Rafael Nam is NPR's senior business editor.
Nam is an experienced financial correspondent and editor with over two decades of experience. He has been with NPR since 2020.
He spent the bulk of his career for Reuters in Asia, starting as a stock market correspondent in Seoul, South Korea, and then moving on to Hong Kong to cover investment banking, where he often broke news on major deals. He also helped launch an online financial video unit, serving as an anchor and analyst.
Nam then led the markets and central bank teams in India. His teams reported on big stories, including a collapse of the Indian Rupee currency and the surprise government move to get rid of high-denomination currencies.
In India, he spent months investigating an insider trading scheme in Indian stock markets, His story led to regulatory investigation of traders that shook the financial sector.
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Gianni Infantino is facing intense heat over a failed plan to privatize the World Cup. He is a lawyer who...
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A continued boycott of the World Cup poses a big threat to FIFA, keeping President Gianni Infantino under intense pressure... -
FIFA abandoned a plan to create a commercial venture and then sell stakes to minority investors, just days after unveiling... -
European soccer associations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes... -
FIFA has a complex plan to sell chunks of its commercial rights to the World Cup to minority investors, including... -
Trump's determination to find new legal justifications for his tariffs threatens to prolong the uncertainty facing the U.S. and global... -
The global economy may be suffering from lost productivity as people get swept by World Cup fever, a survey shows....
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President Trump earned more than $1 billion in 2025 from cryptocurrency ventures. But there are thousands of investors who bought...
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As the World Cup kicks off, some people in New Jersey are fuming about how much the tournament is going... -
Hundreds of tickets are still available for the U.S. and Canada opening matches for the World Cup on Friday. Even... -
FIFA has always had a peculiar way to sell tickets to the World Cup. It never faced any major issues... -
Nearly 80% of hotels surveyed by a body representing the industry reported bookings were running below projections — a worrisome...