North America

North America

BofA Commits $300 Billion by 2030 to Low-Carbon, Sustainable Business

Bank of America (BofA) has announced it will mobilize an additional $300 billion in capital by 2030 through its Environmental Business Initiative. This third...

ESG Focus: Impact Investing Emerges From the Shadows

Impact investing in global markets has just breached the $500bn mark, doubling previous estimates, according to a landmark report published in early April by...

#fintech: Bonfire of the Paperwork

Less than a decade after its 2009 launch, India’s Aadhaar digital identity system has been adopted by 99 per cent of the country's population,...

United States SEC on the Lookout for ‘Crypto-specialist’; Blockchain and Crypto-jobs...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ramped up its focus on the digital currency industry and is now looking for a “crypto-specialist” to...

Innovative Urban Financing Can Make Our Cities Stronger

Cities are the defining form of human organization in the 21st century. In 1980, just 1.7 billion people lived in cities. By 2050, the...

How Interest Rates are Impacting the Sukuk Market

In its last meeting on March 20, the Federal Reserve (Fed) stuck to its mantra that it can be patient in waiting to hike...