African Finance Evolution: It May Not Be Televised Yet, but the World Is Certainly Taking Note

Burkina Faso-based Fidelis Finance specialises in meeting leasing, credit, factoring, surety and payment guarantee needs — especially those of West African SMEs. The company’s knowhow has earned it national and international recognition, raised living standards and created jobs in the

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Kathrein Privatbank: A Past Rich in Tradition. A Future Filled with Promise.

Kathrein Privatbank AG, with its headquarters in Vienna’s first district, was founded by Carl Kathrein in 1924 and is one of the leading private banks in the German-speaking region. Its core competence is the management of personal, corporate and institutional

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AIB: A New Name on the High Streets of Northern Ireland

Following a significant strategic investment, extensive research and an engagement programme, First Trust Bank in Northern Ireland has officially changed its title to AIB. Reflecting the name of the parent company, the AIB Group, the programme marks “a continuation of

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The Access Bank UK Limited: It’s All About Service for Nigerian Bank Making Impact on the World

Fundamental to the growth of the The Access Bank UK is an operational culture built on strong customer relationships and the delivery of quality services. The Access Bank UK Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Access Bank Plc, a

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Welltec: Building on a Heritage of Innovation to Drive Efficiency and Sustainability

Since Welltec was formed 25 years ago, its mission has been to increase operational efficiency and quality, and to improve safety and sustainability in the oil and gas sector. Those early sentiments and that commitment to innovative thinking – which

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KC Li’s Career Started High… And Then It Took Off Big Time

KC Li, economist and chairman of SBM, wears many hats. He has an enviable career history. After attaining a BSc (Econ) from the LSE and an LLM in international tax law, he started his career as a lecturer in public

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Online platforms set to continue shoring up the gambling industry

In many ways 2019 was not a vintage year for the gambling industry. In Britain, which has long been a strong gambling market, the gross gambling yield (GGY) – that’s the total income minus the total value of their payouts – for

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How Bingo Came in From The Cold

Think of bingo and it’s highly likely that the image that first springs to mind is of a smoky, old fashioned hall packed with women of a certain age whose attention is focused on a caller announcing the numbers as

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Tadau’s Susanna Lim: CEO’s Vision of a Zero-emissions Future, with the Means and Drive to Achieve It

Malaysia’s Tadau Energy envisions a World without pollution, zero emissions, so that future generations can inherit a healthier planet and clean air.  Susanna Lim is the founder and — since 2015 — CEO of Tadau Energy Sdn Tsb (TESB). She

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PwC Bermuda: New Tech and Cybercrime Top List of Concerns in Reinsurance Survey

The inability to deploy new technologies and the readiness to confront structural change top the list of risks — the banana skins — facing the global reinsurance industry. This is according to a biannual risk report by PwC. Entitled Reinsurance

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