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Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC

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Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. It has also begun work in stock trading and cash management accounts. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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24 Big European Banks Take On Visa, Mastercard With Their Own Payment System

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A so-called “scheme manager” will be the central governing body, the online news service reported. In 2011, PYMNTS reported on the Monnet Project , where two dozen European banks from seven countries considered starting a new European card system. This is not the first time that European banks have tried such a model.

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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

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Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Between 2011 and 2015, the government allocated $16 billion to help accelerate Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise landscape. With an estimated population of just 5.47

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SoFi Sees Investor Accounts Double Thanks To Fractional Shares

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The increase during what has been a volatile time for financial markets tells a “tale of two cities,” he told the network on Wednesday (May 27), as COVID-19 has wreaked economic havoc in addition to its health toll. Founded in 2011, SoFi made its reputation by refinancing student loans for millennials. It will be available to U.S.

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Report: Accounting Firms Turn Down Greensill Auditing Role

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A number of large accounting groups have turned down requests to audit Greensill Capital as the SoftBank -backed firm mulls a stock market listing, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The United Kingdom-based organization has become one of the most highly valued private finance firms in the nation as of its 2011 establishment.

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Mastermind Behind BTC-e Virtual Currency Exchange Arrested In Greece

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Since 2011, the 38-year-old has been running a criminal organization which administers one of the most important websites of electronic crime in the world.”. Reuters cited police as saying $4 billion or more in virtual currency had been laundered through the platform since 2011, which was the year it was founded.

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The Events That Shook Forex Markets For Treasurers

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The corporate treasurer at the multinational corporation is facing a particularly fierce global market today. But technology is changing the foreign exchange trading game, and market volatility may be the only sure thing in this space. The FX Market Has Changed. All of that impacts the FX market. Amid the U.S.

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