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Goldman Sachs Embraces Online Consumer Lending

Ever since it became a bank holding company in 2008 to stay afloat in the financial crisis, the bank was urged by US Federal Reserve to rely more on ‘sticky’ consumer deposits to lower its risk profile.

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Insurance Bonds | Counting The Cost Of Natural Disasters

According to various catastrophe risk-modeling services, estimates of the damage caused by Irma alone now range between $40 billion–$50 billion.

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M&A | DowDuPont Bows To Pressure From Activist Investors

The company haschanged plans to split into three separate companies following the merger between Dow Chemicals and DuPont.

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M&A | Trump Blocks China Semiconductor Deal

The US administration cited national security concerns in following the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS), which could get new powers to increase scrutiny of deals by foreign buyers.

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US Manufacturing | The Reshoring Is Real, The Jobs Are Not

As costs rise in developing countries, and automation eliminates the most mindless tasks, some manufacturing and service businesses are going home—but with greatly reduced labor needs.

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2017 Could Be A Record Year For Arab Fintech

Some of this year’s biggest deals include $20 million for Bahraini payment solution PayTabs, $3.5 million for Emirati finance-comparison platform yallacompare and $1.5 million for Emirati mobile-banking solution NOW Money.

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Cryptocurrencies Will March On Unfazed

The likes of Burger King in Russia haveissued Whoppercoin, a cryptocurrency that enables customers to buy a signature Whopper burger.

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Equifax: A Breach Too Far

The breach has put the personal data of 143 million people at risk of identity theft.

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Fund Raising: SPACs Return To Favor

SPACs ,created in the US in the 1990s to help financial sponsors raise funds more quickly in capital markets, had suffered, until recently, from a weak IPO market and several failed acquisitions.

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The Bitcoin Wars: Regulation Vs. Opportunity

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that raise funds using digital currencieshave come under regulatory fire in recent times.

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Iraq Welcomed Back To Global Debt Market

With an enticing yield of 6.75%, Iraq attracted $6.6 billion in orders for its $1 billion issue of five-and-a-half-year bonds in early August, its first independent bond sale in more than a decade.

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More Rules Expected for ICOs After China Ban

Financial regulators the world over are beginning to take a closer look at digital currency Initial Currency Offers andcompaniesthat use them to raise funds.