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African Bank joins rush into digital banking

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Bloomberg African Bank Holdings Ltd. is joining the rush into digital banking to fail-proof the business and provide an exit for shareholders that resurrected the South African lender from its collapsed former parent. The firm’s unusual owners, which includes the South African central bank and six of the nation’s largest lenders, stepped in to save it with an equity injection ...

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Wells Fargo hits more bumps amid scandals

Bloomberg A federal judge said he’s not ready to sign off on Wells Fargo & Co. collecting $240 million in insurance payments from 20 bank officials in connection with the lender’s unauthorised-accounts scandal — even though the settlement was touted as the largest-ever of its kind. That came just hours after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated that the regulator ...

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East EU to push for measures to cool growth in prices

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Bloomberg As major central banks scale back plans to raise interest rates amid signs of a weaker economic expansion, some parts of eastern Europe are set to push for measures to cool price growth. Hungary will kick off the deliberations on Tuesday by starting to unwind its monetary stimulus. Two days later, the Czech Republic will debate whether to resume ...

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