MSTRpay
MSTRpay positioned to accelerate growth as global market shock reshapes emerging economies
Volatility creates pressure but unlocks structural fintech opportunityGlobal market turbulence driven by geopolitical escalation and surging energy prices is expected...
Financial insights
Oil shock slams global markets — wall street braces for impact
Asia tumbles, Europe weakens as investors brace...
Oil prices surge and swing wildly
Energy markets gripped by volatility amid Middle...
Bloodbath at the open: Europe reels as markets tumble on oil shock
Energy volatility and Middle East risks dominate...
Asian markets plunge as Hormuz crisis fears trigger global sell-off
A new week of market turbulence has...
On this day
On this day in 2021: Suez canal stopped the world: The Ever Given shock
In March 2021, global trade was brought to an abrupt halt when the mega-container ship Ever Given ran aground in...
Iran
Iran war triggers energy shock worse than 1970s oil crises, warns IEA chief
The global energy system is facing a crisis more severe than the twin oil shocks of the 1970s and the...
Climate & Energy
Earth pushed beyond its limits as energy imbalance hits record high
Climate system shows accelerating signs of stressEarth’s climate system is being pushed “beyond its limits” as a record-breaking energy imbalance...
US politics
ICE agents deployed to US airports amid shutdown disruption
US airport security strained by shutdown falloutThe Trump administration has confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be...
AI
Operational drag slows AI transformation in insurance sector, report finds
Legacy systems and fragmented data hinder efficiency gainsA new report from AutoRek highlights how entrenched inefficiencies in insurance operations are...
Banking
Why borrowers forget payment protection – and the hidden cost for credit unions
Low awareness erodes both protection and profitabilityA growing body of industry insight suggests that most borrowers do not recall being...
Africa
Cheaper smartphones key to closing Africa’s digital divide, says GSMA
Affordability and local content drive next phase of connectivityLower-cost smartphones, combined with AI-driven local content, could significantly accelerate digital inclusion...
Blockchain
Crypto and stocks fall as oil volatility rattles global markets
Escalating Iran tensions trigger broad risk-off sentimentGlobal financial markets opened the week under pressure as cryptocurrencies and equities declined sharply,...
Newshub long read
America’s opioid crisis: From prescription boom to national catastrophe
A decades-long epidemic reshaping public health, policy and profitThe opioid crisis in the United States stands as one of the...
Business of the week
Kaspi.kz shows how smartphone services can transform an emerging market
A Kazakh super app has become one of the clearest examples of how a company in an emerging market can...
Hidden financial giants
Hidden giants in Finance: Ant Group
While China’s financial system is often associated with large state-owned banks, one of the most influential forces in the country’s...
HDFC Bank: India’s hidden financial giant powering a banking revolution
While global attention often focuses on India’s technology sector, one of the country’s most powerful financial institutions has quietly grown...
Hidden giants: The Rabiu family and Nigeria’s quiet financial powerhouse
While Africa’s billionaire class is often associated with headline names and high-profile conglomerates, one family has built a vast financial-industrial...
Hidden Giants in Finance: Euronet and the invisible rails moving US$200bn a year
Every day, trillions of digital signals move quietly between banks, wallets, ATMs, and payment apps — and behind much of...
America’s quietly powerful Pritzker dynasty
Few families shape global capital as discreetly as the Pritzkers. Best known publicly for building the hotel empire behind Hyatt...
Europe’s hidden financial giant: the foundation behind IKEA
Behind one of the world’s most recognisable retail brands sits a little-known Dutch foundation that quietly controls assets worth tens...
The Grosvenor family (Duke of Westminster)
Few fortunes in Britain are as substantial — or as discreet — as that of the Grosvenor family, headed today...
Sweden’s hidden giants: How Wallenberg and Rausing compare on the global ownership stage
Two Swedish industrial spheres — the Wallenberg network and the Rausing family — quietly control capital measured in trillions of...