Banking & Finance

IMF and African Caucus Reaffirm Commitment to Growth Amid Tight Financing and Climate Pressures Africa’s voice rang with both resolve and realism at the 2025...

From Cyber to Settlement: The Unseen Fault Lines in Africa’s FX Plumbing When the foreign-exchange (FX) market works, it is invisible, a constant hum beneath...

A decade on, IMF–RFA pact looks to harden the global safety net The International Monetary Fund and the world’s Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) marked ten...

Growth of Nonbanks Revealing New Financial Stability Risks, IMF Says Stretched asset valuations and pressures in core sovereign bond markets are keeping financial stability risks...

Africa’s Quiet Resilience Amid a Fragmenting Global Economy As the world economy splutters under the weight of protectionism, fiscal fatigue, and a waning globalisation dividend,...

The Cedi at 60: Ghana’s Currency Journey from Symbol of Sovereignty to Anchor of Stability When Ghana introduced the Cedi on July 19, 1965, it...

Societe-Generale Forge and Bitpanda Expand Partnership in Decentralised Finance Societe Generale-FORGE (SG–FORGE) and Bitpanda strengthen their partnership to support the deployment by Bitpanda of SG-FORGE's...

At the IMF/World Bank Meetings: Ghana’s Recovery Story Takes Centre Stage But the Hard Work Still Lies Ahead The 2025 Annual Meetings of the International...

Crypto Markets Suffer Broad Retreat as Risk Sentiment Turns Cautious After several weeks of robust gains, the cryptocurrency market entered a corrective phase last week,...

Global Economists Challenge IMF Surcharge System: “Punishing the Poor to Protect the Fund” As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board prepares to announce reforms to...