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The FT’s fifth annual ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth. Plus: outsourcers tap into remote work boom; Shopify targets more growth from bigger clients; Brazil’s alternative to electric vehicles; and Vertex Pharmaceutical’s potential answer to the opioid crisis
Trend-followers profit from bets on rocketing cocoa price and against sinking yen
The London-based fintech has hired a TikTok executive to lead a ‘media strategy’ as it seeks to diversify revenues
More firms may be seeking listings in the next year
Lack of clarity in the industry is causing confusion among entrepreneurs
As mining rewards fall, transaction fees must rise
SoftBank-backed fintech aims to offer current accounts to existing customers by end of 2024
Bid for Credit Suisse’s China securities unit puts spotlight on expansion plans after Beijing’s tech crackdown
US company aims to provide ‘portal’ between digital assets and securities markets
Executives fear end of outsized returns after Beijing targets small cap trading strategies
The sixth annual ranking of companies in the region with the highest growth. Health tech businesses thrive post-pandemic even as VC funding drops. Plus: Singapore draws in start-ups; new models of corporate success in Japan; India’s EV expansion
The trend has been a friend. Will it stay that way?
Credit card holders accustomed to fancy perks are in for a rude awakening
The world’s wildest market is borrowing the trappings of venerable institutions
Trade secrets and nonce sense
The FCA has said it will allow listing requests but only give access to ‘professional investors’
Raman Bhatia to take up helm in summer following exit of Anne Boden last year
A grift that keeps on giving
Capital flows from institutional investors are driving up the price of tokens such as bitcoin
The prospects for successful public offerings this year or even next seem slim
The AQR head on passive investing, private equity, tail insurance, trend-following and much more
London-based digital bank raises $430mn from investors including CapitalG and HongShan
Every day we stray further from God’s light
French payments group pledges cost cuts and improvements in profitability
Revenues at Swedish fintech climb as group sticks to expansion plan
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