Michelle Knowles is managing executive for Trade and Working Capital (Pan Africa) at regional winner Absa Group. She discusses how innovation and technology is changing finance in Africa. Global Finance: How is innovation transforming banking in Africa? Michelle Knowles: Innovation in Africa has created a more inclusive and efficient financial ecosystem by driving economic growth […]
Uncertainty continues to cloud the global economic horizon, with tariffs remaining a dominant con- cern in both political and financial circles. In the United States, decisions by the Trump administration have increasingly been subject to legal scrutiny and challenged in court, and what’s legal one week may be overturned the next. As economists at BNP […]
Thomas Cowan, VP of tokenization at regional winner Galaxy Digital, explains why the digital asset company tokenized a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin. Global Finance: There’s a lot of talk lately about tokenizing physical assets like gold, real estate, and art. What are the advantages? When you tokenize a collectible like a 1708 Stradivarius violin, as your […]
Harkening back to the late 2010s, Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META is reportedly exploring the use of cryptocurrencies in its business, specifically stablecoins. Meta had its first foray into stablecoins in June 2019 with Libra. Ultimately, due to regulatory issues and reputational risk, Libra was unsuccessful. This came despite the Libra Association having payment behemoths like […]
A notable wave of trading activity swept through several silver-linked assets in early June. Investors saw a significant jump in call option volumes for multiple silver-related equities. Call options give the holder the right, not the requirement, to buy an asset, such as a stock or ETF share, at a pre-set price by a specific […]
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AT&T Today T AT&T $27.72 +0.36 (+1.30%) As of 12:14 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. 52-Week Range $17.42 â–¼ $29.03 Dividend Yield 4.01% P/E Ratio 18.58 Price Target $28.71 Investor focus on AT&T NYSE: T is starting to sharpen, with the company’s stock price making a healthy upward […]
Paul Brody is global blockchain leader at professional services firm EY and co-author of a 2023 book, Ethereum for Business: A Plain-English Guide to the Use Cases that Generate Returns from Asset Management to Payments to Supply Chains. He speaks with Global Finance about blockchain technology’s impact on everything from routine payments to cross-border remittances […]
The primary takeaway from the congressional trading data in the first half of 2025 is that activity is low. While trades are being made, the activity pales in comparison to previous years due in large part to increased uncertainty. Congressional whale Nancy Pelosi’s statistics are a good example. Pelosi has traded in 2025, but the […]
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