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ELEVENTH-HOUR RESCUE FOR SHADOW-BANKING PRODUCT

MILESTONES | CHINA China Huarong Asset Management, a bad bank set up during the credit bust of the 1990s, has turned out to be the mystery investor that bailed out shadow-banking product Credit Equals Gold No. 1.

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GOLDMAN SACHS TO TAP GROWING ISLAMIC MARKET

CAPITAL MARKETS | ISLAMIC FINANCE To diversify its sources of financing, Goldman Sachs plans to issue a benchmark Islamic bond, at a time when demand for sukuk is outrunning supply. Meanwhile, South Africa is planning its first sovereign sukuk, and the Egyptian government is working on a new sukuk law, following the military’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year.

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TURKISH BANKS UNDER FIRE

COUNTRY REPORT | TURKEY: BANKING Turkey’s president is not a fan of them, and an increasing tide of regulation and a growing debt profile make for a difficult operating environment for Turkish banks.

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A MERE BLIP FOR REAL-TIME PAYMENTS IN CHINA?

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | REAL-TIME PAYMENTS A delay in the rollout of the China International Payments System looks to be only a temporary hiccup in the renminbi’s unfolding internationalization.

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BEST INTERNET BANKS 2014 ROUND 1

In this first installment of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and then by region, according to product or service category.

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COULD PANAMA BE A GLOBAL MONETARY POLICY MODEL?

TRENDS | SNAPSHOT: PANAMA

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ECUADOR TO LAUNCH ITS OWN “BITCOIN,” BANS RIVALS

TRENDS | DIGITAL CURRENCIES Ecuador is gearing up for the launch of a new digital currency that will go into use as early as October alongside the US dollar, the country’s official tender.

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GETTING MORE MILEAGE FROM SEPA PAYMENTS

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | PAYMENTS: POST-SEPA The SEPA migration deadline may have passed, but most companies have yet to gain the full benefits offered by the Single Euro Payments Area initiative. Now would be a good time for treasurers to ask how they can get more out of their SEPA investments.

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GLOBAL CASH 25: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | GLOBAL FINANCE CASH 25 The Global Finance Cash 25 ranks public companies by cash, cash equivalents and short-term securities on their balance sheets. Data is gathered from more than 70,000 public companies worldwide. It is a ranking of nonfinancial corporations—we exclude financial institutions from the list.

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ELEVENTH-HOUR RESCUE FOR SHADOW-BANKING PRODUCT

GOLDMAN SACHS TO TAP GROWING ISLAMIC MARKET

TURKISH BANKS UNDER FIRE

A MERE BLIP FOR REAL-TIME PAYMENTS IN CHINA?

BEST INTERNET BANKS 2014 ROUND 1

COULD PANAMA BE A GLOBAL MONETARY POLICY MODEL?

ECUADOR TO LAUNCH ITS OWN “BITCOIN,” BANS RIVALS

GETTING MORE MILEAGE FROM SEPA PAYMENTS

GLOBAL CASH 25: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

NO MORE FALSE DAWNS IN TAIWAN

SQUARE ONE FOR BANKS’ LIVING WILLS

TRANSACTION BANKING: THE NEW NORMAL