Bulgaria: Return To Growth | Global Finance Magazine

Bulgaria: Return To Growth | Global Finance Magazine

Vital statistics Location: Southeast Europe, adjacent to the Black Sea Neighbors: Romania, Greece, Türkiye, Serbia, North Macedonia Capital: Sofia Population (2025): 6.7 million Official language: Bulgarian GDP per capita (2024): $ 18,460 GDP growth (2024, East.): 2.3% Inflation (2025): 2.6% (IMF) Gross government debt: 25.4% of GDP (IMF) Currency: Lev Investment promotion agency: Investbulgaria (Investiguelbg.government.bg) … Read more

Neobank Lunar Courts Youth | Global Finance Magazine

Neobank Lunar Courts Youth | Global Finance Magazine

Lunar, Neobank, including the North-European Challenger Google, has deployed the new banking of the “new customers” in Scandinavia, the age group from 7 to 17 years old. The application is available for children of existing Bancs customers at Lunar and linked to parents’ accounts. The Lunar target market is the 2.5 million children and adolescents … Read more

Top Banks In Singapore | Global Finance Magazine

Top Banks In Singapore | Global Finance Magazine

Of the establishment of his first banks in the middle of the 19th birthdayth Century to become one of the most advanced financial centers in the world, the banking evolution of Singapore reflected the country’s journey of a modest colonial warehouse for trade between Asia, Europe, then the United States to one of the richest … Read more

The Green Investment Puzzle | Global Finance Magazine

The Green Investment Puzzle | Global Finance Magazine

Investors are eager to spend trillions on energy transition, but too much money is piling into mature projects, while high-risk innovations struggle to attract backing.      Will there be enough money in the world to save the planet? The answer to this urgent question is not straightforward. Big-picture prognosticators name staggering sums needed to finance … Read more

Credit By Another Name | Global Finance Magazine

Credit By Another Name | Global Finance Magazine

BUY-NOW-PAY-LATER offers SMEs another source of credit. Although generally available on the consumer market for about a decade, the Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) electronic payment model finally bears fruit for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) by avoiding payments Interest on business credit cards, reduce documents, facilitate faster transactions and improve liquidity management. The BNPL Business-to-Business (B2B) … Read more

The Real-Time Payments Revolution | Global Finance Magazine

The Real-Time Payments Revolution | Global Finance Magazine

Businesses worldwide are embracing real-time payments to cut costs and stay competitive in a digital economy.      Real-time payments (RTP) are rapidly transforming the way businesses move money, offering near-instant transfers that enable greater liquidity management and operational efficiency. Once primarily the domain of consumers, RTP—by which funds are sent and received in under 10 … Read more

Riding The Disruption Wave | Global Finance Magazine

Riding The Disruption Wave | Global Finance Magazine

New technologies promise huge increases in growth and efficiency. For CFOs, they must find a balance between stability and transformation. Disruptive technologies are not only reshaping the business landscape, but also forcing CFOs to rapidly evolve their strategies and embrace innovation. From different versions of artificial intelligence (AI) to digital ledger technology (DLT) and cloud … Read more