Financial Highlights from the Recent Week You Should Know About:
- PAYMENTS:Understanding China’s new CIPS system China recently launched their China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS). Here’s a nice breakdown of why CIPS matters and how it differs from the SWIFT system.
- INVESTMENT: Investors flocked to Japanese stocks in 2025 Overseas stock markets performed better than the S&P 500 in 2025 as investors managed their risks by pumping money in overseas markets like Japan rather than deal with the chaotic markets that would dip and dive upon each social media post made by President Trump.
- AI IN BANKING: JPMorgan replaces proxy advisors with AIIn another sign of big change, JPMorgan announced it would replace all their proxy advisors with an in-house AI tool named ProxyIQ. The move probably isn’t a surprise as CEO, Jamie Dimon, had previously criticized proxy advisors as “incompetent”. (Ouch).
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