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How Fintech Innovations Are Changing the Way People Do Business

There is no better example of evolution than what we have seen in the world of finance. From traditional banking to mobile banking which moved from desktop to the comforts of people’s palms via mobile banking. The rapid strides that technology has taken have further changed the way people drive transactions and payments today.

 

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 13:57
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CoinShares ETPs Reach Record Trading Volumes

CoinShares Europe's largest digital asset investment firm, today announced that the Company’s exchange traded products (“ETPs”) reached record trading volumes on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 13:53
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4 Unique Startup Financing Strategies

Millions of startups are launched every year, but only a fraction of those enterprises are ever successful. The primary factor in these failures is the lack of proper funding. You may have a winning idea for a business, but if you don’t have the money to build capital that will get your company going, you may find yourself quickly out of business.

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 13:07
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Mastercard Partners with Conservation International to Protect and Restore Wildlife Habitats through New Line of Wildlife Impact Cards

Program will support the conservation of 40 million hectares of landscape and seascape by 2030

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 12:44
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India, Austria, and US Organizations Most Hit with Ransomware

Ransomware attacks are one of the leading cyber threats that organizations have to face.

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 12:11
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Fineco Adds BNY Mellon Investment Management Funds to Investing Platform

FinecoBank today announces that funds from BNY Mellon Investment Management are now available on its investing platform.

BNY Mellon Investment Management is one of the most respected financial institutions and one of the largest asset managers in the world with $2.2 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2021. For British investors the firm offers a series of leading investment products across a variety of sectors and investment types.

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 11:31
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Fitch Learning Examines The Growth of Data Science in Financial Services Apprenticeships

Recent research has shown that the UK has a chronic shortage of data talent, which is costing organisations more than £2 billion a year. The demand for data scientists has also tripled over the past five years, rising 231%.

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 11:07
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Workday Partners With Crown Commercial Service to Help Accelerate Innovation in the Public Sector

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) today announced they are building on their existing relationship with the signature of a new MoU which

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 10:52
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#MAKEMONEYEQUAL Campaign Urges Change to The Way Women are Pictured with money

There are stark inequalities in how women and men are represented with money in visual media, according to a new report from Brunel University and Starling Bank. 
 
In a study of 600 of the most popular photographs of women/men and finance1 across three leading image libraries, women are frequently depicted as childlike compared to men, while many types of women are not shown at all. A Google image search found each of these images appears on up to 180 websites,2 demonstrating how widely used the existing stock photography is.
 

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 10:08
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Handelsbanken Issue First PAB-aligned Index Funds Released by a Swedish Asset Manager - Shifts EUR 12.5 bn Capital From Five Existing Funds to New Paris-aligned Benchmarks

As the first Swedish asset manager, Handelsbanken releases five new Paris aligned index funds tracking Solactive indices. Right from their inception, the new portfolios will exceed the minimum requirements of Paris-aligned Benchmarks and start with a reduction of greenhouse gas  emission levels of 55%. As a pathbreaking act, the Swedish bank reallocates capital from five non-PAB aligned funds to these new benchmarks. 

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 10:01
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