Economy set to contract nearly 9% following damage to gas infrastructure and Hormuz blockade
Public Investment Fund launches leaner five-year strategy as gigaprojects scaled back
Key money supply measure down sharply since start of Iran war
Deputy governor T Rabi Sankar on navigating tech concentration risks and building a self-reliant digital infrastructure
Deputy governor T Rabi Sankar outlines the central bank’s perspective on cryptocurrencies and stablecoins
Rating agency expects the ECB and BoE to increase rates sooner if the Iran war continues
Scale remains the aim of the game as US challengers mature
Challengers on the continent are weighing their future
Puerto Rico holds the region’s top spots
Innovations and improvements are as much of a route to success as strong financial performance
Japan imports around 95% of its oil from the region
Central bank champions peso-backed coin, but experts say clear usage rules are needed
Climate think-tanks call for green bond boost to shield economy from heavy Gulf oil reliance
Deputy governor warns banks about impact on deposits but says fears of wholesale migration into the Digital Rupee are overdone
Fund warns the conflict could throw the world economy off course if oil prices remain high
SWFs say this is a recalibration to focus on domestic infrastructure and defence, not a retreat
World Bank expects growth to slow from 4.4% in 2025 to 1.3% this year
Reverse factoring and ‘pay later’ tools allow firms to hide borrowing from lenders and investors
Higher energy prices could exacerbate existing faultlines, ‘notably in private credit’
Iranian attacks on LNG facilities will cost $20bn a year in revenue
The emirate climbed to seventh place globally before the outbreak of hostilities
Fed, ECB and others have warned that it is too soon to know how much the war will impact economies
Bank executive says withdrawals ‘elevated’ since the start of the Middle East conflict
European, Asian and challenger banks want to create a ‘segregated cloud network’, say experts
Fed’s vice-chair announces new Basel rules to encourage bank lending
Top-tier banks like ICBC prepare for government funding as 500 smaller lenders face consolidation
Barrage threatens emirate’s services-based economy, with banking and financial services at risk
Google challenged on whether it would stop providing cloud services to Europe at Brussels summit
The old order has passed. Success now depends on spotting opportunity in disruption
Broken regimes and sanctions pressure force illicit capital into unfamiliar, reactive corridors
