Global Finance

MARCH 5, 2025

Scotiabank has officially exited retail banking in Panama, Costa Rica, and Colombia, marking the latest move by a major international lender to scale back in the region. It continued its push into the region in 2016, purchasing Citibanks retail operations in Costa Rica and Panama for $360 million.

Banking

Future CFO

AUGUST 6, 2025

Real-time monitoring and scenario planning further enhance agility, enabling swift resource reallocation when risks emerge. These strategies can assist the management of organisations to control the mounting expenses, more effectively and protect the profitability of the firms in the unpredictable economic scenario,” suggests Jose.

Forecasting

Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

With just five years remaining on its ambitious Vision 2030 program to modernize and diversify away from its economic dependency on oil, the worlds biggest petroleum exporter and the regions largest economy is nearing a crossroads. The clock is ticking for Saudi Arabia. It is evolving, but perception is not something that changes overnight.

Investments

Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

This flagship project redefines the areas transition to clean energy and creates new economic opportunities for residents impacted by South Africas Just Energy Transition Investment Plan. The group structured the debt financing for Scatecs Mogobe battery energy storage system project.

Finance

CFO Talks

MAY 20, 2025

Whether your organisation is teetering on the brink or simply seeking ways to future-proof itself, this episode is packed with practical, battle-tested advice, drawn from real-world recoveries, economic insights, and even ancient strategy. Whats Your Plan B? Louis is known for his mantra: Whats your Plan B? The real challenge?

Restructuring

Global Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

QIA, established in 2005 with the target to create long-term value, invests across nine sectors: retail and consumer; technology, media and telecoms (TMT); liquid securities; infrastructure; financials; funds; healthcare; industrials; and real estate. Number one, invest in yourself.

CFO

The Big Picture

JUNE 10, 2025

So we’ll get to the title in a bit, but I wanna start with a little bit of your background that led you to the CTO position, starting with bachelor’s from Taylor University, international Business Economics and Finance. What was the original career plan? Whereas, you know, a typical retail investor is less than 5%.

Investments

Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

Finance products offered range from retail solar mortgages and special loans for electric vehicles to bonds financing the construction of massive wind-power farms and green steel manufacturing plants. Asia wields significant economic influence on the world stage.

Finance

CFO Talks

MARCH 4, 2025

You have all your ingredients laid out, the recipe in hand, and a clear plan for how everything should come together. The world throws curveballs economic downturns, rising costs, and sudden shifts in customer demand. If you stick rigidly to the plan without adapting, things fall apart. But just as you start, the power goes out.

Budgeting

CFO Thought Leader

JANUARY 13, 2025

Collaborating with economics and business teams, he quantified how each offering affected purchase behavior and membership renewals, Patel tells us. Today, Patel channels these cross-functional experiences into his role as CFO of Thrive Market, combining rigorous long-term planning with a mission-driven focus on healthy, sustainable living.

CFO

Global Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

QIA, established in 2005 with the target to create long-term value, invests across nine sectors: retail and consumer; technology, media and telecoms (TMT); liquid securities; infrastructure; financials; funds; healthcare; industrials; and real estate. Number one, invest in yourself.

CFO

Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The toolbox is open, and the fine-tuning is underway, as China’s policymakers and financial institutions respond to the thorny economic challenges of the post-pandemic era. Official media in July reported China Merchants Bank Chairman Miao Jianmin’s announcement of a strategic shift for his institution from “retail bank” to “value bank.”

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

JUNE 12, 2025

In an economic landscape marked by ongoing uncertainty, small businesses continue to navigate shifting consumer behaviors and market dynamics with remarkable adaptability. despite ongoing economic uncertainty. Retail sales grew modestly year-over-year (+0.9%), but declined -1.0% Sales inched up +0.2% Total transactions rose +3.8%

Benchmarking

Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Morgan FX Services to enable FX settlement on blockchain, initially in US dollars and euros, with plans to expand to more currencies. BBVA , which wins two awards, for Best Bank Digital FX Platform (Overall) and Best FX Solution for SMEs, has created different FX platforms to suit the diverse needs of both wholesale and retail customers.

Foreign Exchange

Global Finance

MARCH 5, 2025

With hydrocarbons accounting for 90% of exports and government revenue, economic performance remains closely tied to OPEC+ production policy, global demand, and competitor output. It also shows Kuwait is serious in going ahead with the fiscal and economic reforms. Kuwaits economy contracted by 1% in 2024 following a 3.6%

Economics

Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

The strategic and operational aim of the IFIs is to increase digitalization to drive efficiency, gain new customersparticularly at the higher end of retail and commercial bankingand raise competitiveness in challenging banking markets. Its performance wins the bank the Best Islamic Retail Bank award.

Finance

Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

Conflict aside, the Middle East is anticipating a period of economic growth. The wars in Gaza and Lebanon sent shockwaves across the region: disrupting key trade routes, derailing normalization talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia, accelerating Egypts economic bailout, and precipitating the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Today the apparel firm must ensure that forced labor isnt being used to pick the cotton that will be spun and woven into textiles and fashioned into clothes that will appear on US retail store shelves, says Smith. Can New Technologies Make A Difference? By comparison, supply chain risk ranked only fifth in KPMGs 2022 survey.

