sovereign state. That lack of international validation – not least the absence of a credit rating – is holding back a strong economy.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, September 12, 2019

BANKING

Laos’s past is its present

In the landlocked nation, credit is in short supply and few have bank accounts. Foreign lenders, development banks, microfinance institutions and fintechs want to solve its woes – it’s just not clear that Laos wants them back.

Elliot Wilson, September 12, 2019

BANKING

Liberia sees a second chance

For many international investors, Liberia isn’t relevant. It offers little in terms of natural resource, while global banks find doing business there too risky and its young and poor population offers little commercial opportunity. Can China help turn this around?

Kanika Saigal, September 12, 2019

BANKING

Montag tells investors why the mid-market is Bank of America’s focus right now

A push into the regional mid-markets, as well as the international subsidiaries of those clients, is a useful driver of market share at a time of uncertainty.

Mark Baker, September 12, 2019

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APIs – Shaping the future of banking

The growing use of application programming interfaces (APIs) is challenging how businesses communicate and how client solutions are developed and delivered. APIs enable new solutions that address demands for personalized services and immediate fulfilment – driving industry innovation, disruption and connectivity.

September 11, 2019

CAPITAL MARKETS

Libor transition: Are markets ready for a $350 trillion white-knuckle ride?

It is less than two and a half years until Libor, the benchmark on which trillions of dollars-worth of financial instruments are based, will disappear. That is a hopelessly ambitious timetable in which to complete what has been called the largest financial engineering project in history. Even if chaos is averted, the way in which banks lend, and indeed how corporates borrow, may never be the same again.

Louise Bowman, September 10, 2019

BANKING

Libor transition: Between a rock and a hard place

Banks are caught in the middle of regulatory pressure from above and corporate inertia from below when it comes to transitioning away from Libor, but they are the lynchpin on which the whole process depends.

Louise Bowman, September 10, 2019

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