The CEO of Goldman Sachs-backed digital bank Starling has stepped up his condemnation of cryptocurrency, calling it a threat to the security of payment systems. “It is very dangerous,” Anne Boden, who founded Starling in 2014, warned Tuesday at the… Read More ›
Geopolitics
India Potash’s Arrangement For Payments In Rouble-Rupee Fall Down In Russian Banks
According to reports based on a letter and persons familiar with the matter, Russia’s Sberbank has delayed to process the first payment from Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) under a contract put up before the Ukraine war to allow IPL to… Read More ›
European Venture Capitalists Advise Software Startups To Cut Costs And Lengthen Their Runway
As experts predict another recession, European venture capitalists are advising start-ups in their portfolios to slash costs and freeze employment. Their Silicon Valley counterparts are doing the same. Following a bumper 2021 filled with IPOs and huge fundraising rounds, several… Read More ›
In The Midst Of The Crisis, Sri Lanka Pushes Farmers To Sow Additional Rice
Sri Lanka is urging farmers to increase rice production as the country faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. The country’s agriculture minister issued the appeal, claiming that the country’s “food situation is deteriorating.” It comes as… Read More ›
Oil Prices Climb As The EU Reduces Russian Imports
Oil prices have reached new highs after European Union leaders agreed to prohibit more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports. On Tuesday, Brent crude surpassed $123 a barrel for the first time in two months. Oil and gas prices have… Read More ›
EU Has Agreed To A Progressive Russian Oil Embargo, With Hungary Granted Exemptions
Leaders of the European Union have come to a consensus to impose a ban on importing of Russian crude oil and the latest decision would come into effect by the end of the current year. The decision would however exempt, for the time being, pipeline shipments Hungary… Read More ›
Abrdn CEO Predicts Indian And Chinese Stock Markets Might Quadruple By 2050
According to Abrdn CEO Stephen Bird, stock market capitalisation in India and China might quadruple by 2050 as Asia moves from “laggard to leader” in the climate transition. Bird commended the economic revolution that has lifted more than a billion… Read More ›
EU leaders agree in principle to Russian oil embargo
On Tuesday, EU leaders have “in principle” reached an agreement to ban oil imports from Russia, said European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. “I am very glad that the leaders were able to agree in principle on the sixth… Read More ›
Cannot allow countries that support terrorism to join NATO: Tayyip Erdogan
In a significant development Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said, Ankara cannot allow countries that support terrorism to in NATO, in reference to Finland and Ankara’s bid to join the military alliance. “For as long as Tayyip Erdogan is the head… Read More ›
EU Unity on Russian sanction starting to crumble: German Economy Minister
In a statement German Economy Minister Robert Habeck expressed concerns over the European Union’s unity on Russia, saying he is seeing signs that they are “starting to crumble”. Habeck made the comments ahead of a summit to discuss an oil… Read More ›