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Ready For Rough Waters

Global Finance

Global Finance: What drove UOBs performance in 2024? In wholesale banking, our enhanced platforms and sector-specific solutions help finance cross-border businesses, leading to higher fees and cross-border income. We continue to invest in our UOB TMRW digital banking app, which is being rolled out across our key markets.

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World’s Best SME Banks 2025: Regional Winners

Global Finance

million in pretax profits in 2023, and a presence in 20 markets on the continent and four global centers—empowering SMEs means fueling Africa’s economic development. Its home market of Nigeria is a poster case. billion, giving Banreservas a 28% market share. For UBA—boasting $20 billion in assets, $454.2

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UK Startup Funding 2025: A Guide for Early-Stage Founders

Equidam

And what do you, as a founder at pre-seed or seed stage, need to understand about how the market operates today? A Two-Speed Market: The New Reality of Fundraising According to Beauhurst’s State of UK Investment report for Q1 2025, there’s been a significant drop in the number of deals being done overall. So, what’s changed?

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Is geothermal energy ready to make its mark in the US power mix?

Mckinsey and Company

Two next-generation geothermal approaches are closest to market: Enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs) use hydraulic fracturing to create subsurface fractures through hot rock three to five kilometers (10,000 to 16,000 feet) below the surface. Financing early next-generation geothermal projects can face risk/return challenges.

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Best Financial Innovation Labs 2025

Global Finance

The coworking space will also host debates, workshops, and pitch days. Currently, lab activities focus on the adoption of cutting-edge technologies in fields such as the metaverse, mixed reality, decentralized finance, and AI. These include fintech, digital banking, and sustainable-finance technologies.

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Sustainable Finance Awards 2025: Asia-Pacific

Global Finance

Across Asia, banks are deeply embedding adherence to both general ESG principles and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into their core business operations, client relationships, and finance products. The banks green financing portfolio in China alone grew 62% from 2023 to 2024.

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IVSC Annual General Meeting 2023: A Recap

IVSC

This approach aims to balance the need to be responsive to market and practitioner requirements with the practical implications of adopting the latest standards. The IVS drive transparency, quality, efficiency, consistency, and equity in markets, which makes them more attractive to investors and fosters a climate of confidence.