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Fintech ‘predator’ might just end up as roadkill

France’s Ingenico Group SA straddles two fintech worlds: An old-school one of credit card payment terminals, and a shiny new one of all-digital financial transactions. The company’s expensive attempts to focus on the latter have helped knock about a quarter off its share price this year, while upstarts like Adyen NV have soared. The decline in Ingenico’s value has opened ...

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Twitter’s misguided barriers to academic research

Last month, Twitter’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey, told the Senate Intelligence Committee he believes “the people use Twitter as they would a public square and they often have the same expectations that they would have of any public space.” But for all his vows of openness, the platform is making it increasingly difficult and expensive for academics to access tweets ...

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Deutsche Bank turnaround plans cannot win investors

Bloomberg After multiple turnaround plans and promises to restore growth, Deutsche Bank AG investors are no longer buying the talk. The German lender — already the worst-performing major bank stock in Europe this year — hovered near a record low on Wednesday after Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing conceded that cuts to the investment bank are having a deeper impact ...

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