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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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Michael Bumkeun Cho, portfolio manager at Samsung Asset Management. We understand the advantage of the independent market makers over the big investment banks,” said Michael Bumkeun Cho, who is a portfolio manager at the $200B firm Samsung Asset Management.

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Fintech Favorites

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“Singapore … is benefitting from a supportive regulatory framework and extremely high digital capacity, which means there is a potential for her to become the regional hub for Asia-Pacific and beyond,” said Joseph Alfred, Head of Policy & Technical, ACCA Singapore. Samsung Pay celebrates its first anniversary in the U.S.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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Instead, it has now sold off its technology to Samsung, and has left the coupon industry trying to make something out of the new mobile couponing standard it helped to create. Title: Boston startup Besomebody, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down app. Product: Besomebody. Shaikh cited three reasons for the decision.

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