Banking

The US International Development Finance Corporation confirmed that its Board of Directors approved more than $8 billion in new DFC investments on 16 September 2026. The approvals cover a broad range of financing mechanisms including loans, guarantees, equity investment...

Charles Schwab and Anthropic are expanding the use of artificial intelligence in wealth management through claude for financial advisors, which will be made available to more than 16,000 independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) served by Schwab Advisor Services. The...

Vietnam's finance ministry is weighing the possibility of returning to international debt markets with a sovereign dollar bond for the first time in over a decade. According to four people familiar with the matter, the ministry is currently in...

TD Bank has announced a formal five-year commitment of C$150 billion, equivalent to approximately US$108.14 billion, to support industrial and infrastructure development across the country. This large-scale bank funding is essential for advancing Canada infrastructure financing, providing the necessary...

Tokenisation is moving beyond experimentation with digital assets toward more practical applications in financial-market infrastructure. Financial institutions and central banks are testing whether commercial bank deposits and central bank money can be represented digitally on programmable platforms, allowing payment...

The digital euro is moving from a central-bank research project toward a more defined phase of technical preparation, market participation and regulatory development. The Eurosystem completed its initial investigation phase in 2023 and moved into a preparation phase later...

Bank accounts are increasingly becoming accessible through digital services outside the traditional banking application. Open banking has enabled customers to give authorised third parties access to account information and, increasingly, initiate payments directly from those accounts. Combined with faster...