Economic Empowerment

According to the World Economic Forum, digitalization could unlock $100 trillion in value for businesses and wider society over the next decade – but what will that look like, and who will it reach? We are seeing a number of new companies...

Scotiabank and MD Financial’s commitment to physicians runs deeper than providing outstanding investment solutions and Total Wealth advice. Scotiabank, with the Canadian Medical Association to invest $115 million over the next 10 years.

There was a brief moment in October when the U.S. Democratic presidential candidates turned away from debating the headline issues of today to a looming challenge: the future of workers.

Women entrepreneurs who apply for business loans may fare better than they expect, according to survey results released today by Scotiabank on the first anniversary of The Scotiabank Women Initiative.

Whole Planet Foundation’s teams in Africa and the Middle East host regional Field Officer Appreciation awards to show appreciation to these frontline workers – one group in West Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East; another group in Africa.

“Every morning,” K-Tec Systems CEO Cathy Koch says, “I put on a bracelet that says: ‘She Believed She Could, and So She Did.’ I believe a woman must believe ‘she can’ from the day she opens her business.”

Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber has been appointed to the first-ever U.S. federal advisory committee focused on addressing the short and long-term financial and market risks posed by climate change to capital markets and throughout the broader economy.

Wells Fargo and Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks® America, and its network member Portland Housing Center today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT program will expand to the city of Portland and Multnomah County this December.

Xoom, PayPal’s international money transfer service, today rolled out the ability for customers to send money to recipients in the U.S. for the first time. Through strategic alliances with Walmart and Ria, Americans can now use Xoom to send money...

At Whole Planet Foundation’s Annual Benefit & Auction, the Foundation will honor the Frontier Co-op Well Earth Program as its 2019 Trailblazer.