There was something fishy about this $3 bill.
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A historian connects the $100 billion reportedly at the church’s disposal with the rocky start Mormons got in finance in the 1830s.
Sweden’s central bank ways it will no longer invest in assets from governments with large climate footprints, even if the yields were high.
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Central banks are increasingly taking into account climate change in deciding how to invest.
Robots have already started moving into Amazon’s workforce alongside people.
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Many Americans fear that AI will take their jobs. And it might – but it’s more complicated than that.
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A lot of banks started experimenting with blockchain in 2015 but they’ve made little progress.
Our cities need to adapt to cope with more extreme weather events and other impacts from climate change.
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A call to make our cities more resilient to climate change could drive one of the largest new infrastructure builds in history.
Taking a loan has never been easier thanks to the proliferation of mobile lending platforms.
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Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
High street pawnbrokers are closing, which means less options for financial help.
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The closure of high street pawnbrokers like Albermarle and Bond might leave many without financial help.
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Traditional banks don’t understand the challenge they face from fintech disruptors and their competitive advantage is on the wane.
Bankers put on a lunch to sell their Banking Code of Conduct. They didn’t take questions.
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Outcomes are what matter for customers. The new Banking Code of Conduct doesn’t go near them.
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Trust has been broken, and will not be easily fixed.
The Banking Association says “in and of itself” the code it won’t restore trust.
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The fifth banking code of conduct since 1993 looks better than those that have gone before it.
Jobs on the line.
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A number of banks are doomed to fail if they don’t adapt to the new realities of the finance industry.
The USAID’s Feed the Future program encourages farmers to use mobile money technology to enhance their farming activities.
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In just five years, the number of mobile-money accounts in Ghana have jumped six-fold, providing fresh perspective on the country’s digital transformation.
Libra could become more successful than other cryptocurrencies because it has the backing of multiple large international corporations.
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We go back to the basics and look at what Libra is, how it compares to other cryptocurrencies and whether you should be concerned about using it when it eventually arrives.
Research shows the benefits of having a face-to-face relationship with your bank.
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Research suggests there are hidden costs to abandoning personalized banking relationships in favour of online banking.
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Research shows that England was one of the first sovereigns to default on its international debt obligations.
Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission, says that the commission ‘didn’t go anywhere near far enough.’
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Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the ‘disappointing’ banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers
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Today on Media Files, it's journalism versus the big banks. We're hearing from Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission.
Nixon convinced Fed Chair Arthur Burns, seated left, to lower interest rates, helping him win re-election in 1972.
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President Trump has been attacking the Federal Reserve for months and appears intent on nominating political allies to its board. An economist explain what typically happens next.
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Revolut recently got an EU banking licence from Lithuania but it’s facing some political headwinds.
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Some banks are moving their operations out of London. Others are moving in to serve British clients they might not be able to reach from the EU.