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Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa

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South African regulators also approved Goldman Sachs for a bank operation license as the firm strives for growth in the most liquid and sophisticated economy on the continent. Africa’s working-age population is anticipated to go up to nearly one billion by 2030, up from 705 million in 2018, according to the African Development Bank.

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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Emmett previously was the top executive of HSBC Bank plc and Europe, where he was responsible for HSBC's UK Wholesale Bank and operations across Continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Bermuda.

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The Four Pillars of Smarter Bank Leadership

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Financial institutions standing in 2030 will have completed a significant and gut-wrenching transformation of their leadership talent. To overcome the struggle, banks need to build leadership teams that align with how a future “Smarter Bank” will operate. And, quite frankly, they’re struggling.

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Goldman Joins South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock Exchange

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South African regulators also approved Goldman Sachs for a bank operation license as the firm strives for growth in the most liquid and sophisticated economy on the continent. Africa’s working-age population is anticipated to go up to nearly one billion by 2030, up from 705 million in 2018, according to the African Development Bank.

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‘Ghost’ Kitchens Take A Bigger Role In Food Delivery

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As restaurants continue to wrestle with the questions that come with food delivery — how to make enough money, whether to work with third-party operators, how to manage customer relationships — a new factor is gaining significance. Keatz already operators ten “ghost” kitchens in Europe. Keatz reportedly has raised about $13.5

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Where The Paths Of Fleet And Corporate Travel Management Intersect

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Lyft made progress over its rival Uber this year when corporate travel and expense management firm Certify released data that found a 9 percent increase in the percentage of Lyft ride-hailing trips expensed on its platform. The ride-hailing and ground transportation competition in the U.S. “It just drives me crazy,” he said.

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The Scary Success Rate Of Corporate Cyberattacks

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But cyberattacks cost these firms $2 trillion in damages, with researchers forecasting that figure to spike up to $90 trillion by 2030 if businesses don’t change the way they protect corporate data.

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