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New data reveal World Bank DPF ‘climate finance’ carries strong private sector bias, undermining a just transition
A new policy brief from the Bretton Woods Project (BWP) – A just energy transition deferred: How the World Bank counts pro-privatisation energy sector reforms as ‘climate finance’ – reveals how the World Bank is using its policy-based budget support to promote energy sector reforms that benefit the private sector, while counting these measures as…
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Apple’s iPad is about to get a lot more useful
Apple’s (AAPL) iPad is getting some major enhancements that should make it a far more useful laptop replacement. Part of the company’s iPadOS 26, which Apple announced during its WWDC 2025 conference on Monday, the improvements include upgraded multitasking capabilities that will allow you to use the iPad more like a Mac and less…
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Program to help CHA residents build savings, financial freedom comes to Chicago
One thousand Chicago Housing Authority residents will soon get the chance to build their savings and receive free financial coaching with the help of a program aiming to close the racial and ethnic wealth gap in the city.Last week, the CHA began its gradual rollout of an initiative that attempts to make a federal program…
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The Innovators 2025: North America
Innovations in AI, APIs, and digital tools helped banks improve operations, customer engagement, and financial inclusion in the last year. Global Finance announces the 2025 Innovators from North America. Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in North America | BANK OF AMERICA Bank of America’s (BofA’s) dedication to improving customer experience is evident in the 12%…
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Tariff Trade Wars Making You Nuts? Financial Advisors Say Always Make These Money Moves
Before President Donald Trump assumed the office for a second time in January 2025, few people had heard of tariffs. Now they’re a regular topic of conversation as Trump changes the amounts imposed on trading partners, timelines and even amount of the tariffs. Find Out: Mark Cuban Tells Americans To Stock Up on Consumables…
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Paramount Chief Financial Officer Naveen Chopra to Exit
Paramount Global’s chief financial officer Naveen Chopra is exiting to pursue other opportunities, the media giant revealed in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The executive will be replaced in the interim by Andrew Warren, who currently serves as strategic advisor to the Office of the CEO and is…
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The Innovators 2025: Western Europe
Banks accelerated digital transformation by adopting customer-focused platforms, AI-driven services, and advanced data analytics. Global Finances announces the 2025 Innovators from Western Europe. Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in Western Europe | SOCIETE GENERALE Societe Generale’s Global Transaction and Payment Services division has launched several new innovations to reduce their corporate clients’ workload. These include…
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Nasdaq, S&P 500 close higher on trade hopes
00:00 Seana Smith And it looks like things are taken a little bit of a leg lower as we, uh, close out today’s session, this Monday session, the Dow now down about a point, little changed on the day here. After starting the day in the red, it’s kind of made a round trip here.…
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Catalytic Finance
Brazil is home to 60 percent of the Amazon Basin, home to nearly 10 percent of the earth’s biodiversity and 16 percent of its freshwater. But over the last 50 years, Brazil’s Amazon has lost about a fifth of its forest cover to deforestation, in part due to cattle ranching.Since 2023, The Rockefeller Foundation has…
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Tech Lender Horizon Taps Monroe Capital’s Software Chief Paul Seitz as New Investment Leader
FARMINGTON, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) (“Horizon” or “HRZN”) (the “Company”), an affiliate of Monroe Capital, and a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed and publicly traded companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and…
