Advertise With Us
Sign up for our Newsletter
Join Our Directory
Open an Account

World Bank

european-stock-markets-map

European stocks slip at the open as oil falls

11/04/2016(0)
European markets opened lower, following a mostly negative lead from Asia, as the oil price reversed its positive moves to trade in the red. The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.3 ... Read More
ASIC_regulator

Fintech regulation has been a key agenda item at recent meetings of peak financial regulators

11/04/2016(0)
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is talking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore about an agreement to ensure that regulation does not hinder the progress of fintech start-ups looking ... Read More
HSBC building

HSBC reports on Oil prices scenarios

24/03/2016(0)
Despite hopes that lower oil prices will stabilise global growth, experience suggests otherwise. Growth was disappointing in 2015 even though the oil price had plunged in 2014. While developed-world ... Read More
carbon_trading

Countries Meet with World Bank to Discuss Carbon Pricing and Build Carbon Markets

09/03/2016(0)
Just months after the Paris Agreement at COP21, the World Bank today brought together over 30 developed and developing countries at the Carbon Pricing: Sustaining the Momentum after COP21 conference in ... Read More
theworldbank

Digital Technologies: Huge Development Potential Remains Out of Sight for the Four Billion Who Lack Internet Access

14/01/2016(0)
A new World Bank report says that while the internet, mobile phones and other digital technologies are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher ... Read More
theworldbank

World Bank:Anemic recovery in emerging markets to weigh heavily on global growth in 2016

07/01/2016(0)
Weak growth among major emerging markets will weigh on global growth in 2016, but economic activity should still pick up modestly to a 2.9 percent pace, from 2.4 percent ... Read More
egypt-flag

Egypt expects $1.5 billion in aid by year-end; President in Greece for energy

08/12/2015(0)
Egypt expects to receive $1.5 billion from the World Bank and African Development Bank by year-end to support the budget and could discuss potential IMF financing once parliament convenes, ... Read More
The world bank

Central Asian Countries among Top Improvers in Doing Business 2016 report

02/11/2015(0)
The World Bank Group hosted the regional launch of Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency in Central Asia. In this year’s report, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan ... Read More
singapore

These are the 18 best countries in the world for starting and running a business

29/10/2015(1)
The World Bank’s Doing Business 2016 report is just out — it’s the most authoritative source in the world for which countries are most friendly to entrepreneurs, and where’s ... Read More
theworldbank

$354 billion foreign exchange reserves too small to fight a crisis: World Bank

27/08/2015(0)
“In today’s world where China has $4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, $354 billion is not enough in case an exchange rate-related issue breaks out.” World Bank chief economist ... Read More
Broker Cyprus TopFX