MSTRpay
MSTRpay Advances Its Global Commercial Plans with Expansion of its Board of Directors and Key Operational Appointments
Stockholm, 25 March 2026 — MSTRpay AB (the “Company”) announces the appointment of four new members to its corporate board...
Banking
Revolut hits $75bn valuation as fintech reports record $2.3bn profit
Revolut has delivered a landmark financial performance, reporting a record annual pre-tax profit of $2.3 billion, marking a 57% increase...
US politics
Trump’s approval ratings fall to new lows as economic concerns dominate voter sentiment
Recent public polling indicates that Donald Trump’s approval ratings have declined to new lows, with growing dissatisfaction centred on his...
On this day
On this day in 1975: King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by his nephew
The assassination that shocked a kingdomKing Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed on 25 March 1975 by his...
Financial insights
Asian markets open mixed as geopolitical tension and energy prices weigh on sentiment
Cautious start across Asia as risk sentiment...
Africa
Why Africa should prioritise coastal growth to unlock inland development
A coastal-first strategy could accelerate Africa’s economic transformation by building scalable trade and infrastructure networks. Drawing lessons from China’s development...
Iran
Iran strikes US bases in the Gulf as regional conflict escalates
Iran has launched a series of strikes targeting US military bases across the Gulf, marking a significant escalation in the...
Climate & Energy
War emissions surge as Iran conflict accelerates global carbon crisis
The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran is emerging as a major climate event, with new analysis showing the conflict is...
Rising global temperatures could sharply worsen food insecurity in poorer nations
Disproportionate impact on low-income countriesA new analysis indicates that global warming of 2°C could dramatically increase food insecurity worldwide, with...
AI
Multimodal AI reshapes finance by automating complex workflows
Multimodal artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming financial operations by enabling the automation of complex workflows that previously required significant human...
Blockchain
Banks push into Vietnam crypto as corporate bitcoin strategies expand in Asia
Asia’s digital asset landscape is entering a new phase as Vietnamese banks seek to operate crypto exchanges while corporate players...
Business of the week
Kopi Kenangan scales from local startup to regional consumer leader
Indonesian coffee chain scales through discipline and positioningIndonesian coffee company Kopi Kenangan has emerged as one of Southeast Asia’s most...
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...
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...