Home Banking World’s Best Digital Banks 2026 Round 1: The Next Generation of Digital Banking Arrives Digital portals give way to autonomous financial ecosystems. The term “digital transformation” has been a boardroom staple for a decade, often used to describe the transition from physical brick-and-mortar branches to mobile-first applications. Yet as we evaluate the landscape…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned that several upside risks to inflation are beginning to materialise, with Governor Michele Bullock pointing to renewed energy-price pressure, the global AI investment boom and persistent domestic capacity constraints ahead of the central bank’s September rate decision. Bullock told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on…
Home Private Credit Fed Rate Hike Squeezes an Already Stressed Private Credit Sector Fed rate hikes threaten to further strain direct lenders as private credit default rates hit record highs. The private credit industry keeps insisting it’s fine. The data keeps suggesting otherwise, and Wednesday’s interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve isn’t going to…
Tata Group companies lost roughly $3.2 billion in market value on Friday as investors reacted to a widening dispute over the future of holding company Tata Sons, including its potential public listing and the leadership of chairman N. Chandrasekaran. The selloff affected several listed Tata businesses. Tata Chemicals fell by around 8% in intraday trading,…
Most people know, at least in theory, that carrying credit card debt is expensive. But the bigger problem often starts earlier than the interest charge. It starts when a credit card quietly changes jobs. A credit card is supposed to be a payment tool. For a lot of households, though, it becomes an income substitute….
Investors, though, continue to debate the true cost of owning private credit funds. This article appears in the September 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. *Reflects 2021, 2022, and 2024 vintages; 2023 was not reported by Preqin. Trough-period mean shown at the midpoint of Pregin’s reported 1.25%-1.32% range. Source: Pregin, Private Credit in 2026. For…
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In his first rate hike as Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh raises rates by 25 basis points amid persistent inflation. In a laconic 132-word statement, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a hike of the Federal Funds rate by 0.25%, to between 3.75% and 4%. It was the first increase in Chairman Kevin Warsh’s tenure…
The hardest payroll errors to catch rarely look absurd. A $75,000 paycheck gets noticed. A terminated employee still receiving a $140 allowance may not. So does a shift differential configured slightly too high. An overtime rule that works correctly for most employees but fails for one location. A duplicate bonus submitted through two workflows. A…
With SWIFT’s ISO 20022 compliance deadline looming in November, several banks are behind schedule. This article appears in the September 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. Cross-border payments are approaching a hard deadline in November, when SWIFT stops accepting unstructured address data under ISO 20022. The global messaging standard that replaced the old SWIFT MT…