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FinTech Startups Take Advantage Of Talent Pool In Dublin

PYMNTS

Trezeo , a FinTech startup that seeks to smooth out income for self-employed workers, is one of the innovators that call Dublin home. For one, the country is in the European Union (EU), so there is easy access to the European market. In 2004, Google arrived and other firms such as Facebook and Twitter came on the scene.

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Yahoo! Is! For! Sale!: Why Banks Should Care

Celent Banking

The announcement in December came on the heels of a nearly 12-month project aimed at spinning its 15% interest (worth $30 billion) in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, to its shareholders, a transaction that has been abandoned over tax concerns. It’s very simple: innovation is a game that is played for a full 9 innings.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

percent in 2004, a decline of 1.1 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. Between 1995 and its peak in March 2000, the Nasdaq Composite stock market index rose 800%, only to fall 740% from its peak by October 2002, giving up all its gains during the bubble.

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Pricing GDP-linked bonds

BankUnderground

These instruments present an obvious attraction for issuers: repayments are lower at times when the economy is growing relatively slowly, which typically coincides with lower tax earnings. The model innovates by using data on equity yields to extract information about GDP expectations.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B. Price: $6.3B.

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Who does AML hurt?

Tomorrow's Transactions

The topic of AML came up time and time again in the discussions around Money2020 in Las Vegas, whether in the sessions about cryptocurrency or remittances or innovation or anything else. And the way that AML regulation is structured and “managed” means that the market is being undermined. trillions (2.7%of of the world GDP).

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East Africa M&A Moment: June 2015

Bankelele

billionn — 23% lower than the same period 12 months ago and the lowest level recorded since 2004, according to data from Dealogic. Oxford Business Group expects strong Kenya insurance M&A as companies merge to increase market share & meet higher capital requirements. - Kenyan innovation, Wezatele, was acquired for $1.7

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