"Painful digitalization" of Nordea Bank arouses concerns in Finland

HELSINKI, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — The decline in the 2017 Nordea Bank profits has raised concerns in Finland, as the biggest bank in the Nordics is planning to move its headquarters from Stockholm to Helsinki. Nordea announced Friday that its profit in 2017 was 4 billion euros (4.97 billion U.S. dollars),
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Country Trust Bank increased its stake in Vanguard International Equity Index Funds (NASDAQ:VNQI) by 3.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure … The fund owned 94,546 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 3,056 shares during the period.
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President Donald Trump is about strike another blow against low-income and working class people by making potentially damaging changes to the Community Reinvestment Act, legislation which states that banks should lend a certain amount of money to people who live in the neighborhoods where
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Tens of thousands of landlords will struggle to remortgage in the next few months as their two-year fixed rate deals come to an end. The usually high number of landlords coming to the end of the two-year initial deal follows a spike in property investors snapping up mortgages in March 2016. At that time
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The Aspen Club moved a step closer Friday to being foreclosed upon, as a lending entity filed a motion that says the Ute Avenue property owes nearly $11 million in advances tied to a $45 million loan. GPIF Aspen Club, an entity set up by First Bank, holds the $45 million promissory note that was
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The new law limits deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes, and also caps deductions on mortgage interest at loans up to $750,000 — an amount that's easily exceeded in the pricey Bay Area market. “The market is so strong, it's not changing people's outlook,” said Paul Barbagelata
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JetBlue has held discussions with Bombardier about the C Series, Bloomberg News reported in 2016. The New York-based airline didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. While Bombardier has a second U.S. customer in Republic Air, the carrier's status is anything but certain. Republic has
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Permira has agreed to buy Australia's I-Med Radiology Network from EQT Partners and other investors, the Swedish buyout firm said in a statement. Permira, the London-based private equity firm, will pay about A$1.3 billion ($1.1 billion) for I-Med, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who
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NEW YORK — The right apps can make life a lot easier for anyone, but especially real estate agents who are always on the go while juggling texts, calls and emails from clients. Kristi Kennelly, a speaker with realtor.com operator Move, shared her favorite apps for agents during Inman Connect New
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… no interest in protecting them — he is ideologically opposed to putting limits on the excesses of Wall Street and the greed of financial predators,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, in an email sharing the memo. The CFPB has not responded to HousingWire's requests for comment.
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“My name is Stacy Alexander, and I have been a resident of Muskogee for 38 years. I am married to Kevin Alexander, and we have a son and daughter. My son and his wife have two precious children, and my daughter is a senior at Oklahoma State University. I have been a Realtor in Muskogee for the
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Global real estate secondaries (GRES). GRES funds bought up assets at distressed prices in the wake of the global financial crisis less than a decade ago. That has allowed them to deliver strong returns of late, but they will now have to show staying power, and investors may want to re-assess whether
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Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase, during a luncheon hosted by The Economic Club of Chicago on Nov. 22, 2017. Scott Olson—Getty Images. By Lucinda Shen. January 23, 2018. J.P. Morgan Chase is joining a handful of companies planning to add jobs using savings from the
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Sir, – According to the Government's new mortgage scheme website (rebuildingirelandhomeloan.ie), a Dublin borrower earning €50,000 per annum is eligible under the scheme for a loan of up to €278,000 (30-year fixed rate). On the regular mortgage market, a borrower on €60,000 per annum can
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Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has confirmed that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for several hours last week as part of the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether President Donald Trump has obstructed justice since taking office,
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Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address this month, he said the neighborhood is “full of untapped potential” and called on the Port Authority to “accelerate consideration of relocating its Red Hook maritime activities to … However, the zones are just designations that offer no real zoning protections.
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Utah's housing shortage is affecting families around the state who are in desperate search of affordable options. Even as new properties are built, one part of the housing market continues to be left behind: affordable housing. Utah County Housing Authority Director Lynell Smith said the numbers aren't
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Mandeville native Anna Ribbeck will compete on the syndicated game show “Wheel of Fortune” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. “Wheel of Fortune” airs on WBRZ, Channel 2 in Baton Rouge, and KATC, Channel 3 in Lafayette (both cable Channel 5). Ribbeck graduated from LSU in 2016 with a degree in
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He said that since then the department had moved from “managing a system of housing delivery to managing a market. And the market, I think, is running rings around them. In most things the market gets its way.” Government policy appeared to be to bring in “solutions” that were “the most profitable” for
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