financial crisis

SEC Head: AI Will Trigger Financial Crisis If Left Unchecked
SEC Head: AI Will Trigger Financial Crisis If Left Unchecked
October 15, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

America’s top financial regulator says artificial intelligence (AI) will cause a financial crisis if left unchecked. In an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday (Oct. 15), Securities...

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40% of Well-Established Small Businesses Lack Emergency Funding
40% of Well-Established Small Businesses Lack Emergency Funding
August 18, 2023  |  SMBs

Across the United States, the startup community is still reeling after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis, and...

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Report: Global Wealth Fell for 1st Time Since 2008 Crisis
Report: Global Wealth Fell for 1st Time Since 2008 Crisis
August 16, 2023  |  Economy

The world had fewer millionaires at the end of 2022 than at the beginning. That’s according to a report issued Tuesday (Aug. 15) by UBS and Credit Suisse showing that global...

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SMB Alt-Lending Gears Up For Another Industry Shakeup
SMB Alt-Lending Gears Up For Another Industry Shakeup
July 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The level of market volatility hitting the U.S. and other nations around the world as a result of the global pandemic continues to draw comparisons to...

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Treasury Secretary Warns Of Depression-Like Unemployment Levels
Treasury Secretary Warns Of Depression-Like Unemployment Levels
March 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. unemployment rate could soar to 20 percent if Congress fails to pass a $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus package,...

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How Coronavirus Will (And Won’t) Change The Gig Economy
How Coronavirus Will (And Won’t) Change The Gig Economy
March 16, 2020  |  Gig Economy

The headlines state that we are in uncertain, and in some ways, unprecedented times. The Federal Reserve has slashed rates to zero. Quantitative easing is...

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Fraud Retrial Begins For Former Barclays Execs
Fraud Retrial Begins For Former Barclays Execs
October 08, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Three former Barclays executives are facing a retrial and accused of participating in a “dishonest mechanism” to pay Qatar extra fees in exchange for emergency...

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BIS: Big Banks Lower-Risk, More Resilient Than Pre-Crisis
BIS: Big Banks Lower-Risk, More Resilient Than Pre-Crisis
September 22, 2019  |  Economy

The Bank for International Settlements said the world’s biggest banks are actually more resilient and pose less of a risk to the economy than before...

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FSB Says Higher Bank Capital Requirements Will Remain
FSB Says Higher Bank Capital Requirements Will Remain
June 07, 2019  |  Regulation

Europe’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Friday (June 7) that higher bank capital requirements, which were put on the books during the financial crisis,...

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