Global Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Based in Morocco, Attijariwafa Bank has significant operations in 15 countries in northern and western Africa, along with branches in Europe and Asia. Since its inception, the lab has worked with more than 100 startups, helping them integrate their products into banking use cases. Its innovation department, Wenov, was founded in 2020.

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Global Finance

JUNE 11, 2025

Manish Kohli , HSBC HSBC HSBC’s 2023 acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank’s UK operations led to the creation of its HSBC Innovation Banking unit, with innovation teams in the US, Israel, and Hong Kong joining a 600-strong UK team. The experience likely provided valuable lessons for HSBC.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) conformed by cutting mortgage rates, injecting cash into the banking system, and easing reserve requirements. Meanwhile, banks across the country are responding to difficult times with an unprecedented wave of innovation. trillion) in assets. trillion) in assets.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Joachim Nagel, President of Germanys Central Bank, said, At present, the biggest source of uncertainty for the Forecast is a possible global increase in protectionism. According to the World Bank, US tariffs were among the lowest in the world, with a simple-average Most-Favored Nation (MFN) rate of around 3.4%.

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Musings on Markets

JUNE 17, 2025

On the debt front, the public debt and bank debt market is supplemented by private credit , where investors pool funds to lend to private businesses, with negotiated rates and terms. again a process that has been around a while, but one that has also become formalized and a much larger source of funds.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 18, 2025

The one carve out is the financial services sector, where the nature of the business (banking, trading, brokerage) requires companies in the sector to hold cash and marketable securities as part of their operating businesses.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

Last year, investment banks correctly predicted a boom in stock issuance. Global inflation eased and major central banks began to cut interest rates: encouraging developments for equity issuers and investors. TM Africa Chapel Hill Denham Banks in Nigeria have been facing statutory pressures to recapitalize. of volumes.

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Benzinga

JULY 10, 2025

Peter Jackson, CEO, commented: "Our acquisition of FanDuel in 2018 is one of the most transformational events in our Group's history, with its natural competitive advantages combined with access to Flutter Edge capabilities driving impressive growth to become the well-established and clear leader in US online sports betting and iGaming.

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Global Finance

JULY 16, 2025

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reports that the number of companies the island nation hosts in the field grew from six in 2018 to 65 in 2024. Dominican Republic internet banking and electronic payments are showing substantial growth of over 20% year-on-year from 2023-2024, along with impressive innovation.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

For the investment banking industry, 2024 was a time of tempered optimism and guarded anticipation. Banks that adapt quickly to evolving conditions and adopt innovative dealmaking strategies are likely to be the biggest winners. A renewed interest in IPOs will also give investment banking a boost.

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Benzinga

JUNE 26, 2025

(NASDAQ: LSAK , JSE: LSK)) ("Lesaka" or "the group") today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lesaka Technologies Proprietary Limited, has entered into an agreement to acquire (directly and indirectly) 100% of the issued ordinary shares of Bank Zero Mutual Bank ("Bank Zero"). million) in cash.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

After the Great Financial Crisis triggered tightening of banking regulation, corporate lending has increasingly migrated out of the banking sector. Private debt funds raise capital commitments through closed-end funds (like private equity) and make senior loans (like banks) directly to, mostly, middle-market firms (i.e.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Although Pomerantz and The Rosen Law Firm jockey for the most active plaintiff’s law firm, in 2022 Pomerantz took the top spot that The Rosen Law Firm had occupied from 2018 through 2021. Pomerantz LLP led with the most first-in-court filings against non-U.S. issuers in 2022 (10), followed by The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. (8), more…)

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Brian DeChesare

JUNE 21, 2023

Investment banking in Dubai stands out for attracting remarkable hype on social media. Specifically, should you aim for entry-level investment banking roles in Dubai rather than London, New York, or other financial centers? Investment Banking in Dubai: The Top Banks The usual U.S. are much less active.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The hypothesis began to garner significant attention from academic researchers, regulators, and practitioners with a highly influential and provocative paper by Azar, Schmalz, and Tecu (2018) (hereafter AST) that claimed to find evidence of anti-competitive effects from increased institutional common ownership.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Shareholder Voting Trends (2018-2022). Posted by Patrick Dennis (University of Virginia), Kristopher Gerardi (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta), and Carola Schenone (University of Virginia), on Monday, November 7, 2022. Posted by Amma Anaman, Helle Bank Jørgensen, and Chantal Wessels, Nasdaq, Inc., Posted by Thomas P.

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IVSC

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

He is the Chairman of the boards of Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (part of Standard Bank Group of South Africa) and Uganda Breweries Ltd (a subsidiary of East African Breweries Plc, part of Diageo Group).

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IVSC

JANUARY 19, 2023

Susan is Executive Director, Global Valuations, at Harvest Investments and has been a member of the SRB since October 2018. Susan will take up the role in March 2023 and takes over from Mark Zyla who has led the board since 2017. She will oversee the work of the Board for an initial three-year term.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 16, 2024

During the period of 2000-2018, the Chinese economy grew by a factor of 4.8 The cumulative returns of the A share market are lower than those of five-year bank deposits or three- and five-year government bonds in China, and investors in the domestic stock market earned essentially zero net return in real terms. more…)

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Appraisers Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

Yes, past markets crashed due to really bad mortgage products/underwriting, and banks failed due to really bad management decisions to go along with those mortgage schemes, but if Uncle Sam is going. Why would regulators fundamentally weaken bank underwriting standards? Related Posts: Let's Get Rid of Appraisers. What Could Go Wrong?

