(Bloomberg) -- The BRICS group of emerging-market nations will discuss deepening the use of local currencies in trade between member states at a summit in South Africa next week, the nation’s ...

With local economies flailing, communities across the U.S. are trying to drum up more action on Main Street. “Buy Local” campaigns are one way to go. But many towns–from Ojai, Calif., to Greensboro, N ...

Global trade is slowly shifting from dollar dominance. Using local currencies is no longer an economic choice, it is becoming ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with Standard Chartered to bolster local currency financing for private enterprises in emerging markets. This ...

BRICS leaders aim to use national currencies for cross-border payments, reducing reliance on the US dollar and other global currencies. Countries seek alternative payment mechanisms to protect against ...

Ann Lapenna always felt buoyed by a sense of belonging when she walked into the West End Food Co-op in Toronto’s Parkdale neighborhood. She would head to the kitchen, don an apron, then begin slicing ...

Most of us take for granted that those rectangular green slips of paper we keep in our wallets are inviolable: the physical embodiment of value. But alternative forms of money have a long history and ...

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with Standard Chartered to bolster local currency financing for private enterprises in emerging markets. Standard Chartered will provide local ...