Financial Centres International (ISSN 2009-2717) - The Monthly Review of Global Financial Services Centres*, is a monthly periodical covering developments in the world's financial centres.
In our title "Financial Centres International", and in our sub-title we use the alternative spellings of the word 'centre', or 'center'. The former being British English, and the latter US English.
For our main title, we use the British form, because its usage is greatest among centres, and in the widest part of the world. Our usage will however employ both forms, where appropriate, and, while in the title, we opt for the 'British' form, we use both terms interchangeably in the Style Guide for the publication. The continued use of the British term reflects the still slightly more common usage globally of the term 'centre' rather than 'center'. In Australasia, and in Asia, the term 'centre' is more common, mostly in Hong Kong and Singapore, and in India. In Canada, the term is regularly used interchangeably. However, in the US 'center' is the dominant form, and in new centres, including China, for example the 'Huangdong Outsourcing Financial Center' uses the US term.
