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Today In Payments: ECB Outlines Use Cases For Digital Euro; Goldman To Pay $2.5B For GM’s Credit Card Business

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The partnership marks the retail giant's foray into privately managed Medicare Advantage plans. India is reportedly planning to launch its own app store as an alternative to Google and Apple’s app stores, in a bid by the country to become more self-reliant. Why The Pandemic Is a ‘Black Swan’ That Will Spur Payments M&A.

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CFOs’ Goals For The Year: Act Like ‘Tech Titans,’ Prep For Trade Volatility

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Citi ‘s latest report on how the corporate finance world plans to navigate volatility in 2019 suggests chief financial officers (CFOs) have a role model toward which to look: the so-called “tech titans.” Yet, Citi warned, “failure to appropriately execute on transformational M&A led to substantial underperformance.”

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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market

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Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released new data that found the average merger review time for deals in the banking sector declined to 3.8 The average merger review time at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) declined between 2016 and 2018, too, reports in The Wall Street Journal said.

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Four Techniques Companies Use To Advance In Today’s New Economic Environment

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Earlier this year, Oracle identified four repeating techniques that the most ambitious and inventive organizations have used to obtain a competitive advantage and achieve significant development: business model innovation; mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, accelerate the financial close, and developing a risk-aware culture.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

RITHOLTZ: Was this a distressed acquisition or — RIEDER: It was. And they took two of us, and I’m not sure how I made it through the strainer. He helps to oversee $2.5 trillion in various investments. I can keep babbling about how fascinating I found this discussion. You graduate Emory University with a degree in finance.