FeaturedInsuranceMexico receives $2.5 bn from 2020 sovereign oil hedgeInternational Finance Business DeskDecember 7, 2020 by International Finance Business DeskDecember 7, 2020 The country will cash in on its oil price insurance, and it will be for the fourth time in the last two decades... Read more
BankingFeaturedHow Commercial Bank put an end to banking woesInternational Finance Business DeskDecember 7, 2020December 9, 2020 by International Finance Business DeskDecember 7, 2020December 9, 2020 In response to the pandemic, the bank has introduced CB Pay with tokenisation capabilities for swift contactless payments... Read more
FeaturedOil & GasKuwait Oil Company set to award $754 mn contractsPritam BordoloiDecember 7, 2020December 7, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiDecember 7, 2020December 7, 2020 The contracts are part of KOC’s efforts to expand its drilling, exploration and development operations... Read more
BankingFeaturedSingapore grants digital banking licence to four firmsPritam BordoloiDecember 7, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiDecember 7, 2020 The four firms are Ant Group, Grab-Singtel, internet giant Sea and a consortium of Greenland Financial... Read more
FeaturedHealthcareJD Health International receives orders worth over HK$560 bn for its IPOPritam BordoloiDecember 7, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiDecember 7, 2020 The IPO attracted around 850,000 retail investors... Read more
FeaturedTelecomNokia secures 4G, 5G network modernisation deal from Airtel KenyaInternational Finance Business DeskDecember 4, 2020 by International Finance Business DeskDecember 4, 2020 The three-year deal will comprise the deployment of Nokia’s Airscale products portfolio... Read more
FeaturedPorts and ShippingBelgium’s Port of Antwerp becomes the gateway to EuropeInternational Finance Business DeskDecember 4, 2020 by International Finance Business DeskDecember 4, 2020 The new development will help to promote trade and relations between Ecuador and the European territory... Read more
FeaturedForexSouth Africa’s private sector expands slowly in NovemberInternational Finance Business DeskDecember 4, 2020 by International Finance Business DeskDecember 4, 2020 The Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 50.3 in November from 51 in the previous month... Read more
CurrencyFeaturedUK introduces legislations to protect consumers from stablecoinsPritam BordoloiDecember 4, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiDecember 4, 2020 The new legislation would require issuers to obtain a banking charter... Read more
EnergyFeaturedBahrain awarded 134 oil tenders worth $733.8 mn in 9 monthsPritam BordoloiDecember 4, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiDecember 4, 2020 Overall Bahrain issued 1022 tenders during the first nine months of 2020... Read more