Andrew Samu

Baidu, Tencent and Vipshop were some of the Chinese stocks hardest hit, dropping 18%, 33% and 31% respectively last week according to CNN. How much of those drops was down to the Archegos disruption is hard to quantify, but it certainly didn’t help.

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Ledgermatic Aims To Challenge Banks’ Crossborder Payment Stranglehold, White Paper Reveals

March 25, 2021

Ledgermatic promises a low-cost, cross border payment corridor and reduced banking touchpoints by up to 60%.

Asia Capital Markets News

Stock Markets in China look Bearish, should you worry?

March 25, 2021

Just over a year ago, Trump was talking about reaching some kind of understanding with China when we covered a story about his time at Davos. This week we saw the U.S., the EU, Canada and the UK sanction China for alleged human rights abuses. Things have definitely taken a dramatic turn.

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Fabrick and Microsoft partner to expand digital transformation opportunities for companies and accelerate Open Finance

March 25, 2021

"The partnership with Microsoft represents an extraordinary opportunity to grow and strengthen our positioning in the market; we have found a valuable ally who, like us, has seen in technological evolution and Open Finance a new way to innovate the delivery of corporate services for the end user."

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Creditinfo Group becomes majority shareholder of Kredītinformācijas Birojs (KIB)

March 25, 2021

Today, Creditinfo Group announced that is has increased its stake in JSC “Kredītinformācijas Birojs” (KIB) to 51%, becoming the majority shareholder.

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SH Capital Ltd selects FinIQ as digital trading platform

March 25, 2021

FinIQ's front-to-back wealth and treasury services platform is used by nearly 15,000 bankers across 21 countries to electronically trade financial instruments.

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IOSCO Statement on Going Concern Assessments and Disclosures during the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 24, 2021

It is important for investors to receive high-quality information about the existence of material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Startups

How a Duke made an Impact in Silicon Valley

March 24, 2021

“Research shows that for an average large company with 10,000+ employees, the hidden cost of skill gaps, disengagement, and turnover are estimated conservatively at - $135 million."

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Luminor Bank Enhances Risk Management Operations with FIS Cloud-Based Solution

March 24, 2021

Luminor Bank AS, which has nearly 900,000 clients, is the third largest provider of financial services in the Baltic banking market, and operates in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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SunTec’s ‘Confluence 2021’ to Focus on Solutions for Organizations in a Digitally Driven World

March 23, 2021

This year’s Confluence will be hosted online on April 22, 2021 from 7 am EST and will focus on topical issues facing organizations including Hyper-Personalization, Digital Transformation and Ecosystem Monetization.

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SUCCESSFUL MATURITY PROMPTS CREATION OF NEW INVESTOR OPPORTUNITY

March 23, 2021

The 8:8 Plan April 2021 is a maximum eight-year investment constructed to offer a potential return of 3.25% for each six-month period it runs, with the possibility of early maturity and the full repayment of the initial capital from the end of the Plan’s second year and semi-annually thereafter.

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Got a 500 Experian credit score? Here’s what to do and how to get financed

March 22, 2021

Having a 500 credit score makes you unfavourable to financial institutions. A 500 credit score will mean you incur deposit charges or high interest rates when you apply for credit cards, sign up to utility providers or lease a car or smartphone.

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Spot the Dot by Kingswood

March 22, 2021

The latest increase in yields occurred despite the Federal Reserve at its recent meeting doing its best to calm Treasuries down.

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World-First Security Certification Package for Mobile Identity Verification Provider InnoValor

March 22, 2021

InnoValor has therefore extended its baseline ISO27001 security with three additional certifications: ISO/IEC 27701 for Privacy Management, eIDAS module for Qualified Trust Service Providers (digital signatures), and eIDAS electronic identification (eID) at assurance level High.

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Banks: Personal data increasingly protected with the DEFeND Project

March 22, 2021

The initiative was developed by a consortium of ten European public and private entities from Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

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Bank Rate maintained at 0.1% – March 2021

March 18, 2021

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment.

Andrew Samu

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