December 3, 2025/US SEC On December 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained final judgment against James R. Collins and Robert F. DiMeo, two former executives of a subprime automobile finance company, whom the SEC previously charged with misleading investors about the subprime automobile loans that backed the company’s […]
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Nigerian Equities Open December Bullish, Ends Week +2.5% on Gains in Banking, Industrial Goods Counters
The Nigerian equities market opened the first week of December on a bullish note, supported by bargain hunting in fundamentally strong counters as investors positioned for a potential year-end rally. Notably, gains in DANGCEM (+15.0%), UBA (+9.7%), NB (+12.4%), GTCO (+3.0%) and ZENITHBANK (+3.7%) drove the All-Share Index higher by […]
How Stablecoins Can Improve Payments and Global Finance
(Credit:Alex Secret/iStock by Getty Images) December 4, 2025/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Marcello Miccoli, Nobuyasu Sugimoto Despite having a market capitalization of about 10 percent of Bitcoin, stablecoins are growing in influence because of the interconnections with mainstream financial markets that stem both from their structure and potential use cases. Indeed, their use […]

