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Banks need to take Belt and Road environmental risks seriously
China’s
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is intended to catalyse the economies of
countries around the globe.
Yet BRI projects overlap some of the most ecologically fragile...
Central Banks ‘Waking Up’ to Digital Currency, Create New Framework for CBDC Deployment
The past six months have been a wake-up call for some central bank
policy-makers. Central bank digital currency (CBDC) has risen to prominence as
a potential...
Banking on action: How ADB achieved 2020 climate finance milestone one year ahead of time
As they extend their power grids, build more roads and
bigger cities, and cultivate forestland, developing countries in Asia and the
Pacific are increasingly contributing to...
The Yuan versus the Dollar: Showdown in the Global Financial Arena
At the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the United
States laid the foundation for the U.S.-centric international monetary system,
thus ensuring the dollar’s status as the key...
Belt and Road: Prospects for Sino-Armenian cooperation in the financial-banking sphere
The main
aim of this research is to analyze and present why and how China is trying to
implement a plan with which it could become...
The Bust: WeWork’s diminishing stature of the perfect “start-up”
Until recently, the globally acclaimed
startup, WeWork was transforming the future of office spaces and staff hiring
processes. Truly, it was transformational in the sense that...
Report sheds light on regulatory reforms a decade after the global financial crisis
A decade after the global
financial crisis, developing countries have increased their minimum capital
requirements to help improve the resilience of banking systems. However,
countries are still...
Asian Reserve Managers Navigate Increasingly Complex Risks
Reserve asset management in Asian economies is becoming more and more
complex.
There has been a marked shift in the reserve currency asset markets over
the last...
Forum Underlines Vast Potential of Fintech to Bridge Asia’s Financial Divide
Digital technologies could bring new
opportunities to provide financial services to vast underserved populations in
Asia and the Pacific. People need to be well-prepared for this...
1.2 trillion rupees on the move: Modi’s greatest piece of purchase yet
Last week, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India)
was taken aback by more than a surprise. Just when it was dealing with the
uncomfortable series of...