Cash, not credit: the enduring power of paper

Bitcoin lost over $18,000 in November, triggering one of the sharpest monthly declines since 2021. With nearly $3 billion in forced liquidations, headlines declared a crash. But is that the whole story? In this episode of Business Extra, host Salim Essaid sits down with two major ...  عرض المزيد

Millions of people move to the UAE for higher incomes, but after working hard for years and even decades, they face the big question: "How much do I need to retire comfortably?"

Living costs are rising and foreign residents of the UAE do not have the same pension scheme ...

Whether your wallet is tucked into your pocket, thrown in your purse, or a swipe away on your smartphone, the way you handle your money has an effect on your actions - whether intentional or not. Today, Pankaj Sharma, Global Lead, Wallets, Product & Commercialization, Visa ...

The death of cash has been predicted many times over the years. But in the last decade a future without coins and notes has become a real possibility thanks to the global development and adoption of cashless systems. Some banks in Scandinavia are already refusing to accept or han ...  عرض المزيد

Despite an interconnected and increasingly digitalised world, a historical black cloud has been hanging over an area of finance relied upon by institutions, retail and a billion people associated with migrant work: Cross-border payments.Domestic money transfer has seen a dramatic ...  عرض المزيد

Prateek Roongta, Partner and Managing Director, and Karthik Raghupathy, Head of Strategy and Investor Relations at PhonePe, discuss at length the key drivers of the rapid growth of India’s digital payments ecosystem—one that will nearly triple to $10 trillion by 2026 from the cur ...  عرض المزيد