The first half of 2024 turned out to be challenging for the financial technology (fintech) market around the world due to fears of geopolitical instability and high interest rates. Total global investment fell from $62.3 billion to $51.9 billion between the second half of 2023 and the first half of 2024, the largest decline in four years. All regions experienced a marked decline in fintech...

The size of inflation and interest rates, the scale of unemployment, GDP, fluctuations in stock prices, political tensions, changes in government, social unrest, or the type of foreign policy being pursued. All these elements affect the quotes of the currencies of individual countries and the determination of which of them are the strongest. Previously, the strongest currency in the world was...