Standard Chartered and Hong Kong align on a digital future for money, as HSBC and officials tout innovation and mainland-backed growth.

For India to remain attractive, its legal and regulatory framework must evolve to reflects realities of modern capital flows and business environment.

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Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband, Albert, filed for the patent in 1966 and received approval three years later.

Jacobin sat down with the Economist’s Mike Bird to talk about his new book The Land Trap, on why land retains its centrality ...

Fintechs bypass traditional banking to offer stablecoin access, yield and spending in emerging markets. Programmable money leapfrogs legacy infrastructure.

Circle gets Fed backstop facilities, discount-window access, FDIC insurance on USDC (or something functionally equivalent) and enough regulatory scrutiny that its compliance department becomes larger ...

Today’s teens are already an economic force. More than half report earning an income, and they’re not just working ...

While AI billing sounds fantastic, it is not a magic switch. In fact, no billing technology comes without its shortcomings and implementation challenges.

Whereas many parts of the world that once hosted humming factories gripe about deindustrialisation, New York faces a ...