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Financial Services CEO Puts the Pedal to Metal and ADGM Goes Scorching Ahead
Richard Teng is the CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an internationally recognised and award winning financial centre in the United Arab Emirates’ Capital. ince joining ADGM in March 2015, Teng has
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Tickmill: Fostering a Best-Execution Regime in the Brokerage Industry
As the retail Forex business matures and grows, the importance of providing high quality execution is more important than it has ever been. It has become a regulatory mandate to provide transparency and integrity in the financial markets. With the
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Wing (Cambodia) Limited Specialised Bank: Mobile Banking System is Taking Wing in Cambodia
In Cambodia, 16.5 percent of the population lives below the national poverty line, and 83 percent of citizens are still unbanked. The result is that critical financial services, such as sending money to relatives, can sometimes be impossible. Since its
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Vice-Prime Minister Kocho Angjushev: Pulling Macedonia Out of a Limbo and Into the European Union
What’s in a name? In the case of Macedonia, an entire country’s future. Macedonia, a candidate for accession to the European Union since 2005 and equally anxious to join NATO, has been unable to start accession processes over a dispute
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UNCDF: Revolutionising International Municipal Finance is Focus of Bid to Tackle Climate Change and Open Global Markets
“They have been drivers of progress throughout history, and now – as the knowledge economy takes full flight – they are poised to play a leading role in addressing the challenges of the 21st Century,” wrote former Mayor of New
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Secure, Transparent, and Efficient: Key Words for Blockchain-Driven Smart City
Blockchain may not hold all the answers, but Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr – the bold tech lady of Dubai – believes it could provide the bedrock of streamlined efficiency, transparent accountability and security that the Smart Cities of tomorrow
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Nalin Perera, Executive Director & CEO of eChannelling PLC Leading From the Front: Meet Sri Lankan Whirlwind Perera
Nalin Perera was appointed executive director on the Board of Directors of eChannelling PLC on September 20, 2016. His is one of the foremost names in Sri Lanka’s Mobile Telecommunications industry. Aresults-oriented leader, Perera is the CEO of Mobitel, having
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Jamaica’s Largest Credit Union: Making an Impact with Financial Inclusion and Education
The Community and Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union (C&WJ) started life in 1961 as Jamaica Telephone Company Employees Co-operative Credit Union Ltd. Back then, the union had a membership of 135 and assets of a £1,766.23 (equivalent to USD
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Central Bank of the Dominican Republic: Dominican Economy Surges Ahead, Bringing Growth to Multiple Sectors
In recent years, the Dominican economy has shown high growth rates in an environment of low inflationary pressures, which has allowed the strengthening of its macro-economic fundamentals. Growth in economic activity has averaged 6.5% over the past five years —
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PetroRio: Strategy is How You Play the Game, but Determination Helps You Win
PetroRio, Brazil’s largest independent oil and gas company, went from a pre-operational concession holder to a high-margin cash-generating oil producer with a clear strategy: to acquire and redevelop mature fields, while generating funds to acquire new assets. PetroRio was established
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