financial crisis

Economic Stability For Payments and Commerce: An Old-Fashioned Idea

Economic Stability For Payments and Commerce: An Old-Fashioned Idea
Economic Stability For Payments and Commerce: An Old-Fashioned Idea
September 13, 2018  |  Markets

When it comes to currency and global trade, “stability” seems like a quaint concept these days, an increasingly distant memory that takes on the trappings...

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Stripe: Developers Are The Economy’s Most Precious Resource
Stripe: Developers Are The Economy’s Most Precious Resource
September 07, 2018  |  Personnel

If one were looking at the economy a decade ago, Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson told Karen Webster, the biggest challenge businesses faced in growing was clear: access to...

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Gary Cohn: Social Media Cos Aren’t Trustworthy
Gary Cohn: Social Media Cos Aren’t Trustworthy
August 07, 2018  |  Facebook / Meta

Former Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn doesn’t trust social media companies. According to Bloomberg, Cohn believes that banks were more trustworthy in 2008 than social...

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Central Bank Eyes More Regulation For FinTech, Shadow Banks
Central Bank Eyes More Regulation For FinTech, Shadow Banks
June 18, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a forum for the world’s central banks, wants specific regulations that were introduced after the 2008 financial crisis to...

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IMF: Debt Levels At Historic High, Govts Should Look To Trim
IMF: Debt Levels At Historic High, Govts Should Look To Trim
April 19, 2018  |  Debt

Debt, as measured globally, is at the highest levels ever seen, at an aggregate of $164 trillion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Barclays Completes ‘Ring-Fencing’ Overhaul In Post-Crisis Reforms
Barclays Completes ‘Ring-Fencing’ Overhaul In Post-Crisis Reforms
April 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

U.K. banking group Barclays announced the completion of its “ring-fencing” project, an overhaul of the financial institution’s structuring to prevent some of the scenarios that...

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Rollback Of Dodd-Frank Act Passes In Senate
Rollback Of Dodd-Frank Act Passes In Senate
March 15, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

On Wednesday (March 14), the Senate passed legislation that would loosen the regulations placed on financial companies after the Great Recession, with the bill gaining...

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SBA Turns Attention To Credit Unions To Revive Small Biz Lending
SBA Turns Attention To Credit Unions To Revive Small Biz Lending
January 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The financial services market has progressed by leaps and bounds in terms of innovation, from the rise of alternative finance to the development of technologies...

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