CDFI Fund Awards $25.2 Million to Banks that Increased Investments in Severely Distressed Communities

Washington, DC., September 15, 2020.– The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund…

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Bank of America Commits $445 Billion to Low Carbon Business Activities

The company’s cumulative $445 billion (2007─2030) Environmental Business Initiative demonstrates its commitment to the environment and…

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New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2020-2021

Updated country income classifications are available here. The World Bank assigns the world’s economies to four income…

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Possible macro-fiscal consequences of COVID-19 in Latin America

The pandemic does not come to the region in good time, the little dynamism of growth…

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Combating COVID-19: How Should Banking Supervisors Respond?

The massive macro-financial shock caused by the pandemic continues to ravage the global economy and has…

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Panama will expand access to productive financing for MSMEs in light to COVID-19

IDB LOAN OF $150 MILLION WILL BENEFIT MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR,…

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NEWSNews Interior Header You are here HomeNews EXIM Provides First Export Financing for Idaho-based Manufacturer of Kodiak 100 Aircraft

WASHINGTON – The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is providing a medium-term loan guarantee…

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From Stablecoins to Central Bank Digital Currencies

As privately issued stablecoins continue to encroach on more traditional forms of money—like cash and bank…

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BIS expands membership and collaboration

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is to expand its central bank membership base and to…

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Central bank group to assess potential cases for central bank digital currencies

The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank,…

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