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Luca Ventura

New York

Writer at Freelance

Writer at Large at Global Finance

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  • 3 weeks ago | gfmag.com | Luca Ventura

    Canada last month named its first-ever AI minister, joining a list of countries that already includes the United Arab Emirates, France, and Taiwan. For the role, newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped Evan Solomon, a former TV host who has worked for the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the private network CTV. Previously, the AI domain fell largely under the industry portfolio. Canada is a leader in the field.

  • 1 month ago | gfmag.com | Luca Ventura

    Even before Argentina’s previous agreement with the International Monetary Fund expired in December, President Javier Milei began pursuing a new bailout package. Last month, Milei flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump, hoping the US president would help him secure fresh funds. A week later, the IMF’s executive board greenlit a loan of $20 billion.

  • 1 month ago | gfmag.com | Luca Ventura

    Mirroring the shift from a past marked by foreign domination and authoritarian rule to its modern status as a vibrant and free Caribbean nation, banks have played a pivotal role in the Dominican Republic’s exceptional growth and financial development.

  • 1 month ago | gfmag.com | Luca Ventura

    Last month, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office approved Italy’s second-largest lender’s plan to purchase a major stake in state-backed Commerzbank. UniCredit revealed last year that it had secured a position of around 28%, with plans to increase it to 29.9%, just short of the 30% threshold requiring it to submit a public bid for the entire bank.

  • Mar 27, 2025 | gfmag.com | Luca Ventura

    From the establishment of its earliest banks in the mid-19th century to becoming one of the world’s most advanced financial hubs, Singapore’s banking evolution mirrored the country’s journey from a modest colonial entrepôt for the trade between Asia, Europe, and then the United States to one of the world’s wealthiest and most developed nations. Formerly a British colony, Singapore turned to its banks to power its economic growth and transformation after becoming a sovereign country in 1965.

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