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As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, financial institutions all across the world are under intense pressure to improve efficiency, reduce costs and boost productivity. Indeed, there is ...

Coming hot on the heels of accounting scandals involving Enron and Tyco, both of which sent financial markets into tailspins, the fraud committed by WorldCom, one of the world’s biggest ...

Construction in the United States entered 2024 on a high note, with growth in all major segments. While some categories appear poised for further increases, the industry is unlikely to repeat its ...

Inspired by a wave of disruptive digital innovation, the last decade has witnessed perhaps the most rapid evolutionary change ever within the global banking system. Thanks mostly to a combination of ...

At the beginning of the last decade, Swiss investment firm UBS Investment Research began partnering with satellite companies such as Remote Sensing Metrics LLC in order to gauge changes in the ...

On October 22, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the latest edition of its “World Economic Outlook”. Published twice a year, the report’s October issue confirmed that the organisation ...

The financial-services sector is one of the most regulated industries worldwide. Every day, banks, asset-management firms, insurance companies and other institutions must sift through hundreds of ...

Sri Lanka’s economy is currently experiencing a phase of strong growth, driven by an increase in domestic consumption and a pickup in business and infrastructure spending. Furthermore, the ...

It’s one of the world’s scarcest metals. With many qualities making it highly sought after across such diverse industries as automotive catalytic converters, jewellery, refining, new hydrogen ...