Financial access: As Cuba takes leap towards “cashless” economy, entrepreneurs brace for impact
NELSON ACOSTA and ANETT RIOS, of Reuters, report…
“There is no future”: Lebanon’s new poor face long-term stagnation
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Unemployed and unable to support his family of four, Hussein Hamadeh, 51, now spends his days trying to find help to weather a protracted economic crisis that some Lebanese fear has become the new norm. Hamadeh lost his stable job in carpentry and developed an illness that requires expensive medication. He used […]
Essay: What we profess on Sunday ought to apply to Black Friday
In an article published on Religion News Service, ROSA LEE HARDEN, executive producer of Faith+Finance, calls for us to reflect “on not just why we give gifts but how we purchase them”…
“Just give us our money”: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad
Frankfurt, GermanyReuters Afghanistan’s Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of central bank reserves as the drought-stricken nation faces a cash crunch, mass starvation and a new migration crisis. Afghanistan parked billions of dollars in assets overseas with the US Federal Reserve and other central banks in Europe, but that money […]
Economic stewardship: God cares a lot about money, say faith finance groups, and maybe you should too
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the work of US-based Christian groups which aim to teach money management techniques and help people to become more generous…
ESSAY: BITCOIN TURNS 10! IS CASHLESS NEXT?
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER looks at 10 years of Bitcoin and what’s next…
Migrants losing $US25 billion a year through remittance fees – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Lowering the fees migrant workers pay to send money home could result in $US1 billion more being spent on education in developing countries, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Financial institutions are under pressure after a report by UNESCO, the UN body for education, found the charges to send money to some […]
ESSAY: TAXING THE RICH TO HELP THE POOR? HERE’S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
Writing against the backdrop of the debate over the tax reform bill in the US, MATHEW SCHMALZ, associate professor of religion at the College of the Holy Cross, explores, in an article first published on The Conversation, what the Bible says about how to help the needy…
ESSAY: CREDIT CRUNCHES, GREED AND DISCONTENT – WHAT CAN WE LEARN?
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER says the global economic crisis represents a chance for us all to reflect on our own priorities…