Category: Finace

  • SBAC Bank organises workshop on sustainable finance

    Press Release 19 November, 2023, 06:35 pm Last modified: 19 November, 2023, 06:38 pm South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank organised a day-long training workshop on Sustainable Finance at the bank’s Training Institute in head office recently.  Chowdhury Liaqat Ali, director of Sustainable Finance Department of Bangladesh Bank was present as the chief guest…

  • Why I leased a car instead of buying or financing

    Why I leased a car instead of buying or financing

    Breadcrumb Trail LinksShopping AdviceAffordable VehiclesThe insane used car market forced me to do something I swore I would never do: lease a brand new carA car dealer handing over the keys to a new car. Photo by GettyArticle contentThis fall, after years of searching for the right property, my partner and I finally left the…

  • Small scale farmers received 0.3% of climate finance

    Small scale farmers received 0.3% of climate finance

    Small-scale farmers producing 32 % of the world’s food received only 0.3 % of the international climate finance to assist them adapt to the effects of Climate Change, according to new analysis of International Public Finance for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation conducted by Climate Food Focus of spending in 2021.

  • D.C. says teens need financial literacy. This is how it could look.

    D.C. says teens need financial literacy. This is how it could look.

    D.C.’s top education official has unveiled a set of financial literacy standards, detailing what leaders think the city’s high-schoolers should learn about budgeting, saving and investing before they graduate.The recommendations, proposed by the state superintendent of education, are yet another revamp of what D.C.’s 98,000 schoolchildren are expected to learn. Within the last year, the…

  • Seven Year-End Financial Tasks to Check Off Your To-Do List

    Seven Year-End Financial Tasks to Check Off Your To-Do List

    We are now well passed the Oct. 15 tax deadline, which means the best time for both tax and retirement planning is now. Accountants have more time for tax-planning meetings, and as 2023 wraps up, you can reflect on the year and still make changes to certain financial matters. Here are some things you may…

  • Is Maintaining Holiday Traditions Stressing You Out?

    Is Maintaining Holiday Traditions Stressing You Out?

    As seasons change, so do family dynamics. Although we aim to embrace each new season of life, few changes are as emotionally charged as shifting holiday expectations. These shifts, and attempting to ignore them, can have financial repercussions as well.Many factors contribute to a new family dynamic — loss of a loved one, divorce, new…

  • How a Hack Shook Wall Street’s Multitrillion-Dollar Foundations

    How a Hack Shook Wall Street’s Multitrillion-Dollar Foundations

    Nov. 19, 2023 5:30 am ETListen(1 min)The recent hack of a Chinese banking giant reignited Wall Street’s long-running fears of disruptions to the short-term cash markets underpinning the global financial system.Traders swiftly contained the cyberattack on the

  • Wall Street’s ESG Craze Is Fading

    Wall Street’s ESG Craze Is Fading

    Nov. 19, 2023 5:30 am ETListen(2 min)Wall Street rushed to embrace sustainable investing just a few years ago. Now it is quietly closing funds or scrubbing their names after disappointing returns that have investors cashing out billions.The about-face comes after tightened regulatory oversight, higher interest rates that have slammed clean-energy stocks and a backlash that…

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  • NA Chairman attends Vietnam Academy of Finance’s anniversary | Society

    NA Chairman attends Vietnam Academy of Finance’s anniversary | Society

    Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue hands the Labour Order, first class, to the Vietnam Academy of Finance. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on November 19 attended a ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam Academy of Finance and handed the Labour Order,…