MSTRpay
MSTRPay Initiates Strategic Market Development in Cameroon
MSTRPay has formally commenced its structured market development process in Cameroon, expanding its Central African footprint in line with its...
MSTRPay initiates strategic market entry into Angola
MSTRPay today announced the initiation of its first strategic expansion step into Angola, marking another milestone in the company’s phased...
Peru
Peru congress removes president in dramatic vote shaking markets and politics
Peru’s legislature has voted to remove the country’s president, plunging the Andean nation into fresh political uncertainty and raising concerns...
Banking
As AI agents move into the real world, new risks come into focus
Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to chat interfaces and data centres. As autonomous AI agents begin executing tasks in...
Epstein
Epstein files raise crimes against humanity concerns, UN experts warn
Documents linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein may reveal acts that could amount to crimes against humanity, according to...
Financal insights
Peru congress removes president in dramatic vote shaking markets and politics
Peru’s legislature has voted to remove the country’s president, plunging the Andean nation into fresh political uncertainty and raising concerns...
US and Japan unveil $36bn energy and minerals push in strategic challenge to China
The United States and Japan have announced a combined $36 billion package of oil, gas and critical minerals projects, signalling...
Ukraine War
Zelenskyy warns Trump applying ‘unfair’ pressure on Kyiv during Geneva talks
Ukraine’s president said the United States is exerting “unfair” pressure on Kyiv as negotiators met in Switzerland, warning that recent...
Ukraine and Russia set for second talks as war anniversary nears and expectations sink
Ukraine and Russia are preparing for a second round of peace talks this week, just days ahead of the fourth...
On this day
On this day in 1930: Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh
On 18 February 1930, a faint moving dot on a set of photographic plates revealed a new world at the...
Africa
Fears grow Basel III reforms could penalise African banking sector
Financiers and policymakers across Africa are raising fresh concerns that the global Basel III regulatory framework — designed in the...
Climate & Energy
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Claims that artificial intelligence could become a powerful weapon against climate change are increasingly being challenged, with analysts warning that...
Queensland coalmine expansion sparks climate backlash as scientists warn of massive emissions
Australia’s federal government has approved a major coal mine expansion in Queensland, triggering sharp criticism from scientists and conservation groups...
Blockchain
Chinese New Year boosts interest as TradFi races to buy crypto exchanges across Asia
Chinese New Year has injected fresh momentum into Asia’s digital finance markets, with consumer stimulus via digital yuan giveaways in...
Hidden financial giants
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...
Business of the week
Ghana’s cocoa traceability start-up shows how blockchain can lift rural incomes
In a week dominated by geopolitical headlines and market volatility, a quieter sunshine story has emerged from West Africa, where...
Newshub long read
From frozen beginnings to global spectacle: the full history of the Olympic Winter Games
What began as a modest alpine gathering in the early 20th century has grown into one of the world’s most...