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2022

North American targets accounted for two-thirds of all new campaigns in Q3, above H1 (55%) and 2018 – 2021 average (59%) levels. With 5 new campaigns in Q3, Elliott continued to accelerate its 2022 pace and has now launched 11 campaigns YTD (more than double the next most prolific names). Targets in the Crosshairs. Q3 activity in the U.S. (28

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Global Finance

JULY 25, 2024

The DoF recently held talks in Japan with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Nomura Securities as part of a roadshow to gauge interest from investors there. In 2018, the publicly held Japan Bank for International Cooperation acquired part of a multi-tranche ¥154.2 The government has tapped Japanese bond markets before.

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Chris Mercer

MAY 19, 2023

This post was originally written for Mercer Capital’s Family Business Director Blog and offered advice to family business directors based on my observations following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, 2023. This failure was followed by Signature Bank on March 12, 2023, and First Republic Bank on May 1, 2023.

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Global Finance

AUGUST 13, 2024

Banks are by far the biggest players in Islamic finance—some of them are exclusively Islamic while others offer sharia-compliant products but remain mostly conventional. Here are some of the key sharia-compliant products offered by banks—they have Arabic names but in most cases we can find an equivalent in conventional Western banking.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It’s a predicament that started to emerge as far back as 2018. Access to finance was a huge concern at the start of the pandemic [in 2020] as thoughts turned to the global financial crisis and a potential repeat of bank insolvency,” notes Kristen Roberts, partner and head of the London corporate debt practice at HSF.

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Global Finance

MAY 6, 2025

The banking industry in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) faced a particularly challenging 2024, marked by a highly fluid interest rate environment, macroeconomic uncertainty, and political volatility. The strongest banks in the region, though, were undeterred by macro difficulties. in the banking sectorwhile equity jumped by 70%.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 13, 2024

We argue that bank regulation and supervision interfere with pricing risk by creating opacity. This would make capital markets more effective in addressing future banking problems and reducing reliance on bank regulators who have arguably failed the public. Given periodic banking crises in the U.S.,

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Core Banking Software Market Size was USD 10.80 The market of core banking software is projected to grow during the forecast period due to rising adoption of latest technologies and cloud-based banking solutions. Billion Base Year 2021 Core Banking Software Market Size in 2021 USD 10.80

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

We have argued that bank regulators should disclose more bank information than is now required. [1] In this post, we argue that supervisors should disclose specific aspects of bank examination ratings. Though bank examinations can play a central role in promoting the stability of banks and the U.S.

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Burch & Co.

MAY 30, 2018

FINRA released Regulatory Notice 17-30 which outlines the changes made to registration and qualification requirements for representatives, effective October 1, 2018. Note: Representatives who are registered in these categories prior to October 1, 2018, will be grandfathered by FINRA and will maintain such registrations.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Beijing, accordingly, has become more cautious over the past decade, notes Jeremy Stevens, Asia economist at Standard Bank Group in Beijing. Stevens, Standard Bank: Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese lending was slowing down. Djibouti, in 2018, risked default on $1.4 Zambia’s debt to China is about $6.5

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Global Finance

JUNE 17, 2024

A 10-year veteran at DBS Bank, Karoonyavanich recently expanded his role to cover all Equity Capital Markets business for the bank globally when the firm merged its equities, fixed income and brokerage businesses to form a new Investment Banking unit. In 2017 and 2018, we saw China continue to open up.

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 19, 2022

In 2016, app-based driving company, Uber, partnered with Green Dot, a financial technology and bank holding company, for an EWA program for its workers. 3) Want to be able to have their wages paid the same day they work (79% in 2022, which is 30% higher than in 2018). App-based drivers. How EWAs work. Employee retention.

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Appraisers Blog

APRIL 5, 2024

Checked TAF USPAP ‘previous editions’ in their store, 2018 is the oldest copy available. Safe and sound banking practices. Systemic data inaccuracy which allowed for market manipulation is no longer the exception, rather a normalized process. Enter corporate investors now heavily speculating in residential housing.

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Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The DFA introduced several reforms; collectively, these reforms were intended to reduce the risk of the financial sector and to provide financial stability following the banking crisis of 2007-2008. 1] All publicly traded banks with assets ≥ $50 billion had to additionally designate an executive as the CRO by January 1, 2015.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 16, 2023

Non-bank financial intermediation (NFBI) – encompassing a broad range of capital sources, including broker-dealers, private funds, and open-end funds (OEFs) – is vital for the financing of the real economy, serving as a critical complement to the traditional banking sector. that may pose bank-like financial stability risks.” [7]

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Key takeaways Diagnosing the true reasons for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the contagion it fostered is critical to prescribing the right medicine to reduce the risk of similar failures and contagion in the future. Such flattening would do nothing to reduce the risk of future bank failures and related contagion.

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