Karachi’s fintech corridor produced another paper trail this week. ABHI Microfinance Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with NADRA Technologies Limited (NTL), the commercial arm...
By March 2026, the architecture of domestic capital in South Asia has fundamentally shifted. Shariah-compliant deposits now capture over 26.5% of the total banking industry, an...
Pakistan’s current account surplus came in at $459 million in May 2026, the State Bank of Pakistan reported this week, reversing April’s $276 million deficit and...
The shifting tectonic plates of global finance are rarely announced with a megaphone. Instead, they are revealed through quiet, bureaucratic approvals and the strategic repositioning of...
The marble corridors of the Eccles Building are bracing for an institutional earthquake. As the Federal Open Market Committee prepares for its pivotal June 2026 policy...
The Bank of Japan has raised its benchmark policy rate to 1%, the highest level since September 1995, in a decision that marks one of the...
The era of the verbose central banker may be nearing its end, if a growing faction of monetary conservatives has its way. For the better part...
On June 9, 2026, Bank Indonesia did something it hadn’t done in eight years: it raised interest rates outside its regular policy calendar. The central bank...
The pitch was intoxicatingly simple. Buy a boutique fitness studio, tap into a proven corporate playbook, and ride the post-pandemic wellness boom to financial independence. For...
SoftBank Group dropped as much as 11% in Tokyo on Tuesday before closing down 8.3%, wiping roughly $8 billion off its market value in a single...