Japan’s cabinet approved a bill classifying crypto as a financial instrument. The new law adds bans on insider trading, mandatory disclosures, and higher penalties. This ...

A financial system is a set of institutions that permit the exchange of funds and credit. Learn how banks, insurers, and ...

Discover how financial intermediaries like banks and mutual funds function as middlemen, create efficient markets, and offer benefits like risk pooling and cost reduction.

Celebrations over the recent passage of the Genius Act should be muted. It institutionalized cryptocurrencies in the U.S. by creating the first comprehensive regulations for stablecoins. But all too ...

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 28: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a protest in front of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters on November 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sen.

US private sector financial assets hit a record 6.7x GDP as HNW equity allocations climb near a 4-year high of 65%.

Mr. Bookstaber is the author of “A Demon of Our Own Design,” which in 2007 warned of the potential for a financial crisis. At the start of the 2008 financial crisis, I was at a hedge fund. By its end, ...

The license allows the firm to offer tokenized financial instruments to EU banks as well as secondary trading for tokenized ...

Namibia seeks to expand its capital markets by introducing new investment instruments, increasing local listings, and improving financial market infrastructure, according to a 10-year plan. The ...