2019 a Breakthrough Year for Sustainable Debt, New Figures Show
2019 was a breakthrough year for sustainable debt, with issuances setting a string of new records and taking the all-time cumulative total above $1tr,...
Major Spanish Bank Latest to Bring Blockchain Into European Finance
On Jan. 3 Spain-based CaixaBank added the blockchain-powered finance platform We.trade to its list of services. CaixaBank has now become one of the first...
Sustainable Investing Will Wind Up in the Dock
The business of adding some kind of environmental, social or governance analysis to investment decisions is snowballing. Such practices grew 34% in the two...
Takasbank Launches Digital Gold Transfer System on Blockchain
The revolutionary blockchain-supported physical gold-pegged transfer solution BiGA Digital Gold went live on December 31, 2019, as was announced by Turkey’s leading banking institution,...
Facebook Libra Cryptocurrency has ‘Failed’ in Current Form, Swiss President Says
Facebook‘s controversial cryptocurrency project has “failed” in its current form, according to the Swiss president. Ueli Maurer, who also serves as Switzerland’s finance minister,...
Islamic Finance Gains Ground in UK Despite Confusion about Offerings
Although a host of new faith-based lending or savings accounts have been launched in the UK market, only 54 percent of Muslim consumers have...