From MNT-Halan to Zeepay, digital pioneers are building a high-value corridor to the Middle East. As African fintech matures, companies that once focused on domestic markets are now increasingly seeing Dubai as a strategic base for MENA and international expansion. Some key players are already on the move. Egypt’s fintech giant MNT-Halan recently launched in…
Short-term rental investing has moved well beyond weekend income and pretty listing photos. For high earners, real estate investors and finance professionals, the more interesting question is how the property performs after tax planning is brought into the picture. That is why the short-term rental, or STR, strategy has gained so much attention. When a…
In April, Citi launched Citi Sky, an always-on, AI-powered member of the Citi Wealth team, built with technology from Google Cloud and Google DeepMind. This launch marks a major shift in the industry from transactional digital banking to an intelligence-led, conversational future for wealth management. Built on an agentic AI infrastructure, Citi Sky prioritizes high-trust,…
Angela Rayner’s estimated net worth remains around £3 million, but fresh leadership speculation has pushed her finances back into the spotlight. As of 17 May 2026, Rayner is being widely discussed as one of the Labour figures who could emerge as a replacement for Keir Starmer if pressure on his leadership continues to build after…
France is pressing European banks to accelerate the development of euro-denominated stablecoins, as policymakers grow concerned that the region might fall further behind the U.S. in the shift toward digital payments and tokenized finance. Recently, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure publicly called for more euro-based stablecoins and urged banks to explore tokenized deposits, saying the…
Elvis Presley was worth about $5 million when he died in 1977, but the real money came later. Nearly 50 years after his death, Elvis remains one of the highest-earning dead celebrities in the world thanks to Graceland, music royalties, licensing deals and the enormous global value of the Presley name. People are still searching…
The cracks in the private credit market appear to be widening. Private credit is a significant alternative to syndicated bank loans as a source of corporate capital provided predominantly by private equity (PE) firms. The market is heavily involved in financing data center capacity, which is burgeoning along with the demand for artificial intelligence. Investors…
When a business in Southeast Asia converts dollars into Thai baht, the transaction typically passes through a regulated currency exchange operator that maintains a pooled clearing account in Thailand. Dozens or hundreds of unrelated transfers settle through the same account each day. Industry estimates suggest that 40 to 55 percent of cross-border funds entering Thailand…
The industry is spending billions to ensure tokenization establishes a toehold in one of corporate treasury’s most back-office relationships— the one with its transfer agents. Transfer agents do not have the highest profile in corporate finance, but serve a critical role of maintaining the record of who owns a company’s stock, facilitating stock transfers between…
Go to any Indian household and ask about medical insurance. Nine out of ten people will say they have a mediclaim. Ask what it covers, and most will say “hospitalisation and all that.” Ask whether it covers a cancer diagnosis or a 45-minute daycare procedure, and most will not know. Medical costs in India are…