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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Wells Fargo To Grow Online, Probably Close Branches

Tim Sloan, newCEO of Wells Fargo, will likely close branches and seek growth online, but even that may not be enough to helpthe San Francisco-based bank change direction in the wake of its cross-selling scandal.

News

Adidas Favors Outside Track

Will bringing in an outsider revive the brand with fresh insight or cause it to stumble on the turns?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Danger In The Cloud

The2016 Global Cloud Data Security Study, compiled for digital security company Gemalto by the Ponemon Institute, shows that safety measures are not keeping up with Cloud data challenges, making organizations vulnerable in storage and management of confidential information.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Spain’s Ortega Tops Gates In Wealth

Big profits from managing short lead times helped Amancio Ortega—Spanish business magnate, founder and chairman of the Inditex fashion group—recently pass Bill Gates’s fortune for the second time.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tory Hints At Pivot To Exports

Although Liam Fox made headlines for sayingBritish businessmen are too lazy to boost exports, less extensively reported remarks by the UK’s international trade secretaryhint at a significant change in policy.

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Banking On Technology To Serve Customers

By aping technology firms, banks that simplify solutions and focus upon the customer experience will be the ones that survive.

Award Winners

Best Digital Banks 2016

The first-round winners of the 17th Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards reveal the strategic importance that both corporate/institutional and consumer banks place on digital banking.

News

Can Jet CEO Make Walmart.com Fly?

<strong>US</strong> | Wal-Mart’s decision to buy Jet.com, a fast-growing e-commerce company, for $3.3 billion is being viewed as a shrewd move for both companies—one that strengthens their ability to compete with Amazon.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Blockchain To Ease Compliance Burdens

Fintech collaborations may be on the verge of yielding concrete solutions for monitoring and compliance.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Swiss Success Highlights Infrastructure Neglect

After 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, connecting Northern and Southern Europe through the Alps, opened to great fanfare on June 1, and shone a light on years of lax investment in infrastructure by European nations generally.

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LinkedIn Hopes For Soft Link With Microsoft

<strong>US</strong> | When Microsoft boughtLinkedIn, the deal was structured to leavethe networking site to grow and develop somewhat independently. The question is, how independently?

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Building Toward A Breakthrough

Finance sector innovations have cut costs and improved convenience but have not been transformative. Will bankers and treasurers—traditionally risk-averse players—ever brainstorm a revolutionary breakthrough?