The topic of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has gained a lot of attention in the last few years and S&P Global is committed to providing data, analytics, research, and thought leadership for best-in-class ESG insight. During a recent webinar moderated by Lindsey Hall, Head of ESG Thought Leadership for S&P Global Sustainable1, a panel was asked to weigh in on a num...
READWhen the U.S. Federal Reserve wanted to know how much cash to send to Puerto Rico in the wake of the unprecedented destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria in September 2017, they asked George Joyner, Puerto Rico's commissioner of financial institutions. After the hurricane, he was on calls daily with regulators on the mainland and the island's banks. Joyner sat down with S&P Glo...
READHurricane Maria laid bare the banking system's dependence on telecommunications systems, and showed how unprepared banks were for the sudden disruption in cell service. "The thing that I think surprised most everybody was the communication failure," Puerto Rico Commissioner of Financial Institutions George Joyner said during an interview in his San Juan offices. "I was here for...
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