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EU banks may need rescue funds equalling twice ECB capital

  Bloomberg The euro area’s biggest banks will face “indicative” requirements for loss-absorbing funds this year to avoid confusion as global and European regulators wrap up work on new standards, according to Elke Koenig, head of the Single Resolution Board. The Brussels-based SRB, the resolution authority for 142 banks including Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA, will use the ...

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CIBC forms strategic alliance with NAB, Bank Leumi

  Bloomberg Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Australia Bank Ltd. and Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd. formed an alliance to develop technologies faster and cheaper amid an industrywide shift toward digital banking. The three lenders agreed to share information, co-develop products and services and swap employees in areas of payments, digital banking, cyber security and emerging financial technology, according to ...

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The last days of free trade?

  Guess what? A President Trump could adopt his new trade agenda without any authorization from Congress — and this could trigger a global trade war and a deep U.S. recession. Policies that promise to make us stronger economically could do the opposite. That’s the main take-away of a study by the Peterson Institute, a Washington think tank, of the ...

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