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RegTech to the Rescue
The banking and other parts of the financial services industry are undergoing an all-encompassing digital transformation. Soon, disruptive technologies will revolutionise the sector globally. Since the global crisis in 2008 there has been no shortage of new regulations. Banks have
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CFI.co Meets the CEO & Chairman of NESR: Sherif Foda
Sherif Foda has served as NESR’s chief executive officer and chairman since its inception. He has a quarter-century’s worth of professional experience in the oil and gas industry around the world, primarily at Schlumberger. At that company, he served as
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AMAC Aerospace: VIP / VVIP Aircraft Completion and Maintenance
AMAC Aerospace is offering narrow and wide-body VIP completion and maintenance for the corporate/private aviation market. The company was founded in 2007 in Basel, Switzerland. Today, the company is the largest privately-owned facility in the world and led by Kadri
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Kenneth Rogoff: Are Emerging Markets the Canary in the Financial Coal Mine?
Are brewing exchange-rate and debt crises in Argentina and Turkey localised events without broader implications? Or are they early warning signs of deeper fragilities in bloated global debt markets that are being exposed as the US Federal Reserve continues to
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Jaylen Brown: Hard Work Pays Off
The number three pick in the 2016 NBA draft – the much anticipated annual event when the US basketball association’s now thirty teams select promising new players – Daylen Brown was placed under contract by the Boston Celtics and has
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Roberta Pinotti: Top Performance on a Shoestring
For Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti it is all about attaining economies of scale. Whilst EU member states spend over €226bn annually on their military and can field a million plus combat troops, a large chunk of the cash is
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RegTech Landscape for Increased Compliance Needs
Regtech solutions seemed to offer the solution to financial institutions’ (FIs) compliance woes when they first came to prominence around 24 months ago, gaining support from regulators and investors alike. However, many of the companies offering these solutions haven’t scaled
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CFI.co Meets the President & CEO of Azizi Bank: Mohammad Salem Omaid
Azizi Bank, Afghanistan’s largest commercial bank with a Pan-Afghanistan presence across thirty provinces and headquartered on Zanbaq Square in Kabul, is the outcome of the professional and entrepreneurial commitment of its founder Mirwais Azizi and its top management team, to
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Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng: A Miss and Bond Girl on a Quest for World Peace
Saving the world from the scourge of war: Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, of Tomorrow Never Dies fame, aims high. Earlier this year, the former Miss Malaysia put her obligatory desire for world peace to work as she attended the
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Iker Casillas: Scoring Goals for Change
The first football player to play in 20 Champions League seasons is Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who now tends the goal of FC Porto, one of the Big Three Portuguese clubs. So far, his season has been sketchy, conceding seven
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