Transportation

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This includes setting goals, having a financial plan, and acknowledging our collective inability to predict the outcomes of geopolitical events (either domestic or overseas). My emphasis was on staying focused on the long term. This does not, however, mean we should become sanguine about how rapidly changes in the U.S. and its allies.

Currencies

CFO Share

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

While it’s difficult to predict exactly how a second term might unfold, examining key aspects of Trump’s economic platform can offer some insights. For retailers, importers, and small manufacturers with suppliers overseas, increased tariffs would lead to higher costs.

Manufacturing

Global Finance

MAY 2, 2025

The USs pro-crypto stance is reshaping the global financial landscape by integrating digital assets into the mainstream economic agenda, says Federico Brokate, head of US Business at 21Shares, a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider based in Switzerland. This proposal drew a flutter of scornful reactions.

Currencies

Global Finance

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

By providing immediate cash flow, SCF helps suppliers avoid the pitfalls of traditional loans that can be challenging to secure during economic downturns. Additionally, SCF makes cash flow more predictable, aiding in better emergency planning. SCF is vital for businesses aiming to build reliable and resilient supply chains.

Finance

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Profitability - Absolute and Relative While we may all agree with the proverbial bottom line being profits, there seems to be no consensus on how best to measure profitability, either from an accounting or an economic perspective. With operating margins, you are getting a handle on economies of scale.

Hurdle Rate

Global Finance

JULY 28, 2025

Lenders expect CIB revenues to reach the $100 billion mark by 2030 as the region deepens its economic transformation. Government-led privatizations and family business listings are expanding the investable universe and generating new opportunities for both institutional and retail clients.”

Investments

Global Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Meghan Robson: The economic landscape has been positive and driven credit spreads to multiyear tights. The retail sales reading is strong. In aggregate, we’ve seen a strong labor market, and retail sales are robust. That, combined with lower rates, makes it much more economical for private equity sponsorship.

Economics

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 29, 2025

There aren’t many people who have this sort of perspective and perch to see the world of investing from both an institutional and insurance based perspective and a long, long-term retail investment perspective. You get a bachelor’s in economics from Colgate and then an MBA in finance from NYU Stern. It’s important.

Concentration

Global Finance

AUGUST 4, 2025

We know of a number of clients who paused their reshoring plans due to the speed of change for the tariff landscape in the second quarter of this year,” says Jonathan Todd, a partner at the Cleveland-based business law firm Benesch. The economics of it simply don’t work. They already have the production line here,” Mo notes.

Manufacturing

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

What was the original plan? And I, and I would love to tell people I had a grand plan. I didn’t really have a grand plan, but my policy degree was at University of Chicago. I didn’t really have a grand plan, but my policy degree was at University of Chicago. Melissa Smith : Absolutely. Absolutely.

Banking

The Big Picture

JUNE 2, 2025

He’s a super intelligent, thoughtful guy, very well versed in business economics and monetary policy. What was the original career plan? And I was at the time taking introductory to economics, which I really liked ’cause it combined history and politics and math and economics. And so I made that transition.

Forecasting

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

JULY 9, 2025

When consumers tighten their wallets—whether due to inflation, economic uncertainty, or changing priorities—small businesses often see immediate effects in sales, foot traffic, and cash flow. Retail and restaurants saw month-over-month declines, except for food and beverage retail, which continued to grow.

Economics

CFO Dive

JULY 16, 2025

The interim CEO appointment comes as Renault looks to strengthen its cost reduction plan, after announcing it would be implementing additional measures to cut expenses in its first quarter earnings report in April, according to company releases. Renault plans to announce its H1 2025 results on July 31. billion, a 2.5%

CFO

Global Finance

JULY 8, 2025

But most described a landscape where contingency planning, hedging, and “wait-and-see” strategies have become the norm. Nguyen Dung Yoong, founder and CEO Ideainvest or — SME Consulting Nguyen Dung Yoong, founder and CEO Ideainvest Global Finance: How is your company reacting to Trump’s tariff plans?

Manufacturing

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 27, 2025

What, 00:02:38 [Speaker Changed] What was the career plan, by the way? I, I guess I would say to you this, I I never really had a career plan. I love retail. I, I would often think that Chinese have 20 year plans. So I came back as CEOI put all that plan in place. Or 00:46:09 [Speaker Changed] Retailers.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

The Big Picture

AUGUST 11, 2025

What, what were the original career plans? So the original career plan was actually neuroscience. Barry Ritholtz : , I have a friend Noah Smith, who is physics and economics, like a killer double major. W was this ever part of the original game plan or did just this just evolve over time? Oh, kidding. So I was kidding.

Startups

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 11, 2025

For over 50 years, residents of north Valentine have fought to save homes from the wrecking ball, as Kansas City Life Insurance continues to tear down properties without a concrete plan to redevelop the neighborhood. Risi has been named to every Top 100 Women in finance list, and in May joined the Board of HarbourVest.

Economics

CFO Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Online fashion retailer ASOS swapped interim CFOs as it attempts to fend off economic headwinds and boost profitability.

Planning

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

1) after the first major data report of the fourth quarter showed a continuation of America’s recent economic woes. New figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that personal income fell 2.7 It’s a quandary, experts say, that will partly depend on retailers’ efforts meeting customers where and how they want to shop.

Economics