Ecobank is betting that saving African biodiversity is good business — and investors are all in. In May, Togo’s Ecobank became the first commercial bank in Africa to issue a nature bond, mobilizing $450 million that will primarily be utilized to finance sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and water infrastructure across sub-Saharan Africa. Floated at the main…
By David Walmsley and Stig Ørskov “Explain why journalism matters.” That’s one of the challenges A.G. Sulzberger, Chairman and Publisher of The New York Times, put to our industry earlier this month in his powerful opening keynote at the World News Media Congress in Marseille. His message was clear: at a time when trust is fragile and information…
Six of the UK’s largest banks and building societies have joined an industry-led initiative to build a digital verification service that would let customers confirm their identity through their banking app, in a move by the financial sector to establish its own role in digital identity. Coordinated by the industry body UK Finance and unveiled…
It hasn’t been a good season for the opinion page. AI-generated columns, fake bylines, hallucinated quotes – the problems facing publishers and editors are real and accelerating. What we know This week, Deutsche Welle reported on two high profile German news outlets which were recently forced to delete published opinion pieces that made undisclosed use…
One of President Donald Trump’s core political positions has always been that US allies should pay more for the benefits they receive from US military power. This has included demanding that South Korea and Japan pay more for the presence of US troops on their soil, and suggesting that the US would only honor its…
After years of skepticism, agentic AI is reshaping how CFOs run their organizations. Working in conjunction, global accountancy and advisory firm PwC and OpenAI are bringing agentic AI to CFOs and their organizations. They promise that their agents can deliver benefits to the planning, forecasting, reporting, procurement, payments, treasury, and tax functions of financial organizations. …
For the 21st century newsroom, change is a constant. Publishers have pivoted, innovated, adopted and adapted to a barrage of threats and challenges over the past three decades. In this interview by Chloe Tsang for the Future Newsrooms Study, Tagesspiegel editor-in-chief Christian Tretbar explains how the German news organisation is meeting core challenges head on,…
I speak with a lot of individuals who are considering Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Chapter 13 bankruptcy can feel overwhelming at first, especially when you start trying to understand how the monthly payment plan actually works. A lot of people hear “Chapter 13” and immediately wonder, “How much would I have to pay every month?” That…
By Bihag Karnani As a senior product manager at Google, I oversee the development of Reader Revenue Manager – a digital subscription service designed specifically for media companies. On average, I meet with approximately 50 to 70 publishers throughout the course of a year. They come from a variety of backgrounds – local dailies, national…
Major US banks proved resilient under the Fed’s severe 2026 stress test scenario. This year’s Federal Reserve Stress Test, which involved 32 U.S. banks, simulated a hypothetical real estate Armageddon in which commercial real estate prices fell 39%, housing prices declined 30%, unemployment spiked to 10%, and economic output dropped commensurately. The results were encouraging….