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Financial system

Opinion & Features

Singapore’s ‘secret sauce’ is balancing trust, stability and unorthodox innovation: Piyush Gupta

Amro, in its latest flagship financial stability report, calls for closer monitoring of unlisted micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in raw materials and manufacturing, whom they say may have relatively higher levels of debt-at-risk.
ASEAN Business

Asean+3 financial stability at mercy of US policy swings, tested by greenback’s decline, banking’s digital shift

Representation of Bitcoin coin cryptocurrency is seen in this illustration taken September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Wealth & Investing

Bitcoin treasury companies: Infinite money glitch?

Financial firms reconfigure their operations – from global integrators to jurisdictional separators, from efficiency maximisers to compliance optimisers, from universal service providers to selective gatekeepers.
Wealth & Investing

The impossible choice: tariffs, sanctions and fragmentation

The crypto crises are coming
Opinion & Features

The crypto crises are coming

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Stocks surged at the fastest pace since 2022 and bonds fell after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent fueled hopes of trade deals, marking a dramatic shift in Wall Street sentiment following a selloff that chopped trillions of dollars off global markets. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
Opinion & Features

Shadow banks are too big to stay in the shadows

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, December 24, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
International

Pope orders cardinals to cut unnecessary spending, achieve zero-deficit

Contrary to expectations, Decentralised Finance has become a shortcut for a small number of people to make a fortune, get rich and line their own pockets.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Finternet – the new financial architecture

Photo Service 'Best of the Week': Skyscrapers including 20 Fenchurch Street, also known as the "Walkie-Talkie," left, stand on the skyline of the City of London with Tower 42, the Leadenhall building, also known as the "Cheesegrater," center, and 30 St Mary Axe, also known as 'the Gherkin,' right, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. U.K. stocks declined, after the FTSE 100 Index posted its biggest rally in eight months, as investors awaited data on jobs and services from the U.S. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
International

UK financial sector seeks stronger accountability of regulators

Financial supervision should have “long teeth and thorns,” Chinese President Xi Jinping says.
International

China’s Xi stresses high-quality development of financial sector

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