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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FRANCE: WINEMAKER PLANS IPO USING CROWDFUNDING

Capital Markets | Equity Capital Raising Burgundy vineyard Domaine Chanzy expects to be the first company to conduct an initial public offering using crowdfunding, which enables companies to raise money from members of the public, typically via the Internet.

Banking

INDIA: UNBANKED TO BENEFIT FROM NEW PAYMENT & FINANCE BANKS

Milestones | India The Reserve Bank of India’s recent bid to offer licenses for setting up small finance and payment banks has elicited an overwhelming response, with at least 113 companies entering the fray.

Banking

SANTANDERS CLOUD GAMBIT: WILL MORE BANKS FOLLOW THEIR LEAD?

Trends | Global Banking On the surface at least, Spain’s Banco Santander and Cloud storage providers do not appear to have much in common.

Features

Cryptocurrency Explained And Why Its Here To Stay

Book Review Without the need for being either a skilled mathematician or uber-geek. The Age of Cryptocurrency includes everything you could possibly want to know about cryptocurrencies.

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EMERGING MARKETS DEMAND: ANTTI RANTA, NORDEA

Antti Ranta, head of FX at Nordea in Helsinki, sees demand growing for emerging markets currencies in Nordic countries—and for advice on how to trade them.

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NEW PRODUCT PROLIFERATION: PHILIP NEL, STANDARD BANK

Philip Nel, head of FX trading for Africa at Standard Bank in Johannesburg, anticipates a proliferation of new foreign exchange products in countries across the continent.

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RUSSIAN OPPORTUNITY: MIKHAIL PALEI, VTB CAPITAL

Mikhail Palei, head of foreign exchange flow at VTB Capital in Moscow, expects international banks to lose their appetite for risk in the Russian ruble—which he sees as an opportunity for Russia’s FX desks.

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THE WORLD’S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2015

Regulatory uncertainty, technological change and traders behaving badly have collided in a perfect storm for banks’ foreign exchange operations

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

‘GOOGLE TAX’ ON MULTINATIONALS HEATS UP GLOBAL CORPORATE TAX DEBATE

<strong>UK Corporate Tax | Trends</strong><br /> Britain likely will succeed in taxing multinational companies at a 25% rate on their UK operations beginning in April, without violating international tax treaties, analysts say, but tensions are rising between countries on suspicions that MNCs are engaging in global tax evasion.

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Technology

FRANCE: WINEMAKER PLANS IPO USING CROWDFUNDING

INDIA: UNBANKED TO BENEFIT FROM NEW PAYMENT & FINANCE BANKS

SANTANDERS CLOUD GAMBIT: WILL MORE BANKS FOLLOW THEIR LEAD?

Cryptocurrency Explained And Why Its Here To Stay

EMERGING MARKETS DEMAND: ANTTI RANTA, NORDEA

NEW PRODUCT PROLIFERATION: PHILIP NEL, STANDARD BANK

RUSSIAN OPPORTUNITY: MIKHAIL PALEI, VTB CAPITAL

THE WORLD’S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2015

‘GOOGLE TAX’ ON MULTINATIONALS HEATS UP GLOBAL CORPORATE TAX DEBATE

BEST INTERNET BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

HUNGARY: PROTESTS FORCE PM TO SHELVE INTERNET TAX

INTERNET BANKING AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: TREVOR HAEGER, STANDARD CHARTERED