RBI's small steps like last week's to internationalise the Rupee are ok, but don’t think of full convertibility now, the columnist says. Here's why All countries envy the dollar’s pre-eminence in ...
By Paulette WATSONThe 14th Ghana Economic Forum (GEF 2025), hosted by Business & Financial Times (B&FT), convened government, ...
At the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai on Wednesday, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal declared trust as India’s defining asset in global finance—“the only currency that never depreciates.” In ...
Stocks The S&P 500 hit its 33rd record high this year. News of Oracle ’s meagre profits from its collaboration with OpenAI led to a pullback. However, investors immediately bought up the dip, willing ...
I cover Asia's wealth and entrepreneurs from a base in Singapore. From left: Anindya Bakrie, chairman of Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of Banyan Tree; ...
Ethiopia’s plan to convert its dollar-denominated Chinese loans to yuan is a “savvy financial arbitrage play” in the view of some analysts, while others warned that the move could “complicate” ...
The Trump administration finalized plans for a financial rescue of Argentina on Thursday, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had taken the rare step of directly buying Argentine pesos in ...
To say the roof hasn’t caved in on the dollar is an understatement. Despite the doomsaying that was pervasive after the White House imposed sweeping tariffs, the greenback is as entrenched in the cogs ...
In an interview with Kitco News this week, Zang said, “When President Trump signed the Genius Act, he changed the global monetary system,” adding that she has no doubt that stable coins will usher in ...
As the U.S. government shutdown enters its second week, sending tremors through Treasury markets and raising fresh questions about American financial governance, a timely new book argues that such ...
A defining moment in India–UK ties! Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK PM Keir Starmer met in Mumbai to unveil a new roadmap for shared growth — from trade and tech to defence and Diwali. PM Modi ...
ViaBTC, the third largest BTC mining pool, announced a major upgrade to its crypto loan offerings. The revamped Collateral-pledged Loan service now supports multiple cryptocurrencies as collateral and ...