International

The growing use of stablecoins could make it much easier for people and businesses in emerging markets to access foreign currencies, potentially accelerating dollarisation and creating new challenges for policymakers, ...

With housing costs surging across Europe, EU-funded researchers are showing how tackling energy poverty and inequality together could fix fragmented housing policy. By Gareth Willmer As cities across Europe sweltered ...

Researchers are using Malta’s harsh weather conditions to test solar panels on the ground, train technicians and develop tools that could help keep panels running longer across Europe. By ...

The way euro area banks fund themselves can significantly affect how quickly and fully changes in ECB interest rates reach businesses and households, according to a recent working paper by ...

Global wearable band shipments fell 2 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2026, but the overall decline concealed a widening divide in consumer preferences, according to the latest ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Union’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, this week launched a consultation on new annual reporting rules aimed at giving regulators ...

Africa’s smartphone market recorded its first year-on-year decline in three years in the second quarter of 2026, with shipments falling 7 per cent as rising device prices put growing pressure on ...

Greek banks are positioned for strong outperformance over multiple years, driven by domestic economic momentum, sustained credit expansion and gradual diversification of revenue sources, according to a new analysis. The ...

The Bank of Greece reported this week that Greek travel receipts rose by 14.8 per cent during the first half of the year, reaching approximately €8.8 billion compared with €7.66 billion in the ...

European businesses are embracing digital payments at speed while continuing to rely heavily on cash for privacy, reliability and resilience, a tension that could shape the European Central Bank’s (...

Europe’s post-war economic model is “eroding” and unlikely to return in its previous form, European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday, urging the bloc to make ...

Apple will change rules governing how app developers can use personal ​data for targeted advertising on iPhones and iPads, ‌Germany’s competition authority said on Monday, closing a years-long investigation. ...

Artificial intelligence could significantly improve the monitoring of financial stability risks by identifying potential economic and financial threats before they materialise through the analysis of millions of financial news reports, ...

The global video surveillance market grew by 4.3 per cent to $27 billion in 2025, according to a repor from research firm Omdia, as rising demand from artificial intelligence data centres and changing ...

Nvidia has agreed to provide a guarantee of up to $105 billion to help OpenAI lease a sprawling data center in Ohio ​being developed by SoftBank-owned SB Energy, in one of ...

Anthropic’s annual revenue run rate topped $65 billion by the end of July, a person familiar with ​the matter said on Monday, underscoring the Claude ‌creator’s rapid growth ahead ...

Retail investors who spent weeks defending SpaceX through its post-IPO run turned net sellers ‌on Friday, marking the first such instance since the company’s blockbuster debut in June. Mom-and-pop ...

British grocery price ‌inflation eased to its lowest level since October 2024 in August, market researcher Worldpanel by Numerator said on Tuesday, offering more respite to households grappling with elevated living ...

A selloff in U.S. government bonds ​picked up pace on Tuesday, sending the 30-year Treasury yield to a near two-decade high as ‌fears of an escalation in the Middle ...

The surge in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine significantly reduced bank lending to energy-intensive companies, according to an ECB working paper, with the study concluding that firms ...

Seasonally adjusted services production in both the euro area and the European Union increased by 0.8 per cent in May 2026 compared with the previous month, according to a report from Eurostat. ...

Online fast-fashion retailer ‌Shein is eyeing a company valuation in its planned Hong Kong IPO of just a quarter of the nearly $100 billion number seen in a share sale four ...

A market correction to tech stock exuberance in the US is likely and could have far-reaching consequences due to limits in fiscal and ​monetary policy buffers to blunt the potential ...

Workers’ earnings uncertainty is driven less by persistent individual productivity shocks and more by job changes, according to a European Central Bank (ECB) working paper, offering new insights into how ...