March 28, 2016/AfDB The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African diplomats to work harder on promoting the development of the continent by exploring business opportunities that can mutually benefit their hosts as well as their home countries. Africa, he said, can learn very useful […]
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BMO Financial Group and MasterCard Begin Roll-Out of First in Canada, U.S. Biometric Corporate Card Program
March 23, 2016/MasterCard BMO Financial Group (BMO) and MasterCard today marked the beginning of a phased launch of the first biometric corporate credit card program in Canada and the U.S. that will enable cardholders to verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics when making online purchases. The introduction of […]
Moody’s: Oil slump hurts states and provinces from Nigeria to Russia, Mexico to Canada
Global Credit Research – 22 Mar 2016/Moody’s Investors Service The sustained fall in oil prices is hurting not only sovereign borrowers worldwide, but also state governments, says Moody’s Investors Service. However, sub-sovereign reliance on oil varies wildly among countries. In an analysis oil-dependent sub-sovereign borrowers, Moody’s looked at states and […]
