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German open-ended real estate funds with record inflows and a near 50% jump in investment volumes

Germany’s open-ended real estate funds attracted more than EUR 6.7bn net inflows in 2017. Investment...

19th July, 2018

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Scope assigns new AA Issuer Ratings to HSBC UK Bank and HSBC Bank after ring-fencing related changes

Scope also affirmed all other existing ratings on various HSBC group entities. All ratings have a St...

19th July, 2018

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Scope upgrades Austrian mortgage covered bonds issued by Bank Burgenland and Wüstenrot to AAA

Enhanced clarity on insolvency ranking of Austrian unsecured debt prompts upgrade of the covered bon...

19th July, 2018

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Equiniti to work with the Information Commissioner’s Office

The main focus will be on Microsoft Dynamics for case and other business process management Equiniti...

19th July, 2018

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Gatehouse Bank Announces Key Home Finance Appointment

Gatehouse Bank has announced the appointment of Karen Faulkner to the key role of Head of Home Finan...

19th July, 2018

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NEX Markets agrees with BME to expand the clearing options over the BrokerTec platform

NEX Markets,a NEX business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income...

19th July, 2018

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East Africa’s first online forex trading platform in Kenya using M-Pesa or a mobile payment channel

  EGM Securities, Kenya’s first and only regulated non-dealing online forex broker, has launche...

19th July, 2018

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Santander’s New Operating Platform from nCino Ensures Faster Loan Processing and an Optimal Experience for Business Banking Customers

Cloud-based Bank Operating System Will Cut Time to Deliver Loan Decisions by Approximately 40%  Sant...

19th July, 2018

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Chinese Loyalty Rewards Solution foodchains Announces Partnership with Swiss Loyalty Ecosystem qiibee

qiibee to power foodchains’ gamification-based rewards system and bring loyalty on the blockchain to...

19th July, 2018

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Qtum Foundation Presents Its First Trusted IoT Alliance Award To The University Of Sheffield

Part of the $200K academic grant will be invested in a pan-European electrical power research projec...

19th July, 2018

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Top UK non-financial companies cash holders

Moody’s: EMEA companies’ cash reserves exceed $1 trillion Corporate cash piles at EMEA n...

19th July, 2018

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deVere CEO: Crypto is ‘undeniably’ mainstream as watchdog backs Bitcoin

Cryptocurrencies are now “undeniably part of mainstream finance”, affirms the boss of one of the wor...

19th July, 2018