Getting hurt or wronged is stressful enough on its own. Add a long legal case on top of it, and the financial pressure can feel constant. Bills don’t pause while your claim works its way through the system, and neither does rent, groceries, or a car payment. Many people assume a settlement check will arrive…
There is a peculiar contradiction at the centre of today’s startup economy. Entrepreneurs have never had access to more information about markets, consumers and technological change, nor have they ever been able to build and test new products so quickly. At the same time, I continue to see founders approaching entrepreneurship in precisely the opposite…
Responding to Trump’s tariff barrage, Canada pivots from continental nostalgia to global dealmaking. This article appears in the September 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. Following President Donald Trump’s reelection in 2024, something extraordinary occurred, not seen since the War of 1812. The president not only took aim at Canada as a potential annexation target,…
Fintech founders rarely ignore regulation outright. The more common pattern is subtler: they treat regulatory exposure as a moving boundary that can be managed later, once product-market fit, transaction volume, or geographic reach justifies the cost. For a while, that judgment can look rational. The company launches, partners sign, customers arrive, and no regulator objects….
Revolut gets an OCC thumbs up to launch a US bank, but lending ambitions are another issue. Technically, financial technology company Revolut is already a bank across several regions—it holds licenses in the U.K., France, Mexico and Australia. Now, in the U.S. market, it is one step closer to bankhood. The London-based startup announced Thursday…
There is a stretch of about ten days after somebody dies that almost no household has planned for. Not emotionally, which is understandable, but financially, which is fixable. It works like this. Someone dies on a Tuesday. By Thursday the family is expected to make decisions that carry a five figure price tag. By the…
America is betting on stablecoins while other nations favor safer digital currencies. This article appears in the September 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. CFOs and corporate treasurers face a dilemma when selecting which digital currencies to use. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are backed by the issuing central bank’s balance sheet and the full…
Freelancing is becoming a larger part of the skilled workforce. Upwork’s Future Workforce Index found that skilled freelancing grew from 28% of skilled knowledge workers in 2025 to 38% in 2026. As more people take on independent work, more freelancers are signing client contracts without a legal background. The right contract can protect your pay,…
August employment report brings mixed blessings for the U.S. economy. U.S. employers added a robust 162,000 jobs in August, signaling an employment rebound, even as finance-sector jobs declined, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Employment Situation Summary. The sectors with the most job growth were leisure/hospitality (62,000 jobs), government (35,000 jobs), private education/health services…
Combining finances does not have to mean combining every dollar. For many couples, the better arrangement is a shared financial layer: both people know how household bills are being handled, both contribute toward common goals, and both can still keep some spending and accounts separate. A household money system is simply a set of rules…