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IOSCO Elects New Board Leadership

IOSCO Board members met virtually today to elect a new Board leadership for the 2026-2028 term. May 13, 2026/IOSCO Jean-Paul Servais, Chairman of of IOSCO Image Credit: IOSCO Mr. Jean-Paul Servais, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), was re-elected Chair of the Board of IOSCO for a third term. Mr […]

Trapped Between Nigeria’s Failure and South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence

May 12, 2026 By Blaise Udunze When the word “xenophobic” is talked about, most affected African countries tend to focus on the pains being experienced by their citizens in South Africa. For a moment, it calls for Nigeria and the rest of the African continent to pause and ask, how […]

Financial Stability Risks Mount as Artificial Intelligence Fuels Cyberattacks

Resilience, supervision, and international coordination are essential to safeguarding global financial markets as new AI tools enable attackers May 7, 2026/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Tamas Gaidosch, Rangachary Ravikumar Artificial intelligence is transforming how the financial system copes with vulnerabilities and reacts to incidents. Yet it is also amplifying cyber threats that can […]