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African Banking Roundtable: New Focus On Capital Markets

Global Finance

Africa today is the worlds youngest continent, with a growing population and several fast-growing economies, but significant challenges, including the need for regulatory reform in banking and finance. Global Finance: Last year, we discussed the departure of a number of high-profile foreign banks from Africa.

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Making AI Pay Off in Global Banking

Global Finance

As AI is piloted and adopted across all aspects of the personal and business banking landscape, Global Finance held a Digital Banking and AI Innovation panel in London with global financial industry leaders to explore the impact of new technologies and how to incorporate them in a way that creates a win-win for all stakeholders.

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Venture Capital Internships: The Best “Pre-Banking” Role?

Brian DeChesare

With investment banking internship recruiting starting earlier and earlier, you also need to win pre-banking internships earlier. You should focus on the summer camp type of internship if youre using it to win an IB internship at a large bank eventually. If you can find open roles in your region, research them and apply.

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Charlie Javice Found Guilty of Defrauding JPMorgan in $175 Million Acquisition

NYT M&A

Javice faked much of her customer list before selling her start-up, Frank, to the bank. Federal prosecutors convinced a jury that Ms.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Brian DeChesare

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. not banks or investment firms). Your total compensation in U.S.-based

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3 Post-Pandemic Trends in Digital Banking

N Contracts

The trend of moving to digital transactions that started during the pandemic shows no signs of slowing down. In the first quarter of 2022 alone, digital active users at Bank of America alone grew to 42 million, up 2 million from a year earlier, and 5 million since the start of the pandemic, according to a Motley Fool blog post.

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How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

Brian DeChesare

If you want to know how to get an investment banking internship, it’s simple: Start very, very early and have a great “Plan B” if something goes wrong. And yes, you read the news correctly: Banks like RBC, DB, Houlihan Lokey, Rothschild, and Guggenheim opened 2025 summer internship applications in calendar year 2023.

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