Tuesday, 12 May 2026 · 06:30 GMT

Five things the cross-border desk is watching.

Monday — calm open, three set-piece events later this week.

01
USD index opens at 104.2; markets price 60% chance of Fed June hold.
/markets
02
Senegal President addresses diaspora forum in Paris on Wednesday.
/corridors/fr-sn
03
Nigeria April CPI release Thursday — consensus 24.6% YoY.
/corridors/uk-ng
04
JPMorgan onboards three African corridors to its Kinexys network.
/markets
05
Pillar 2 (Moroccan diaspora) corrections published — see methodology log.
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Corrections

Errors are logged with timestamp on /method. The briefing is not retroactively edited.