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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

GonzoBankers, 2018 has been a troublesome year. about the best and worst in banking for 2018 and get fired up to start again in ’19. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the 2018 GonzoBanker Awards ! Although all banks faced stock headwinds in 2018, we give the nod to William Demchak at PNC Financial Services.

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New Year, New Mergers Sizzle For Payments Companies

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Specifically, Global Blue focuses on tourists spending abroad, and offers products that help capitalize on tax-free shopping as they buy luxury goods. Pinterest: Pinned as the third largest social media platform in the U.S., Target’s toy sales were flat with 2018 and electronics were actually down.

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Crowe: Risk Management With RegTech As Strategy

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Not only is regulatory oversight on the rise, but social media has emerged as a strong watchdog, too, keeping financial institutions (FIs) mindful of unchartered territory, where risks to reputation and revenues abound. It’s a long term gain in terms of balancing long term capital output with immediate returns on savings.

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Big Names Embark On Spring Hiring Sprees

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It will be investing $500 million in associate wages, training and development over the next three years, leveraging a windfall produced by recent tax law changes. Perhaps inspired by this year’s rocky markets, hedge-fund firms have shown a sharp uptick in hires for marketing and investor-relations roles in the early months of 2018.

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Car Subscriptions Sizzle, Facebook Fizzles And Google Admirably Races On Against Amazon

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Looking at the marketplace for Voice AI assistants at 2018’s halfway mark , there is a lot going on and a lot of territory still to pursue. Then hefty tax bites loom for capital gains — and, oh, there are also lawsuits in the offing. Amazon — with the whole the Alexa/Echo ecosystem — is not an easy competitor to race with.

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Data Dive, Better Together Edition: Worldpay, FIS, Google, eBay, PayPal, Instagram

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Once closed, the conjoined firm will offer enterprise banking, payments, capital markets and global eCommerce services to financial institutions and businesses around the world. Instagram is a place for people to treat themselves with inspiration, not a place to tax themselves with errands.

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5 Ways Ant Financial & Tencent’s Fintech Growth Playbooks Are Evolving

CB Insights

While Tencent groups the results of the division with business services (cloud and B2B services), fintech is now driving growth at the social media and gaming giant. But in September 2019, Yu’e Bao lost the top money market fund spot as its assets shrunk 39% from its peak in March 2018.

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