AI - Tool or Threat?
The AI boom is being built in steel, gas, nuclear power and debt
Artificial intelligence is driving a physical construction boom extending far beyond software. Semiconductor factories, data centres, power stations and electricity...
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Newshub long read
Part Three – Kreuger, Wallenberg and the battle for Swedish industry
By the beginning of the 1930s, Sweden had two extraordinary centres of financial power. Ivar Kreuger had created an international...
Spain
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against Spain’s housing crisis
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Spain demanding urgent action over soaring rents, evictions and...
Ukraine vs Russia
Merz arrives in Kyiv as Russian strikes hit Ukrainian capital
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has begun an unannounced visit to Kyiv, arriving in the Ukrainian capital as Russian drones and...
Latvia election
Latvia’s Kulbergs wins election as security concerns shape the vote
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has emerged as the clear winner of Saturday’s parliamentary election, with partial results putting his...
On this day
On this day in 1957: Sputnik and the dawn of the space age
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite, opening the space age and...
Financial insights
Global markets face Monday test as rate hopes meet rising borrowing costs
Global markets approach Monday, 5 October, with...
Africa
Ghana’s mobile-money economy reaches €345 billion as fintech becomes core infrastructure
Ghana’s mobile-money economy reached approximately €345 billion in transaction value during 2025, underlining how deeply digital finance has become embedded...
Ghana places gold at the centre of its currency strategy as GoldBod takes over FX role
Ghana is placing gold at the centre of its foreign-exchange strategy as the Ghana Gold Board, known as GoldBod, assumes...
MSTRpay
MSTRpay goes live in Ghana with Multitrust
MSTRpay goes live in Ghana with Multitrust — dedicated infrastructure and market activities start immediately Ghana becomes the latest active...
MSTRpay and TRO-TAL launch Tanzania market activation programme
New country platform brings the MSTRpay–TRO-TAL cooperation into active market development, customer engagement and commercial preparation Stockholm / Dar es...
Digital banking
Monzo seeks private equity backing after Nubank talks stall
British digital bank Monzo is exploring private equity investment after acquisition talks with Brazil’s Nubank broke down, the Financial Times...
US politics
Trump’s $20 million advertising campaign sparks taxpayer funding dispute
Taxpayer-funded television adverts celebrating Donald Trump have triggered demands for federal investigations just weeks before the US midterm elections. Democratic...
The Wallenbergs, 170 years of power
Newshub Finance launches investigative series on the Wallenberg sphere
NewsHub Finance is launching a major investigative series examining 170 years of money, industry and power within Sweden’s Wallenberg sphere....
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Middle east
Trump rejects Iran’s Hormuz offer as US military buildup raises risk of renewed war
The confrontation between Washington and Tehran is entering a more dangerous phase after Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to...
Newshub Finance
Part Three – Kreuger, Wallenberg and the battle for Swedish industry
By the beginning of the 1930s, Sweden had two extraordinary centres of financial power. Ivar Kreuger had created an international...
Indonesia
Indonesia’s Bank Jago expands AI use as digital banking grows
Indonesia’s Bank Jago has allocated approximately 5 billion rupiah to artificial intelligence as it seeks to improve lending assessments, fraud...
China - US
Russia pushes military spending above $200 billion as global arms race accelerates
Russia is preparing its largest defence budget since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. But when Moscow’s plans are compared...
Leapfrog economies
The Solar Projects Waiting for Finance: Odyssey’s Bid to Close the Gap
Odyssey Energy Solutions has raised $74 million to help smaller companies build solar projects across emerging markets. Its approach tackles...
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LATAM
Nubank dismisses Monzo deal reports as Latin American expansion continues
Brazilian digital banking group Nubank has said it is not pursuing a transaction with Britain’s Monzo, responding to reports of...
India
India’s digital payments forecast to reach 702 billion transactions
India’s digital payments market could reach approximately 702 billion transactions annually by the financial year ending March 2031, according to...
Blockchain
Blockchain moves towards everyday payments as Minisend expands into Kenya
Blockchain finance is moving closer to everyday use in East Africa as stablecoin settlement company Minisend expands its operations in...
Caribbean
Jamaica opens a new door for fintech innovation
Jamaica is expanding the infrastructure around its fintech economy, creating a new regulatory sandbox that will allow financial companies to...
Climate & Energy
The world is draining its water savings account
The world's rivers experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, while freshwater stored in...
Everybodys Dolly
Dolly Parton dies at 80, leaving a legacy far beyond country music
Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose songs, warmth and unmistakable style made her one of the world’s most recognisable...
Business of the week
From small Nigerian start-up to $250 billion fintech engine
Moniepoint began in Lagos in 2015 as a self-funded technology venture created by two Nigerian software engineers. Just over a...
Inside the scam - Serie
Inside the scam (Part 5): Can anyone stop the scam economy?
Online fraud has evolved into a global industry supported by trafficking networks, stolen identities, artificial intelligence and an international system...
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Financial inclusion
6. The infrastructure of freedom
Why financial inclusion deserves to stand alongside roads, schools and electricity as essential development infrastructure Every generation eventually discovers that...
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World Cup 2026
Latvia’s Kulbergs wins election as security concerns shape the vote
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has emerged as the clear winner of Saturday’s parliamentary election, with partial results putting his...
Trump in office
Trump’s crypto ventures generated more than US$1bn in 2025, financial filing reveals
Businesses linked to US President Donald Trump generated more than US$1 billion in revenue from cryptocurrency-related activities during 2025, according...
Serie - HIdden financial giants
Russia pushes military spending above $200 billion as global arms race accelerates
Russia is preparing its largest defence budget since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. But when Moscow’s plans are compared...