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Dangote’s IPO Tests African Capital Markets

Dangote Refinery’s initial public offering is shaping up to be one of the most historic capital markets events for the continent —a referendum on whether Africa can mobilize the liquidity and investor confidence required to finance a globally competitive industry.

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#IPO #Finance #Africa #CapitalMarkets #liquidity

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Brazil Nixes Settlement for Stablecoin eFX

Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) has banned fintech and payment providers from settling overseas payments in stablecoins or crypto. With Resolution 561, the BCB is implementing new rules regarding its electronic foreign exchange (eFX) policy, which governs how payment institutions and e-money issuers provide cross-border services.

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#fintech #stablecoin #brazil #finance

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@HSBC expands its South Asian wealth footprint, appointing industry veteran Gautam Anand as Head of Global India for HSBC Private Bank.

In his new role, Anand leads the bank’s private banking operations for Indian clients and has a mandate to expand connections in key wealth markets, including Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates.

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#Finance #HSBC #Banking #India #Privatebank

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[Global Finance @GFmag]

@HSBC expands its South Asian wealth footprint, appointing industry veteran Gautam Anand as Head of Global India for HSBC Private Bank.

In his new role, Anand leads the bank’s private banking operations for Indian clients and has a mandate to expand connections in key wealth markets, including Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates.

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#finance #HSBC #banking #India #privatebank

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CFOs Should Prepare for Long-Term Refunds

The Supreme court decided in February that the U.S Customers and Border Protection agency illegally collected $166 billion from 300,000 importers. Logically, companies should get refunds, but lawyers don’t expect a smooth process.

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#Finance #tariff #CFO #news

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4 Reasons JPMorgan Should Buy Revolut

At first glance, the four points may appear as absurd, JPMorganChase with its roughly $850 billion market cap, acquiring Revolut, a private neobank valued at $75 billion. Nevertheless, it is worth considering. If banking is moving toward super apps as primary accounts, can JPMorgan realistically build that future internally, or will buying it be the faster path?

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#Finance #digitalbanking #JPMorgan #banking

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Beware of Financial Scammers Wielding Deepfake Tech

Detecting deepfakes is a growing concern, the authors of the Resemble Ai report estimate that deepfake based fraud attacks on corporations reached 8.5 billion potential incidents, ranging from audio impersonations of executives to doctored or fake images.

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#Finance #deepfaketech #Ai #scammers

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Kenya’s Power Grid Limits Tech Growth

Kenya is positioning itself as Africa’s premier tech hub. Touting itself as a “full-package investment destination”, part of the strategy has been encouraging global tech giants to set up operations in the country.

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#Finance #Kenya #technology #economics

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Author @K_Domat underlines that as African fintech matures, companies that once focused on domestic markets are now increasingly seeing Dubai as a strategic base for MENA and international expansion.

Some key players are already on the move. Egypt’s fintech giant MNT-Halan recently launched in Dubai with salary-financing products.

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#Finance #fintech #Dubai

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Europe Vies to Close Stablecoin Gap

France is pressing European banks to accelerate the development of euro-denominated stablecoins, as policymakers grow concerned that the region might fall further behind the U.S. in the shift toward digital payments and tokenized finance.

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#Finance #Europe #Stablecoin #banking

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Hungary’s state-heavy 'Orbánomics" is officially over. Enter Péter Magyar, who wishes to 'mend relations' with the EU.

Now that Péter Magyar has taken office as Hungary’s new prime minister, he will look to András Karman, his nominee for finance minister, to execute a rapid fiscal pivot, dismantling 16 years of state-heavy “Orbánomics” and restoring investor confidence in the Central European hub.

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#EU #Hungary #Investment #Economics

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President Donald Trump heads into this week’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping with a major embarrassment back home: the legal foundation of his aggressive tariff strategy is rapidly eroding.

Trump expects to meet Xi in Beijing to discuss trade, the war in Iran and, possibly, Taiwan. But the meeting comes as federal courts rule against his sweeping tariff measures. including the 10% global duties and triple-digit levies on Chinese goods that the White House once promoted as a key source of leverage over Beijing.

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#Finance #Tariff #Politics #Donaldtrump #China

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China’s AI IPO Boom Leaves US in the Dust

China’s artificial intelligence companies are driving a sharp divergence in global IPO markets, dominating first-quarter listings in Hong Kong and outpacing U.S. tech peers as investor sentiment fractures across regions.

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#finance #china #ai #artificialintelligence

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Ghana Gambles On Gold Royalties.

Six governments object as Ghana ties gold royalties directly to soaring bullion prices globally.

Ghana’s new sliding-scale gold royalty regime is tying the rate paid by large-scale miners on every ounce they produce to the gold price and topping off at 12% when bullion exceeds $4,500 per ounce.

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#Finance #Ghana #Gold #economy

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Assisting NATO: New Defence Bank Takes Shape

Canada leads the creation of a multilateral defence bank, coinciding with a commitment to increase defence spending to meet NATO benchmarks. The initiative aims to create a multilateral AAA-rated bank that can provide loans to allied governments and allow countries to borrow directly from the institution at a lower cost.

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#Finance #NATO #Canada #Banking

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Dubai’s ENBD Makes Biggest Foreign Bet on Indian Banking.

ENBD secures a $3 billion RBL Bank deal, marking the United Arab Emirates’ largest foreign banking investment in India to date. ENBD’s expansion mirrors soaring UAE-India trade, which recently eclipsed the $100 billion mark, surpassing expectations by five years early.

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#finance #Dubai #India #Banking

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Sri Lanka: FDI Is on the Rise

Sri Lanka is rewriting its economic story. After enduring the 2022 economic collapse and the devastation of Cyclone Ditwah in late November 2025, the deadliest disaster since the 2004 tsunami—the nation has emerged with renewed global confidence and hits a historic record of $1.06 billion FDI.

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#Finance #Economics #SriLanka

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@GFmag Sri Lanka hits record $1.06 billion FDI, signaling a historic economic rebound despite recent natural disasters. https://t.co/NysrZTd37q