Downward revisions and finance and insurance job losses paint a pessimistic picture for the U.S. labor market. In the last jobs numbers report before a contentious U.S. mid-term election, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that seasonally adjusted nonfarm payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate remained stable at 4.2% The…
Let’s be honest: getting a financial services website to rank is a different game entirely. Google puts every banking, investment, and insurance page under a special microscope because that content can literally affect someone’s savings or wellbeing. The bar for authority is simply higher. That high bar also means the payoff is massive. FirstPageSage found…
A new dispute over Brazilian exports adds to legal and political uncertainty around the pact. This article appears in the October issue of Global Finance Magazine. Just four months into its provisional application, the EU-Mercosur trade deal continues to face increasing pressure, with a new dispute over Brazilian animal products adding to the legal and…
Downsizing is supposed to free up cash. You sell the family home, buy somewhere smaller and pocket the difference. That’s the idea, anyway. What actually happens is the transaction costs start chipping away at your savings before the boxes are even unpacked. Since April 2025, the stamp duty nil-rate band has dropped back to £125,000,…
AI is rapidly changing banking. What are the biggest challenges and opportunities for clients and financial institutions? Elitza Kavrakova: The biggest question for organisations today is no longer whether they should adopt AI, but rather how to do so responsibly and effectively. Elitza Kavrakova, Group Head Institutional Clients Financial institutions and corporates face multiple challenges….
Most finance offices already own the screen. It is sitting under a conference room TV, powered on, showing the Apple TV home screen to an empty room for twenty-two hours a day. Meanwhile the lobby display down the hall runs on a three-year-old media player nobody can log into anymore. That gap is closing fast….
Agentic AI has a toehold in B2C transactions, but has a way to go to capture B2B transactions, Waller said at the Sibos conference. Artificial intelligence and autonomous AI agents will fuel the next evolutionary leap in global and cross-border payments, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Christopher Waller said during a speech at Sibos 2026 in…
Define what you need the VPN to protect A VPN can route your internet connection through another network and mask the IP address visible to websites and services. That may be useful, but it does not make you anonymous or protect every part of your digital life. Before you compare providers, write down who you…
At Sibos 2026, Bank of America announced that it had executed its first real-time payment initiated by Bradesco. Bank of America Corp. has completed its first pilot transaction for a new cross-border real-time payments service, partnering with São Paulo–based Banco Bradesco SA to execute the transfer. The bank announced the milestone during the annual Sibos…
Put two numbers next to each other and the auto repair business starts to look a little strange. The first is the size of the market. Mordor Intelligence estimates US automotive service at $211.14 billion in 2026, climbing to $281.23 billion by 2031 on 5.9% annual growth. Plenty of industries would love that curve. The…