Spanish banks are among the most profitable in Europe. Legacy asset-quality problems are by-and-large dealt with, a lower cost of risk is resulting in improved bottom lines and synergies from in-process consolidation are keeping cost-income ...

Paragon’s Aviation Finance division has spread its wings to include access to dollar funding. The first deal of its kind secured a $7.9 million loan for Zenith Aviation, based at Kent’s Biggin Hill Airport, enabling ...

History has shown, market manipulation is nothing new but lack of regulation makes cryptocurrency even more volatile to such dark forces. The US authorities are increasingly venturing into cryptocurrencies regulation and, following the announcement of ...

Israeli Startup will Allow Businesses to Receive Real Time Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Payments Virtual Crypto Technologies launched NetoBit Cash, which will enable any business in the world to immediately, easily, and securely collect payments in ...

Since the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-8, the financial services sector has experienced a major transformation. It has moved towards a more holistic and personal approach that has redefined the market environment given new regulations, ...

We interview Benedikt Kaiser, Partner at Kaiser Partner Here he outlines how Italy competes for the rich with England. Benedikt Kaiser has ten years of experience in financial services. His professional experience includes strategy consulting, finance ...

The technology revolution has rapidly spread over the past few years, and many businesses are no longer just plain structures offering products or services but rather multifunctional structures with complex systems that integrate with the ...

CEO Insight speaks with Brian Stuart-Young, CEO of Global Bank of Commerce Ltd Renowned as Antigua’s grandfather of international financial services, Global Bank of Commerce Ltd., (GBC) the first bank licensed in Antigua and Barbuda ...

One of the largest technology shakeups in banking in recent years has been the use of advanced data analytics techniques to catch rogue trading activities within banks. The stand-out story has been the collaboration between ...

The credit crunch 10 years on – more regulation, but has anything really changed? A decade ago, the global banking crisis claimed one of its most high-profile British scalps as Northern Rock spectacularly collapsed as ...

Irish firm, Solgari, set to make 100 UK companies MiFID II compliant in under six months Solgari, the leading Irish cloud business communications specialist is enabling UK FinTech and Financial Services companies to fast-track compliance ...

Henry Martin speaks with Les Khan, CEO, Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Government of St Kitts and Nevis.  Henry Martin: Can you provide an economic snapshot of St Kitts and Nevis? Les Khan: St Kitts and ...

The dual island nation punches well above its weight thanks to a citizenship by investment program (CIP) that has become the world standard, not to mention well-administered and thriving tourism and real estate sectors and ...

CEO Insight: The Cook Islands was adjudged to be “largely compliant” following the OECD’s March 2015 Phase 2 Peer Review Report. What steps have subsequently been taken to address any highlighted outstanding issues? Tamatoa Jonassen: ...

Small Island states that have adapted and prospered in the face of adversity Cook Islands The concerted international drive towards greater tax transparency and the combating of tax evasion continues unabated. As part of a ...

 Interview with the two heads of Elite Capital & Co. ( right) Dr. Faisal Khazaal, PhD. LLD. KGCC and Mr. George Matharu, MBA “Sustainable Mega Finance Provider 2017 Award” Elite Capital & Co. Limited (“ECC”) ...