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KPMG Wins Two Consulting Excellence Awards from the Association of Management Consulting Firms
May 18th, 2015
KPMG announced that two client service teams were the recipients of two awards from the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF). Now in its fourth year, the AMCF Awards are given to projects that best illustrate how consulting teams add ...
Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech
February 18th, 2015
Two banks are allowing their customers to access accounts on their smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology, in a UK industry first. RBS and NatWest customers must activate the feature with their security information, but would only need to use ...
Half of the world’s banks set to fall by the digital wayside – BBVA
February 5th, 2015
Up to half of the world’s banks will disappear through the cracks opened up by digital disruption of the industry, forecasts BBVA chairman and CEO Francisco Gonzalez. Speaking to the press as the bank reported a 25% uplift in ...
Dubai Parks and Resorts Launches Dhs2.5bn IPO On DFM
November 17th, 2014
Dubai Parks and Resorts, the recently-created subsidiary of Dubai-based developer Meraas Holding, which is building a mega theme park complex in the emirate, announced on Monday that it has launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Dubai Financial ...
Citizens Financial’s Offering Raises $3 Billion as It Parts From R.B.S.
September 24th, 2014
After 26 years within the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Citizens Financial Group, the American retail bank, is setting off on its own. The bank raised $3 billion in its initial public offering on Tuesday, valuing itself at $12.9 ...
The psychology of money
December 30th, 2020
The world stands on the threshold of monetary hyperinflation with the US dollar leading the way. The final months of fiat money are coming into view. What will replace them — bitcoin or gold? This article argues that ...
Doubling down on failed policies with central bank digital currencies
August 27th, 2020
Many central banks are researching retail digital currencies, which if implemented, would allow them to issue a new currency directly to the public, managed on a centralised ledger bypassing commercial banks. While there is an element of feeling the ...
European stocks had their best quarter in five years: Here are the biggest movers
July 1st, 2020
The Euro Stoxx 600 on Tuesday closed out its best quarter since March 2015, having climbed 12.59% since the beginning of April. Even after that rally, the pan-European blue chip index still closed down 13.35% on the year and ...
Time to learn about money
May 14th, 2020
An unexpected destruction of fiat currency has been advanced by the monetary and fiscal response to the coronavirus. Financial markets have yet to discount the possibility of such an outcome, but in the coming months they are likely ...
Geopolitics post COVID-19
May 7th, 2020
Before the coronavirus caused governments to impose lockdowns, whole economies, markets and even currencies were already on course to be destroyed by a vicious downturn in bank lending at a time of contracting trade and record debt. The ...
