Insurance
California Wildfires Fuel Parametric-Policy Adoption
California’s recent traumatic spate of wildfires has spotlighted the often clunky process of traditional commercial insurance. Typically, businesses are required...
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
El Salvador Alters Bitcoin Policy
El Salvador’s heralded adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender appears to be undergoing a significant downgrade as businesses are no...
Technology
Deepseek AI Takes Root In China’s Banks
China’s financial sector, from banks to brokerages, is rapidly incorporating DeepSeek, the nation’s champion in AI, for customer service, data...
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Infosys | Finacle: 10 Trends Reshaping Banking in 2020
Trend # 1 | 2020: The year the business model changed In an exceedingly commoditized market, banks are beginning to make clear bets to become leaders in scale, value, customer experience or product / service excellence. Some are turning ...
Banking
Hong Kong Banks Expand SME Task Force
The 18 Hong Kong banks comprising the territory’s joint task force on lending to small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) have...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hong Kong Eases IPO Rules
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (HKEX) are considering whether to ease initial...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
US Halts Enforcement Of Foreign Bribery Law
Citing the need for a level playing field in access to critical minerals, deep-water ports and other key infrastructure or...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
X’s Valuation Grows
Banks led by Morgan Stanley finally moved a significant amount of debt from Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase off their books....
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Florida – The New Home of Fintech
Most of the nation’s leading financial firms have established large operations in Florida to take advantage of the state’s global connectivity, experienced workforce and growing market. In fact, the Sunshine State is home to more than 120 commercial banks withnearly $195 billion in assets, in addition to 18 international banks with U.S. headquarters in Florida.
News
US Pressure Pushes Panama Away From China
Panama was the first Latin American country to join in 2017 China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Last month, it...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Amazon Overtakes Walmart
Online shopping giant Amazon generated $187.8 billion in fourth-quarter revenues, while Walmart, a traditional retailer, lagged behind for the first...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Beyond Unicorns: Andreessen’s Venture Capital Vision
While insisting he is not eager to take the firm public, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), has said...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
RBA’s First Rate Cut In Four Years Is A ‘Hawkish’ One
More than a year after the first rate cuts by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Fed since...
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What to Consider Moving Forward with DLT
In the last few years, DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) and Blockchain have evolved from a buzz word to an industry recognised technology and following the consensus at the Sibos 2019 could possibly transform our industry.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Baltics Ditch Russia For Europe’s Power Grid
“Today, history is made,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared during a ceremony held in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius,...