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Barry Ritholtz

Barron’s ) • Why It’s So Hard for China to Shake the ‘Uninvestable’ Tag : In 2021, Goldman Sachs said the word was starting to feature in a number of client conversations about the country’s stocks. At Columbia, she did consulting work for numerous institutions before joining Soros Capital Management and S.A.C. Capital Advisors.

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating this shift, making financial institutions (FIs), merchants and their regulatory officials race to secure these new digital users. MENA nations’ original rules involved data privacy, but they were focused on developing the open banking ecosystem and allowing information to move freely.

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The One Industry That Stands To Gain The Most From Blockchain?

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The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion. Trade finance, for instance, could see up to $17 billion in new value by integrating blockchain, while cross-border B2B payments could see even more: up to an estimated $60 billion, the report found.

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LendKey And Unlocking A Generation Of Borrowers For Small Banks And Credit Unions

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At the upper edge of the spectrum, students can be looking at a ~$330,000 total price tag for an education at an elite private college. And with price tags that large, there is going to be a generation of students who are by necessity going to be seeking private student loans. New Financing — New Growth. Lending-as-a-Service.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

Barry Ritholtz

So since we’re talking about weather, aside from the weather, what are the cultural differences like, especially in finance? Because California finance, very different than New York finance culturally. And I got to tell you, we then spun out an auto financing business. JOHNSON: For sure. What led to that decision?

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Transcript: Robyn Grew

Barry Ritholtz

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. That’s not the thought process of someone who wants to go into finance. RITHOLTZ: When did it enter your mind that, hey, this finance stuff looks kind of interesting? And we partner with those institutions to return value. GREW: It is nothing short of surreal.

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#181 – Treasury Review of 2021

Strategic Treasurer

I know you formed the Treasury Coalition to assist treasury and finance professionals to gather data on the crisis and recovery through the COVID-19 impact and response survey. So, we formed a coalition which was over 20 organizations, financial institutions, consulting firms, media companies to help collect and distribute data.