Hong Kong is boosting its links to Chinese banks — but there are risks involved

Hong Kong's burgeoning financial links with China hold enormous opportunities — but they carry risks for its banking sector as well. Compared to
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TAMPA — The concern wafted in Charlie Strong's psyche. Perhaps it still does to a degree. Locker rooms teem with delicate egos, and Strong had just
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LUBBOCK, TEXAS – Four Lubbock Firefighters have returned home after spending two weeks helping battle massive wildfires in Northern California.
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The move and significant increase in Funds In Use underline the continued expansion and success of IGF's Asset Based Lending capabilities. IGF is
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RIDING the popularity of her first book with fans, Charissa Ong is back with Daylight Dialogues, a book of poetry, proses, and short stories touching on
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The practice of round-tripping–trading a good repeatedly to give the appearance of distinct transactions–was central to the largest bank fraud in Indian
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Mortgage and protection network HL Partnership believes that the launch of Retirement Interest Only (RIO) products by lenders, after the relaxation of
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ANOTHER Fijian government ministry has joined a leading digital banking platform for all its transactions, a move towards a more cashless economy.
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The total number of banking outlets in villages, including branches and business correspondents, fell over the previous year. These numbers echo
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – At least a dozen banks, fintechs and telecom firms are lining up to get a piece of Hong Kong's retail and small business
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Qatar's banking sector is now very stable and on a solid footing thanks to QCB's prudent policies, said prominent Qatari banker and CEO of Qatar
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Despite being an operational sector in Australia for decades, non-bank lending has come to the forefront of the residential market as developers
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The government on Wednesday took several measures on the banking and financial front, including concessional loan for rebuilding houses,
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In a press release covered by Finextra, Standard Chartered said the aim is to transform the paper-intensive bank guarantees business via blockchain.
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Life insurers have been slammed for high-pressure sales tactics, including “cold calls”, where vulnerable consumers are pushed into products they do
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Ever dreamt of opening a bank account at your doorstep? Where there is no paper work involved and the bank personnel only takes your Aadhaar
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MUMBAI: Sashidhar Jagdishan, chief financial officer of HDFC Bank, is tipped to be elevated as executive director after deputy managing director
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S&P Global has downgraded its rating on AMP Life, a unit of wealth manager AMP, by one notch to 'A+' due to the weakened competitive position of
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Many bankers think they can read their customers like an open book, but in fact they may need to put in some extra research time. According to a new
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YAKIMA, Wash. — It's not uncommon for the Bureau of Land Management and the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department to field questions from
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