New means of getting from A to B are disrupting carmaking
In the decades after the second world war carmakers were the undisputed champions of the personal-transport economy. Competition and economies of scale made cars affordable...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
Financial Services: Improving Visibility in the Cloud
Visibility – lack of – has been the common complaint of financial services enterprises newly embracing the cloud. But Terry Ray of Imperva offers new...
The EU’s stability will again confound its critics
Every time a crisis hits Europe — whether it is debt, refugees or Covid-19 — the prophets of doom predict the worst for the EU....
Cyberattacks are the number-one threat to the global financial system, Fed chair says
Cyberattacks are now the foremost risk to the global financial system, even more so than the lending and liquidity risks that led to the 2008...
ACCA and IMA Reports Largest Increase in Economic Confidence in the History of its Global Economy Survey in Q1 2021
A new Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) of 2021 Q1 by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) found the largest jump in global...
Europe’s direct lending market bounces in final quarter of 2020
Lending by asset managers sprang back at the end of last year in Europe, with the volume of deals hitting a fourth-quarter record after a...
U.K. Economy Rebounds in February as End of Lockdown Nears
The U.K. economy rebounded in February as a mass vaccination program and the prospect of a loosening of coronavirus restrictions lifted consumer confidence. Gross domestic...
Incoming Economic Data Look Robust…It’s A Mirage
Incoming PPI data marked the initial volley of the oncoming “siege” of inflation data. Despite reopenings, state Initial Unemployment Claims spiked as March ended. Either...
CEO of a top bitcoin exchange warns a crackdown on cryptocurrencies may be coming
Governments around the world may start to clamp down on the use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the CEO of a top crypto exchange has warned. A...
Retailers look to innovate and tempt customers back to physical stores
The future of physical stores has been called into question by the coronavirus pandemic, but experts believe the key to survival will be reinvention. For some time...