Habib Bank Limited (HBL) boasts more customers than the combined populations of Belgium, the Maldives, Oman and Switzerland. In all these countries, incidentally, Pakistan’s longest established ...

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Perhaps more than any other, the Vatican Bank should be expected to maintain the highest of moral standards in the way it conducts its business. However, despite its saintly links, the bank that acts ...

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Argentina’s new president faces a formidable task in fixing his country’s economy. Tom Bailey takes a look at exactly how the South American nation found itself in its current condition Supporters of ...

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In our post-Cold War society, economic sanctions have become one of the defining features of the political landscape. Since the early 1990s, the US, Europe and other developed economies have employed ...

When it was first introduced, many lauded microfinance as the solution to worldwide poverty. While that has proven not to be the case, the model does offer a step in the right direction Microfinance ...

In 2008, a hyperinflation crisis destroyed Zimbabwe’s currency. The embattled African nation appears to be heading down the same route once again, but this time, there’s no light at the end of the ...

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With higher inflation come higher premiums, 5.2 percent over the next decade, according to Allianz. “The insurance industry cannot undo inflation, but it can smooth out the impact over time, acting as ...