Eligible consumption loans will receive a 1 percentage point interest subsidy from Sept. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2026. China launched a yearlong program to subsidize household consumer loans, part of a nationwide effort to cut borrowing costs and spur spending as...
EU’s new Trade War with China: Pork According to the Financial Times China has imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties of up to 62 per cent on European pork in a move seen as retaliation for the EU’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports. China’s commerce...
Can risk management teams keep pace with the rise of synthetic identity fraud? In 2025, synthetic identity fraud has surged as a fast-growing financial crime, with lenders exposed to an estimated $3.3bn from suspected synthetics in the first half of the year alone....
Salesforce recently cut 4,000 customer support jobs, reducing its support workforce from about 9,000 to 5,000. This move was driven by a major push to integrate AI into its support operations. CEO Marc Benioff confirmed the layoffs were possible because AI agents,...
If you ask me? Commentary by Joachim C Bartels Prior to the announcement that Stephen Tulenko was named CEO of Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), there was considerable speculation about his next move. Nevertheless, his high-profile resignation as President of...
