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Finance & Procurement

Fintech’s global growth: governments race for a route map

Governments worldwide are increasingly enthused by fintech’s possibilities. But the sector’s breadth and quick-moving nature are among the reasons why public authorities’ activity can be tricky to track, according to […]

Piles of silver coins acting as stepping stones

Three reasons universal basic income pilots haven’t led to policy change – despite their success

Universal basic income – a tax-free, unconditional sum of money regularly given to everyone in a society – has repeatedly been shown to help the most vulnerable groups in society. […]

Finance minister Chrystia Freeland, at the National Press Theatre last December with Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem

Canadian federal Budget announces strategic policy review amid spending restraint

Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has announced a “strategic policy review” in the 2022 federal Budget to ensure that spending matches government’s priorities, while also setting out plans to rein […]

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Global Government Fintech to hold inaugural ‘lab’ in Estonia in June

Global Government Forum’s sister title Global Government Fintech has announced the launch of the Global Government FinTech Lab – an in-person event to bring together senior public servants exploring the opportunities […]

A man and woman sit side by side on a sofa paying for something on a mobile phone with a credit card

Open to possibilities: governments bank on opening up financial services data

What progress has been made to deliver open banking and open finance across the world? And what role should and could governments play? Ian Hall reports on a Global Government Fintech webinar […]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak holding the Spring Statement document

UK to ‘put counter-fraud at the heart of decision-making’ after concerns over lost COVID cash

The UK government has announced the creation of a new Public Sector Fraud Authority after concerns were raised across the political spectrum over money that was lost through the coronavirus […]

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White House sets out US government digital assets strategy

The White House has issued an executive order setting out a national policy for digital assets, including a call to urgently explore the case for a digital dollar. President Joe […]

President Joe Biden signing legislation

US federal agencies get 6.7% budget increase in $1.5 trillion spending bill

President Joe Biden is expected to today sign a US$1.5 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through to the end of September, averting a partial government shutdown. The […]

Calculated risks: the pathfinding role of government finance chiefs

Finance staff are playing an ever bigger role in strategic decision-making – helping to spot the financial risks in new policies or reforms. At the Global Government Finance Summit, Natalie […]

Always in the front line: the impossible demands of crisis response

Since 2008, governments have protected businesses through crisis after crisis, stepping in to safeguard people’s livelihoods and national economies. At the Global Government Finance Summit, Adam Branson heard finance leaders […]