JOHANNESBURG, July 21 (Reuters) - South Africa has secured a $1.5 billion World Bank loan to support reforms aimed at easing ...

Bank of America data shows credit and debit card spending rose 6.3% in June, with restaurants and bars in host cities seeing ...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - The World Bank Group said on Monday it will "retire" its previous goal to devote 45% of its annual lending resources to projects with climate ...

The bank reports an increase in spending in host cities and in restaurants, along with an early read on the role of agentic ...

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2026 — The World Bank approved $1.1 billion for two projects to help Bangladesh mitigate the price and supply volatility in the global fertilizer and fuel markets, sustain food ...

South Africa has secured a $1.5 billion Development Policy Loan from the World Bank to support vital reforms in electricity, ...

The internal watchdog of the International Finance Corp. found that the lenders pressured borrowers to keep paying back loans they couldn’t afford.

The World Bank decided to remove quantitative targets for incorporating climate objectives into its financing, months after criticism from the US — its biggest shareholder — that it should get back to ...

The World Bank Group (WBG) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the official opening of the World Bank Group’s office in Doha, advancing strategic ...

The Bank's latest rules matter less for the sterling stablecoins they govern than for what they signal. Regulated digital ...