Platinum’s price broke its three-year slump in 2025, rising sharply due to surging demand and supply deficits. Viewed as a ...

WorldCom’s accounting scandal is a riches-to-rags story. Until its demise in mid-2002, WorldCom was regarded as the second-largest long-distance US telecommunications company. Although changing market ...

When speculative trading goes badly, it often goes extraordinarily badly for those caught on the short end. March’s LME nickel short squeeze pummelled Chinese nickel-maker Tsingshan Holding Group.

Banks must know who their authentic customers are to serve them safely, effectively and legally, and biometrics are helping them to identify clients through physical or behavioural traits more ...

Financial institutions operate under a growing regulatory regime, and compliance requires huge investments of human and financial resources. Generative AI helps banks automate the internal processes ...

The US dollar is the world’s reserve currency, the representation of US economic might on the global stage and the de facto currency unit for the overwhelming majority of financial assets. Throughout ...