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Japanese bank installs robots to scan ‘hanko’ documents

Bloomberg Japan’s largest bank is installing giant robot scanners to digitize millions of documents, as it seeks to break from the long tradition of using paper records to verify its customers’ identities. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. will use the machines of Ripcord Inc. to scan 300 million pages of files that record clients’ personal seals known as hanko, the ...

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Wells Fargo hires Mike Santomassimo as CFO

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. veterans may have to get used to hearing “Well, at JPMorgan.” The San Francisco-based lender hired Mike Santomassimo as its next chief financial officer, marking the latest in a wave of JPMorgan Chase & Co. veterans that Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf has enlisted atop Wells Fargo. Scharf, a one-time Jamie Dimon protege who spent ...

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UBS group signals potential return to share buybacks

Bloomberg UBS Group AG signalled the worst hit of the coronavirus crisis on its balance sheet may be over, prompting the bank to consider reviving shareholder payouts as it seeks to boost the shares. The Swiss bank — while warning of uncertainty ahead — attracted $9 billion of net new money at the private banking business in the second quarter ...

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