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Mastercard Commits $500M To Boost Black Communities, Businesses

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over the next five years in a bid to address racial disparities in financial services. The new initiative will include “concentrated investments that will focus on providing Black-owned businesses and Black people access to affordable financial tools and capital,” Mastercard said in a news release. This is a time for action. "We

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Could COVID-19 Cause A Banking And Commercial Real Estate Crisis?

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This is something that could make a bad situation worse,” Adam Slater, lead economist for Oxford Economics in London, told The Washington Post. What we don’t want is to get really nasty stresses and strains in the financial system from something like this.”. The Post reported that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook

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The groups argue that such efforts are secured under the current regulatory regime, and that allowing innovation at the expense of the financial system’s stability isn’t beneficial. A lack of safety and soundness rules will expose the financial system to significant vulnerabilities.”.

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OCC Defines Top Threats To Banks This Season

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The federal banking system is, and should be, a source of strength for the nation and its economy. When it is running well, it powers tremendous growth and economic prosperity for consumers, businesses and communities across the country,” said Keith A. Today, the federal banking system remains healthy,” he continued.

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Filtering Down To The Most Impact-Weighted Work To Add Value

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So just most technology has been a little bit more either the pipes and infrastructure of how the financial system runs or something that lets people buy the products that they want to buy because they can just go online and buy it. But there’s this new emergence of advice- and advisor-oriented technology firms. Natalie: Right.

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Crypto Markets Lose $13B In Three Hours

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Today’s drop happened as financial authorities are warning about a possible economic threat. In a recent report, the International Monetary Fund noted that “continued rapid growth of crypto assets could create new vulnerabilities in the international financial system.” At the same time, the U.S.

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Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors

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Bitcoin’s processing operation is highly concentrated within a handful of miners in China — which is getting more concentrated now, since the price of bitcoin has crashed and fewer players can afford to keep the lights on (literally, since bitcoin processing requires a massive amount of electricity). It isn’t because it won’t.