Banking and Finance

Lending criteria became tighter during the third quarter of 2022 in Cyprus, both for businesses and households, according to a bank lending survey conducted by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). ...

Lebanon’s central bank has completed an audit of its gold reserves at the request of the International Monetary Fund that found the amount of gold in its vaults was ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (Kne) held its monthly general meeting on Wednesday, during which it closely examined and discussed the eighth package of sanctions against Russia, as it is expected ...

Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) expects a pre-tax loss of up to 1.5 billion Swiss francs ($1.58 billion) in its fourth quarter as it keeps bleeding cash, the Swiss bank said on Wednesday, ...

Saudi Arabia and Turkey are discussing Riyadh placing a $5 billion deposit at Turkey’s central bank, a Saudi Ministry of Finance spokesperson said on Tuesday. “We are in final discussion ...

The world’s largest investment banks expect global economic growth to slow further in 2023 following a year roiled by a war and soaring inflation that triggered one of the fastest ...

Financial technology companies, long seen as a threat by the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), are increasingly becoming acquisition targets for traditional US banks as rising interest ...

Parliament’s decision to extend foreclose freezes until January 2023 is “ridiculous” and exposes Cyprus for no reason, Bank of Cyprus group chief executive Panicos Nicolaou said on Friday. “This is ...

British retail sales staged only a partial rebound last month after shops closed in September for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, and they remained below their pre-pandemic level as soaring ...

U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in October as households stepped up purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, suggesting consumer spending picked up early ...

Saudi Arabia has signed investment agreements worth around $30 billion with South Korean companies, Asharq TV quoted the Kingdom’s investment minister Khalid Al-Falih as saying on Thursday. The Saudi-based TV ...

Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni needs urgently to rein in a bloated pension system that absorbs most social spending and looks increasingly unsustainable in the face of surging ...

The dollar on Wednesday traded just above multi-month lows against most majors as flows that had supported the safe-haven currency slowed after Joe Biden said a missile that caused an ...

Barclays economists on Wednesday cut their global economic growth forecast for 2023 as inflation is seen unlikely to fall quickly, forcing monetary policy to be ‘restrictive’. The brokerage warned that 2023 looks ...

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX outlined a “severe liquidity crisis” in U.S. bankruptcy filings, which said the group could have more than 1 million creditors, as regulators opened probes and the ...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned G20 leaders on Tuesday against allowing trade protectionism to “take root” and said the fragmentation of the world economy into geopolitical blocs ...

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX outlined a “severe liquidity crisis” in official bankruptcy filings released on Tuesday, as regulators opened probes and called for the faster implementation of rules for the ...

Britain and the eurozone economies are likely to tip into recession next year, Morgan Stanley said, but the United States might make a narrow escape thanks to a resilient job ...

The war in Ukraine, inflation and the energy crisis have made it more important than ever to press ahead with a capital markets union to finance green and digital transitions, ...

U.S. apparel retailer Gap Inc GPS.N has agreed to sell its Greater China businesses to Baozun Inc 9991.HK, the e-commerce service provider said on Tuesday, as headwinds persists ...

Measures to support the euro-zone economies against soaring energy prices could complicate 2023 budget plans if they need to be extended into the spring, the region’s finance ministers said on ...

Turkey should tighten monetary policy and give its central bank more independence, a mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. “To address (Turkey’s) challenges, the mission ...

The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) this week announced that Cyprus has been chosen to host the 36th iteration of the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA) conference, something which the ...

Investors put money into cash at the fastest pace at the start of a quarter since the 2020 COVID crisis in the week to Wednesday, as heightened volatility and questions over ...