When India overtook China as the world's largest producer of rice this year, the country's politicians and agriculture lobby marked the moment by praising resilient farmers and innovative government ...
South Korea Dec exports beat forecasts, wraps 2025 at a record
South Korea's exports rose in December for a seventh consecutive month and wrapped 2025 at a record as exports have surpassed $700 billion for the first time, government data showed on ...
Iran appoints new central bank governor after record currency fall and mass protests
Iran has appointed a new central bank governor after the former one resigned following a record currency drop against the U.S. dollar ...
Influential business leaders in the Philippines who died in 2025
Businesses in the Philippines usually treat year-end reviews as a means of assessing profits and losses to prepare for the year ahead, but before another year begins, the business community is also ...
Lebanon’s finance ministry issues tax notice on Sayrafa transactions
The Ministry of Finance has issued a circular requiring individuals and legal entities to declare and pay taxes on profits generated from transactions carried out on the Sayrafa platform, in line with ...
MBANK Honored as Innovative Leader in Digital and Sustainable Banking in Kyrgyzstan by Global Brand Frontier Awards 2025
The bank was recognized for expanding its mobile-first financial ecosystem, with the MBANK superapp surpassing 12 million downloads, and for rolling out services including MBANK Junior, MInvest crypto ...
Pay10 and First Abu Dhabi Bank announce Open Finance go live under the UAE’s open finance initiative Al Tareq
Dubai, UAE: Pay10 and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s global bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions, announce it has gone live on Open Finance for its retail ...
World Bank lauds Azerbaijan’s financial sector
The World Bank has published its Business Ready (B-READY) 2025 report, in which Azerbaijan was evaluated for the first time and achieved outstanding ...
ICD extends $20mln Islamic financing to expand Jordan’s non-woven fabrics industry
USD 20 million medium-term Islamic finance facility to expand non-woven fabrics production capacity through advanced Spunlace equipment ...
Pakistan CPI inflation slows to 5.6% y/y in December
Pakistan’s consumer price inflation slowed to 5.6% year-on-year in December, while prices fell on a monthly basis, official data showed on Thursday. The data comes after Pakistan’s central bank cut ...