Islamic banking has empowered women in a number of countries;
especially in Malaysia, where at least two Islamic banks have female CEOs…article

…Women are typically the ‘alpha’ partner in a relationship and are the ones who instigate financial decisions and carry out the research, the study found…article

Thirty percent of South African women are willing to spend more than six months’ salary on their wedding, and 10 percent of women have a secret bank account their partner is unaware of. This was revealed in the first annual Women’s Money Matters Survey 2012, conducted by Visa, in which 2 000 women from all income groups participated…article

In his opening statement to MPs in the Bundestag, which was released by the ECB, Mr Draghi again outlined the rationale for the outright monetary transactions scheme or OMT.

As President of the European Central Bank (ECB), it is a privilege for me to come to the heart of German democracy to present our policy responses to the challenges facing the euro area economy…Speech

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy vowed to push for more women in top EU finance jobs while urging lawmakers to endorse the appointment of Yves Mersch to the European Central Bank’s Executive Board…article

Listed companies will be required to unveil the number of women and men they employ to tackle gender inequality in the workplace, the Department for Business announced on Thursday..article

WHILE THE number of women in top executive positions internationally remains low, there seems to be a less-daunting glass ceiling for the role of the chief information officer – the CIO…article

The women were lured by loan offers at interest rates far lower than those offered by others

Nearly 50 women, from as far as Tirunelveli and Tuticorin, protested outside the office of a finance firm, alleging fraud. The firm is reported to have mobilised several lakhs from these women after promising huge sums as loans at low lending rates…articles

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) will pay more attention to women entrepreneurs in Pakistan by providing them lend additional support at technical, academic and policy level…article