Accelerating yield hikes fuel capital repatriation, threatening to drive up USD debt issuance costs. Japan’s rapidly rising interest rates are providing another significant variable for corporate treasurers with upcoming bond offerings or refinancings to monitor. While the deluge of debt issued by so-called hyperscalers has yet to increase other companies’ borrowing costs, it’s critical for…

Rideshare services are a convenient part of life in Las Vegas, but passengers who are harmed during a ride have rights, including the option to pursue a civil claim. Survivors of assault in a rideshare can seek accountability from the person responsible and, in some cases, from the company whose failures enabled the harm. What…

Home Technology HSBC, Standard Chartered Test Interbank Tokenized Deposits On SWIFT Banks clear major milestone toward real-time, cross-border tokenized deposits. Tokenized deposits are a step closer to broader institutional use as HSBC Holdings PLC and Standard Chartered PLC completed the first bank-to-bank transaction via the banking messaging consortium SWIFT’s digital blockchain-backed ledger, the banks reported…

US employers typically monitor the spend on rewards and recognition in Q2-end vs utilization to date in the year. Underspending now is a common story and generationally a common planning question, not so much a generational savings issue. Because unspent recognition budgets seldom roll forward and seldom reduce the next year’s budget ask, the default…