In an interview with Cyprus Mail, Bank of Cyprus’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager Elli Ioannidou, highlights that “the Bank seeks to make a difference in Cypriot society and contribute to the continuous soc...

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By Petros Olympios, CFARecent research shows that as family expenditures keep rising, incomes remain fixed or even shrink. At the same time, total household debt is increasing across globally, and many people have no sav...

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Financial literacy is not a new concept, although it has only come into vogue in the last three decades due to the increasing complexity of financial products and the growing role played by personal finance in people’s l...

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Olga Milko, the Business Development Director at Freedom24, spoke to the Cyprus Mail about the growing importance of financial literacy in today’s complex economic landscape.The experienced finance professional explained...

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By Elena KarkotiSurveys consistently highlight low levels of financial literacy across the EU and worldwide and CySEC’s own analysis confirms this. Given the importance of finance in today’s society, tackling this challe...

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By Chris DroussiotisIn one of the numerous conferences I attended in Cyprus, I engaged in an enlightening conversation with a proud scientist and inventor about how I could assist him in commercialising his innovative pr...

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Rule of law that is applied selectively is not rule of law. It is a form of authoritarianism in which the state decides who is allowed to break the law with impunity, making a complete mockery of the democratic principle...

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WHEN it comes to rewarding law breakers nobody does it as generously as our politicians, perhaps because they identify with them. They certainly have no time for the honest folk who obey the laws, pay their state dues an...

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Like the Titanic the super yacht Bayesian that sank off the coast of Sicily in a freak weather event on August 19 was virtually unsinkable. But it sank and seven passengers perished including the technology entrepreneur...

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Fortress America and Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) are just starting to take shape; bare outlines of what they will have grown into ten years from now. But the trend is almost unstoppable, and it will be very ugly whe...

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