Banking and Finance

Stock markets gained while the US dollar softened on Tuesday after China said it would drop its quarantine requirements for inbound visitors, further easing three-year border controls aimed at curbing ...

Between the government’s main focus being more and better paid public employees and banks’ passiveness and single-mindedness the economy only works for the few President Nicos Anastasiades, Minister of ...

The European Central Bank must be prepared to take the heat and raise interest rates further, including by more than the market expects, if that is needed to bring down ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Central banks have been tightening for the most part of the year and will likely continue for a little longer into the early part of the new ...

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the owner of Bloomberg L.P., is interested in acquiring either Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones or the Washington Post, news website Axios reported on Friday, ...

Dealing with your creditors through negotiation is the process of debt settlement or debt resolution. You have two options: either do it yourself or hire a firm to do it ...

Regardless of the season, the appropriate credit card may be a fantastic shopping aid. Credit cards, however, may offer important safeguards and cost savings during the hectic Christmas shopping season, ...

The World Bank´s board of directors approved late on Thursday a $500 million project in Brazil to expand sustainability-linked finance and strengthen the private sector’s capacity to access carbon ...

Although the image is not ideal, recessions do not continue forever. Therefore, you must be more thoughtful in your digital transformation initiatives if you wish to weather this newest storm. ...

Wall Street’s major averages closed lower on Thursday with technology-heavy Nasdaq’s 2% drop leading losses as investors worried that data showing a resilient economy would lead the U.S. ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday said it has withdrawn the banking licence of Cyprus’ RCB Bank Ltd. The decision follows the orderly completion of the bank’s voluntary ...

The rouble recovered on Thursday after hitting its weakest mark since late April as the prospect of a favourable month-end tax period mitigated concerns over the impact of sanctions on ...

Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and the collapse of a few crypto empires – 2022 has been perhaps the most turbulent year investors ...

Cash is losing its top spot as the euro zone’s dominant means of payment, a European Central Bank survey showed on Tuesday, in a historic shift for a part ...

The rouble plunged to its weakest level since early May past 70 against the dollar on Wednesday, taking its monthly losses to almost 14% as fears over sanctions on Russian oil and ...

By George Christou Hellenic Bank CEO, Oliver Gatzke, after a two-month absence from his post, returned to the helm 10 days ago determined to deal with all pending issues facing and ...

The Cypriot government generated a surplus of €651.4 million for the period between July and September 2022, compared to a surplus of €319.5 million in the corresponding period last year, according to a ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Tuesday announced the launch of a new Innovation Hub in the field of financial technology (fintech), in an effort to encourage and support ...

BlackRock (BLK.N) plans no major changes to the way it engages with companies and votes on environmental and social issues in the year ahead, despite a backlash against its ...

Limassol-based rating agency Capital Intelligence this week announced that it has upgraded the Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating (LT FCR) of the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) to ‘BB’, from ‘BB-‘. In ...

The Bank of Cyprus was named Bank of the Year in Cyprus for 2022 by the international magazine ‘The Banker’. According to an announcement from the Bank of Cyprus, Panicos Nicolaou, ...

By Maria Demertzis Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have become a reality in ten countries: a number of countries in the Caribbean plus Nigeria. As a digital equivalent of a ...

Panicos Nicolaou’s term in office as Chief Executive Officer (Ceo) of the Bank of Cyprus has been extended for another 4 years. During meetings on Friday, the Boards of Directors ...

European shares slid on Friday, ending the week sharply lower after major central banks flagged further rate hikes, while economic activity data from the euro zone failed to assuage concerns ...