Market / Cross-border Payments
PAPSS explained: a local-currency payment still needs settlement
Customer payment, participant funding and final settlement are different stages of the same infrastructure.
AFRIKONS / IN FOCUS
Finance
The developments shaping Africa’s economy. Every story has a source and a publication date.
Market / Stock Exchange
An IPO headline does not tell you who receives the money
New shares and shareholder sales have different consequences.
Finance / Banking
Why a central-bank rate is different from your loan rate
Policy works through financial conditions and borrowing decisions rather than setting every commercial price.
Finance / Wealth
A transfer fee is only part of the cost of sending money home
Exchange-rate margins, payment methods and delivery terms complicate a simple price comparison.
Finance / Banking
Congo central bank holds its policy rate at 12.5%
Opinion / Finance
A new rating agency needs trust as well as a mandate
Finance / Corporate Finance
Capitolis raises $220m to support securities-lending expansion
Finance / Banking