Investors often feel torn between the need for psychological comfort and outperforming inflation. In plain English, guaranteed returns are investments where payouts are promised in advance, e.g. Fixed deposit (FD), the public provident fund (PPF) or government bonds. Growth-focused investments, primarily equity mutual funds and direct stocks, make no such promise, but offer the potential…

The expansion of the FIFA World Cup to 48 teams was met with skepticism in some quarters. Critics feared that increasing the number of participants would reduce the quality of the competition and create more one-sided competitions. Yet after an early round of group-stage matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Africa’s representatives have emerged…

Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL), India’s largest telecom operator and the Reliance Industries-controlled company with a growing portfolio of digital businesses, on Friday filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP), in what could become India’s biggest public offering ever. According to people familiar with the matter, the company could raise about ₹37,700 crore through the listing,…

Deepfakes are becoming so convincing that they can barely be distinguished from real images and videos, raising fears that fraudsters can use artificial identities and circumvent Know Your Customer (KYC) checks to bypass defenses designed to prevent impersonation. An industry source requesting anonymity said the threat has started permeating the banking, financial services and insurance…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday approved resumption of open-market buybacks through stock exchanges, alignment of securitized debt instrument norms with the securitization framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), easing of intraday lending rules for mutual funds and faster approvals for alternative investment funds. The decision by the markets…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Northeast has the potential to become India’s next engine of growth by leveraging its strengths in sustainable agriculture and premium organic produce. He also said that Meghalaya is uniquely positioned to lead because it has confidence in global markets. Inaugurating the Northeast’s largest organic spice processing…

Dutch neobank Banc has joined a crowded field of fintechs in the race to bank Mexico’s underprivileged. The Mexican digital bank market continues to heat up, with Dutch neobank Banc becoming the latest bank to receive a banking license to operate in the country. This continues the neobank’s regional expansion ambitions to serve “global citizens”…

The FIFA World Cup witnessed another historic moment on Thursday when a female referee team took charge in the Group A match between Czech Republic and South Africa at the Atlanta Stadium. Referee Tori Penso, along with assistant referees Katherine Nesbitt and Brooke Mayo, became only the second female on-field officiating crew to officiate a…

CETA has kept India’s low-cost electric cars out of the subsidy framework. Additionally, it has completely excluded electric and hydrogen-powered two-wheelers, buses and trucks from the preferential tariff regime. For conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) passenger cars imported from the UK, India has agreed to allow a cumulative 378,000 vehicles at concessional duty rates over…

Case of financing the trade through DP World – a company that also carries cargo. Since joining DP World in 2021, Sinan Ozcan has built a trade finance business from scratch within one of the world’s largest end-to-end logistics providers – a company that has grown from 56,000 in that time to more than 120,000…