Editor’s note: At our Congress last year in Krakow, Ringier pulled back the curtain on how it drives strategy sharing the ins and outs of its Digital Media Playbook. In that same collaborative spirit, Ladina Heimgartner, Head of Media and CEO of Ringier Switzerland (and WAN-IFRA’s president of the board), asked us if we would…
Home Awards Award Winners World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2026: Country and Territory Winners In 2026, Islamic financial institutions continue to demonstrate resilience, innovation, and regional impact. Across the Middle East, Asia, and beyond, leaders are balancing robust growth with Shariah-compliant practices, setting new standards in both domestic and cross-border markets. Institutions are harnessing digital…
Isak Andic was worth an estimated $4.5 billion when he died, and questions surrounding the Mango founder’s fortune have only intensified since Spanish authorities detained his son Jonathan Andic for questioning during the ongoing investigation into the billionaire’s fatal fall. Spanish authorities originally treated the death as accidental after Andic fell during a hiking trip…
There is a large-scale metamorphosis occurring in the design structure of the global decentralized finance landscape, as centralized exchanges move away from their simple spot trading mechanisms. With the deepening of global liquidity pools and the standardization of regulations around the world, digital asset exchanges will need to diversify their functionality to attract high-volume users….
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…
As we’re getting close to rounding out the Beta period of the 2.0 editor, we’re trying to close out any bugs we find or users report quickly. They could be browser-support related, network conditions related, account capability related, or just bugs in how the 2.0 editor and technology behind it works. It’s complicated enough that…
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…