Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Global Finance magazine interviewed Brazil Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto, who has been at the helm since February 2019. In this interview, Campos Neto shares his insights on the global economy, Brazil’s economic outlook, the resilience of Latin American economies, and the importance of central bank independence.

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JUNE 29, 2020

FDIC) is considering nixing its quarterly reports of banks in an attempt to modernize the way data is handled. Part of the overhaul could focus on replacing the “call” reports that banks are required to file within 30 days after each quarter, which result in copious 60-page reports with thousands of data fields.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Global Finance presents its 31st annual list of best banks worldwide. Banks face an uphill battle as supply chains remain disrupted, regional conflicts continue to build, and the fear of bank failure returns. in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund’s July World Economic Outlook 2024.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In an interview with Lynn Parramore of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Nomi Prins takes up and extends the argument that she has made over a series of books, that central bankers are ever-more administering policies that are good for the markets but very bad for the real economy and real people. economy and Wall Street.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Twelve years after the housing and mortgage markets’ collapse threw the United States into financial distress not seen since the Great Depression, market watchers are again on the lookout for a possible new banking crisis spawned by upheaval in the U.S. commercial real estate sector. No Quick Fix. The Government’s Response.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

This week SWIFT, the financial messaging service based in Belgium (and where the acronym stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Communications) said that it would suspend access for at least some Iranian banks. brought back financial and other sanctions against Iran, which in turn came after the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Guo Shuqing, the former head stock market regulator in China, has been appointed as chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, replacing Shang Fulin, who was forced to retire after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65. He arrived at the China Banking Regulatory Commission on Friday (Feb.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

bank investors, the old Seinfeld punchline: “No dividends for you!”. The famed bank stress tests that have been in place for years and that get attention from Wall Street when it comes time to judge how sound the global financial system may be — or not — are getting a little more, well, stressful. For the bigger banks.

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Global Finance

AUGUST 13, 2024

As global investors increasingly prioritize sustainability and ethics, Islamic banking’s alignment with these values positions it as a key player in the burgeoning sustainable finance movement. Islamic banking has also proven resilience in turbulent economic times. Sharia-compliant banks don’t issue interest-based loans.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Many consumers move to new countries to pursue economic opportunities, but adjusting to these locations also requires learning the ins and outs of new financial systems — a transition that can be filled with friction. How Rayo Delivers Immigrant-Focused Financial Services. Consumers who move to the U.S.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Ironically, the Fed is slowing the economy, after it came to the rescue in the last two economic downturns. The central bank helped stimulate lending by taking interest rates to zero, and boosted market liquidity by adding trillions of dollars in assets to its balance sheet. “You have to blow the dust off your economics textbook.

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JULY 1, 2019

The Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) has announced the launch of a BIS Innovation Hub to enable central banks around the world to collaborate on financial technology solutions and innovation. Central banks have a major role to play.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Can monetary policy cure the ills of an economic slowdown caused by the Coronavirus ? In a series of actions aimed at boosting liquidity (and, by extension, economic stability), China’s central bank has pumped money into the country’s financial system, which had been slowing markedly even before the pandemic.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Australia Michele Bullock: Too Early To Say Reserve Bank of Australia veteran Michele Bullock took the helm as the bank’s first female governor in September last year during intense soul-searching at the institution, which had come under critical scrutiny during the tenure of her predecessor, Philip Lowe.

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JULY 5, 2019

Six major banks in the Nordic region will form a customer checking center to help combat money laundering and improve the reputation of the area’s financial institutions, according to a report by Reuters. . The banks involved will be Danske Bank, Swedbank Handelsbanken, Nordea, SEB and DNB.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The favored narrative about banks and FinTech startups is generally not a love story. Banks represent the old way of handling financial services – and in fairness, they carry a lot of responsibilities that deposit-taking institutions don’t necessarily have. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The banking sector has been known for its resilience and adaptability and must continue to innovate to thrive. With 2025 just around the corner, several key trends are reshaping the banking and financial services landscape. Banking executives must navigate a complex environment filled with challenges and opportunities.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

China's shadow banking assets will continue to decline on regulators' continued focus on containing systemic risks in the financial sector, said Moody’s recently. Broad shadow banking assets fell by around RMB1.58 Broad shadow banking assets fell by around RMB1.58 from 58.3% Trust loans fell by RMB1.2

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 16, 2023

The quick and unexpected collapse of the second and third largest bank collapses in US history sent shock waves throughout the markets. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed last Friday and it sent both private and public companies scrambling to address what exposures they had with SVB and other banks that might be at risk.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Open Banking and bank-FinTech collaboration are the new norm for financial institutions around the world looking to upgrade their offerings for small businesses (SMBs). Other initiatives include a focus on payments security, as well as connecting bank data to small business accounting portal QuickBooks.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

Originally published at openDemocracy The 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos started five days ago amid an air of pessimism. He is openDemocracy’s international security correspondent. He is on Twitter at: @ProfPRogers. Two glaring examples of lack of change came to light just as the WEF got under way.

