Finances

On December 13, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Belarus.

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) signed an agreement on December 19^th for the investment of 470 million yen in EdiGene Corporation, a drug discovery startup, participating its series A round

The first stage of Sberbank’s Skolkovo Data Processing Centre (DPC) has been launched in the Skolkovo Innovation Centre.

Growth has begun to broaden to the non-oil sector. Real GDP growth is projected to reach 4.2 percent in 2017/18 and is expected to be sustained or even rise toward 4.5 percent over the medium-term if financial sector reform takes hold.

ADB's Board of Directors approved a loan agreement for $100 million that will improve and strengthen the development and delivery of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Punjab province.

All commodity fertilizer sectors will face supply-side pressure in 2018 because of additional capacity that needs to be absorbed

IBA Group’s AFC System features contactless payment by Mastercard

Today in Tilburg, the EIB signed a financing agreement with the Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO) association.

ADB's Board of Directors has approved a $380 million loan to help the Philippine government strengthen the road network and spur economic development in Mindanao.

IDB $31.7 million loan will allow for improving road infrastructure and construction of a bus lane in Brazil.

Deutsche Bank today announced the implementation of an upgraded equities trading platform with artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities, setting a new benchmark for best execution, a key focus for financial institutions ahead of MiFID II.

ADB's Board of Directors has raised the limit of an existing microfinance risk participation and guarantee program by an additional $100 million in assistance for its microfinance institutions (MFIs).