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Botswana Turns A Political Page

Global Finance

Driving the downturn is the contraction of the global diamond market, precipitated by reduced production and weakened demand, since diamonds account for 90% of Botswana’s foreign exchange earnings. GDP growth is forecast at just 1% for 2024, down from 2.7% in 2023 and 5.5% billion.

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Turkey: Bridging Ambition And Reality

Global Finance

That goal will depend partly on the success of an associated Foreign Direct Investment Strategy aimed at significantly boosting FDI across the board. The goal is for Turkey to account for 1.5% EVs are expected to account for 30% of total auto sales by the end of this year. of global FDI and 12% of regional FDI by 2028.

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IndusInd Bank’s ‘2.35% hit to net worth’ claim misleading; CFO, auditors failed in oversight, says Amarjit Chopra

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Chopra said that treasury operations and foreign exchange liabilities should have been thoroughly reviewed otherwise where is the need of Accounting Standards, an area where the CFO, auditors did not pay attention and the crisis landed.

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Forex reserves down by USD 4.531 bn to USD 629.755 bn

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The country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 4.531 billion to stand at USD 629.755 billion in the week ended January 28, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended January 21, the reserves had decreased by USD 678 million to USD 634.287 billion.

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Tanzania: East Africa’s New Powerhouse

Global Finance

Government data show the mining sector accounts for 9.1% However, there are pockets of risk, including a high public debt, a foreign currency shortage, and jitters over the coming 2025 presidential election. The IMF has already warned that the foreign exchange shortage poses challenges to growth. of GDP, generating $3.3

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Investigation Leads Wells Fargo To Fire Four Foreign Exchange Bankers

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More bad news for Wells Fargo : The financial institution has fired four foreign exchange (Forex) bankers following an investigation into that business by both the bank and regulators. million fake accounts were opened without customers’ permission. million fake accounts were opened without customers’ permission.

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Hong Kong Digital Payment Platform Statrys Lands $5M

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This new financing will help us to accelerate the development of the company both in terms of products, with the addition of local currency accounts, payment card, integration with accounting software, and geographically, as we will target new markets in South-East Asia,” Statrys Founder and CEO Bertrand Theaud said in the announcement.