In 2013, entrepreneur Freddy Macnamara needed to lend his car out for a few hours but realised it would be impossible. UK law requires vehicles driven on public roads to be covered by insurance, which ...

Financial inclusion is improving, but there remains much to be done. Fintech companies, along with credit bureaus, are looking to further close the gap by transforming credit risk management ...

Despite inauspicious beginnings, Indra Nooyi’s business acumen has pushed her to become one of the leading figures in the global food and beverage industry PepsiCo's product range has rapidly expanded ...

Argentina’s new president faces a formidable task in fixing his country’s economy. Tom Bailey takes a look at exactly how the South American nation found itself in its current condition Supporters of ...

In the event of economic crisis, a country’s banking system is saved at all costs. When Iceland made the decision to go against the grain and let its banks fail, no one could have predicted the ...

Managing debt is a balancing act of possible risks and benefits. While borrowing money is one practical way for governments to boost their economies, the equilibrium can easily be thrown off-kilter – ...

Marriage is an expensive affair. However, long-term, married couples enjoy significant financial advantages – as long as they don’t get divorced While marriage has changed a great deal in the last ...

Financial scandal, it would appear, has really taken off since the crisis took hold a half decade ago, with financial fraudsters racking up billions of dollars worth of illegitimate gains and so often ...

It was revealed, in a survey carried out by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (LILP) in 2019, that 90 percent of the 200 cities around the globe that were polled were considered to be unaffordable ...

In our post-Cold War society, economic sanctions have become one of the defining features of the political landscape. Since the early 1990s, the US, Europe and other developed economies have employed ...

In 2008, a hyperinflation crisis destroyed Zimbabwe’s currency. The embattled African nation appears to be heading down the same route once again, but this time, there’s no light at the end of the ...

There is growing recognition among corporations that climate change poses a considerable risk to their bottom line. Change is afoot – though so too is corruption Companies understand the impact that ...