When bankers refused to serve her neighbors in rural India, Chetna Gala Sinha did the next best thing: she opened a bank of her own, the first ever for and by women in the country. In this inspiring talk, she shares stories of the women...

The banking sector is a lynchpin of the Italian economy. The Banca d'Italia is the central bank of Italy, and all banks are subject to its authority. Also known as Bankitalia, it's part of the European System of Central Banks. Until...

Once a small fishing village on the Rhine, Dusseldorf has the second-largest stock exchange in Germany and has become the banking and commercial center for the industrial region of the Ruhr. Consequently, the city has attracted a sizable...

South Africa has a sophisticated financial services sector that resembles that of many other countries when it comes to checking, savings, insurance, and other products. ATMs are widely available, and online and telephone banking are...

From its early days of independence, Singapore set about becoming a major player in the competitive world of international business. Since 1968, the economic growth been enviable, and Singapore is among the most competitive nations in...

Trying to make sense of the currency of Singapore? The unit of currency on the island is the Singapore dollar (S$). One dollar is divided into one hundred cents. Coins come in denominations of five, ten, twenty, and fifty cents. There is...

The Panama Papers show how the world's most powerful people hide their money in offshore bank accounts to prevent paying taxes or suffering the consequences of government actions.

48% of Americans report feeling moderately to very concerned about the safety of their money they have in financial institutions. Due to bank failures, people have become worried that they might wake up and see the name of their bank on...

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Another blow for battered Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena.



According to the experts at French investment firm Exane, it is about to be removed from the STOXX Europe 600 index – a listing of the region’s to

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Britain’s central bank has announced a series of stimulus measures to help protect the economy from the effects of the vote to leave the European Union.



They include cutting the benchmark...

This week, Real Economy is looking at the world of microfinance in a European market that...

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JPMorgan has created a new business unit called Strategic Financing Solutions, tasked with delivering bespoke financing packages.

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In this episode we talk about a new payment method that is being studied by the European Central Bank: the digital euro. Do we need another alternative for online payments and could this project have negative impacts on the banking system?

In a stunning turn of events, TD bank is set to cough up a whopping $3 billion to settle allegations of neglecting its duty to monitor money laundering.

The cyber attack that hit Transport for London a week ago is much worse than first thought, TfL admitted on Thursday afternoon as it was revealed a teenager has been arrested in connection with the hack.Names and phone numbers of...

The Roaring 20s was a decade of extremes in the United States, as the country slowly moved from boom to bust. So how did an era of peace and prosperity end with the Great Depression?

The Panic of 1873, triggered by railroad bond failures, reshaped the economic, social and political landscape of the United States for generations.

During the 19th century, leading industrialists like Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller helped transform the U.S. from an agricultural to an industrial powerhouse, but at significant cost to competition and...

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