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Alipay Seeks Growth From Traveling Chinese

Alipay is partnering with banks around the world to provide its Chinese customers with seamless service at their preferred tourist destinations, with Italy’s UniCredit Bank following France’s BNP Paribas and Barclays in the UK.

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Amazon Conquers Arab World With Acquisition Of Souq.com

Amazon enters Arab markets of the Middle East / North Africa region by buying up Souq.com, an established online retailer.

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Are Clawbacks Coming Back?

After Wells Fargo forced two senior executives to pay back $75 million in compensation, other companies are rethinking clawback clauses—which experts say are effective governance mechanism.

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Crowdfunder Is First Islamic Fintech To Win UK Approval

Equity-based real estate platform Yielders is the first Islamic fintech to receive accreditation from Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority.

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FED Seeks To Avoid Taper Tantrum II

For the US Federal Reserve to diminish its balance sheet, it must take care not to spook the markets.

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Global Giants To Help Indias FlipKart Beat Back Competition

Facing increasing competition from Amazon and Alibaba, India’s Flipkart ecommerce platform has turned to Microsoft, Tencent and eBay for financial, technical and market support.

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Regulators Probe Barclays Whistleblowing Witch-Hunt

UK regulators are probing the behavior of Barclays CEO Jes Staley for his efforts to unmask a whistleblower, raising issues of confidentiality, liability, culture and honesty throughout the banking industry.

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Risky REFI Do-Overs For Corporate Finance

With interest rates insanely low, many corporate borrowers have been refinancing with leveraged loans—despite significant risks—and investors are eagerly snapping up the debt

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Riyadh Forms Parallel Equity Market

Nomu, a new Saudi equity market, will have lighter listing requirements than Tadawul, deepening the Saudi capital market with an alternative platform.

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Spotify Snubs Wall Street, Eyes Direct Listening

Spotify is considering embracing the hot trend of self-selling shares rather than an exchange IPO listing.

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Venezuela’s Gamble Poses US Energy Security Risk

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company is struggling to make bond payments, and could put US oil company Citgo up for sale to Russia’s Rosneft.

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Blockchain Passes Japan Payments Test

Japanese banks piloted domestic and cross-border payments successfully through the Cloud with Ripple.