Home Sustainable Finance In conversation with Sohail Sultan, Chairman, iibGroup Commitment to sustainability – from financing green and blue bonds, to creating digital access for customers, to maintaining transparent governance for all stakeholders – can enable banks to create a culture that fosters long-term resilience, trust and value creation. Joseph Giarraputo, Founder and Editorial Director of Global Finance, talks to Sohail…
Understanding the Two-Child Cap The policy, introduced by George Osborne in 2017, applies to children born after 6 April that year. It restricts universal credit and child tax credits for third or subsequent children, impacting around 1.6 million children in the UK. According to analysis reviewed by Finance Monthly, affected families forgo an average of…
Last week, the Nasdaq registered its worst weekly performance since April. Much of the selling was sparked by concerns about historically high valuations, an evolving AI bubble and heightened market concentrations. Since the end of the last bear market in October 2022, the S&P 500 has been led higher by the enormous gains of tech…
Naveen Kumar Amar joined SS Innovations International, a developer of surgical robotic technologies, in September as CFO. Amar has been a financial leader with companies in a range of industries and most recently provided virtual CFO services to clients in the US, Canada, and the UK. Global Finance: What is going to be your first…
Kenny Easley’s name always carried a certain weight in football circles. Anyone who watched the NFL in the 1980s remembers the way he moved: the speed, the authority, the unshakeable confidence of a player who understood the game three steps ahead. When Easley passed away in November 2025 at the age of 66, fans mourned…
If a bird is the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving table, this year’s feast could come with a little bonus — you may not have to pay for it. Several grocery chains across the country are practically giving birds away with BOGO deals, discounted holiday meal bundles and, in some cases, free turkeys. While grocery prices…
The collapse of First Brands demonstrates some of the challenges of private credit, while its use continues to expand. With standard cash-flow-based lending to corporate borrowers slowing, private equity firms and other private credit lenders are looking to collateral as a financing basis. That collateral, while typically consisting of assets like consumer and auto loans…
Bad Bunny claimed the spotlight at the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards last night in Las Vegas. The Puerto Rican icon secured five major wins, including Album of the Year for his introspective release Debí Tirar Más Fotos. He also took home Best Urban Music Album, Best Urban Song, Best Urban Music Performance, and Best Reggaeton…
An accord reached in a 20-year feud between credit card issuers and stores could change the way you rack up loyalty points every time you swipe your card at a sales terminal. The agreement, first reported last week by the Wall Street Journal and which has to be approved by the Eastern District Court of…
At Sibos 2025, Gilly Wright, Global Finance’s Technology and Transaction Banking editor, interviews Isaac Kamuta, Group Head, Payments, Cash Management & Client Access at Ecobank, about its solutions for helping clients collect and make payments and manage liquidity, supporting their growth objectives within and across Africa. Ecobank, which has consistently achieved recognition for excellence in…