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The impact of new WhatsApp privacy rules
What impact will a privacy policy change have on users of WhatsApp? As WhatsApp is an unregulated platform, several firms have already banned its use in the workplace, conscious that end-to-end encryption means chats cannot easily be monitored by com...
Brazil: The hawks are getting louder
This week’s monetary policy meeting in Brazil, on Wednesday, was not supposed to be particularly controversial. Moreover, inflation expectations for 2021-22 are anchored and the economy is still demanding an extraordinary level of monetary policy sti...


The key regulatory challenges fintechs face
Consumer/data protection is the top regulatory challenge cited by fintechs. By product, consumer/data protection regulations are a key hurdle for fintechs operating in the payments, lending and investech segments. By country, incumbents in India, Chi...


Jobs matter more than votes: ESG pointers from Tunisia and Lebanon
Tunisia is often held up as the most progressive 'Arab Spring revolution' because of the resulting inclusive democracy. But as the current round of riots shows, jobs and security matter more than votes and political representation for many. For EM po...


20 best Emerging Market stocks through the pandemic
Jumia is known as the Amazon of Africa. Sea’s exponential rise has made it the largest company in ASEAN, a region of 600mn people. We identified Fawry as an EM tech stock to watch in July 2020, when the pre-unicorn company had a market cap of US$735m...


Vietnam: No punitive US tariffs despite currency manipulator label
Vietnam's manufacturing exports equated to 100% of GDP on average over the 2015-19 period, underpinning the 1.7% current account surplus (forecast for 2021 by the IMF) and the creation of jobs, and providing the impetus for consumption and constructi...