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JUNE 29, 2020

billion of supposed deposits were missing from two banks in the Philippines. MAS noted that it requires financial institutions to report all suspicious transactions, including transactions that are large, complex or present unusual patterns with no apparent economic or lawful purposes. “We

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CFO News

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das highlighted the need for reforms in the international financial system to address challenges faced by emerging economies and to adapt to the evolving global economic landscape.

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MARCH 14, 2019

The head of the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) in Finland has warned that Nordic banks involved in money laundering scandals should be measured in their response and not withdraw from the area, according to a report by Bloomberg. She said it’s time that banks start seriously being compliant. “As

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Keeping these consumers engaged in the broader financial system is essential to the collective good. Systems, that is. Banks and financial institutions (FIs) have been layering patches and tools on top of outdated core banking systems for so long that it’s become a Frankenstein’s monster of tech entanglement.

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JULY 30, 2019

JPMorgan has announced it will go “full force” in China to take on the state-run Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), which is the biggest bank in the world, according to a report by Bloomberg. However, to be successful, they will need to be able to compete with state-run banks, which currently control the financial system.

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APRIL 18, 2017

The slowdown of China’s economic growth has had markets concerned, but new data suggests the nation could be on its way to reversing the trent. This level of growth cannot be sustained,” said Wang Xinling, lead analyst at think tank China Policy, in an interview with the Financial Times. percent GDP annual growth rate.

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JULY 16, 2019

government has developed a plan that aims to fight financial crimes, including “action on crypto-assets.”. The Economic Crime Plan from H.M. Treasury and the Home Office wants to change the way economic crime is handled by boosting cooperation between government, law enforcement and the private sector. “To It also includes £6.5

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JULY 26, 2017

Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has again released its report on top risks facing banks, with its Spring 2017 analysis warning FIs that threats are coming from all angles. The federal banking system is, and should be, a source of strength for the nation and its economy.

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Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has signed an agreement with NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), an international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), to develop a secure national payment system, similar to India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) using the same technology.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

The Bank of England’s (BoE) Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has laid down a set of strict rules that Facebook’s Libra and other cryptocurrencies must follow in order to do business in Britain, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Oct. Regulations include transparency that shows economic fortitude.

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MARCH 30, 2021

The fall in China's shadow banking activities since the fourth quarter of 2020, reversing the growth over the first three quarters, is set to continue in 2021 as regulators withdraw economic stimulus and focus on containing financial systemic risks, said Moody’s recently. percentage points to 58.3%, the firm added.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

The broad downward trend in China's shadow banking activities continued though the country supported its economic recovery from the pandemic, said Moody's Investors Service recently. . Overall shadow banking assets grew by RMB700 billion in the first quarters of 2020 according to estimates of Moody’s, following a RMB2.3

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JULY 17, 2020

Chinese regulators have seized control of nine financial institutions (FIs) alleging they violated rules and jeopardized the country’s financial system. Since May, the state has orchestrated five bailouts of banks. China’s second-quarter economic growth led to an 11.5

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MAY 13, 2016

The nuclear deal that is in place between Iran and a number of other nations does not have the teeth it might otherwise have to help – and key to that stymied effort is the fact that Iran remains largely isolated from interacting with the global financial system. One key issue: banks have been balking at funding projects.

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JUNE 9, 2017

When executives in the finance industry think of blockchain technology, its perception has shifted in the past few years in terms of how it could shape financial services — and therefore the economy — as a residual impact. Spain’s very first banking blockchain consortium is now comprised of 33 percent of the country’s banks.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

To that end, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a paper titled “Embedded supervision: how to build regulation into blockchain finance” that distributed ledger technology (DLT) could be a part of bank infrastructure and could be used to automate supervision. In finance, now comes automated, embedded supervision.

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