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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a new financing transaction that takes its annual investments in Africa’s agribusiness sector in fiscal 2008 to more than $70 million, a five-fold increase over its average for the last three years.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested in the shares of Mixta Africa, a real estate company operating in Africa.
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Barclays has become the first UK bank to offer all its two million online banking customers free internet security software covering not only anti-virus software but also spyware, adware, firewalls, parental controls and spam filters.
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Beth Cypser, the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) deputy mission director in
Haiti is now the mission director.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Bank of Palestine, and the Palestine Education Fund, an initiative of the Paltel Group Foundation, today signed an agreement to introduce a new student loan program in the West Bank and Gaza.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an agreement to help Grupo Monge Holding S.A., a family-owned retailer of household goods and electronics in Central America, expand its operations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, increasing access to consumer credit for low-income customers.
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The acquisition enhances the mid-Atlantic presence of RBC as part of its national wealth management network in the U.S., and will establish a new seventh region for RBC Wealth Management comprised of FBW locations.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is supporting Belgrankorm Group, a leading crop and meat producer in Russia, to increase the company's production capacity and introduce best practices in corporate governance and environmental and social sustainability.
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ING and Atos Origin have launched a joint offering of end-to-end services for back-office payment processing to banks and corporations within Europe.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will support lending to schools and education services providers in Rwanda, in partnership with Banque Rwandaise de Developpement.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an advisory agreement with Dr. Mustafa Bahran, Minister of Electricity and Energy of the Republic of Yemen, to help the government mobilize private investment for a new gas-fired independent power generation plant.
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today
announced two contract agreements with San Antonio-based Frost National
Bank, one of the largest banking institutions with headquarters in Texas.
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Cisco Unified Communications deployments in Latin America increased 300% in the last two years
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UK's Largest Bank Turns to VeriSign Extended Validation SSL to Keep Customers Safe From Fraudsters
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The MIT Media Laboratory and Bank of America today announced the creation of the Center for Future Banking, a five-year collaboration to which Bank of America has committed $3-5 million annually.
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Citi today announced it has reached settlement agreements resolving the two largest remaining claims against Citi arising out of the collapse of Enron in 2001. Both settlements are fully covered by Citi's existing litigation reserves.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced that it will increase the trade finance guarantee facility for the Credit Bank of Moscow, a private bank offering universal banking services.
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Barclays Bank PLC has entered into an agreement with Petropavlovsk Finance to acquire 100% of Expobank for a consideration of approximately $745 million which Barclays will finance out of existing cash resources.
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Researchers share 5 key tips for parents to protect children from unsafe driving situations
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HSBC, Europe's largest bank by market value, has been named the world's most valuable banking brand according to the Banker magazine's Top 500 Financial Brands listing.
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