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Counterfeit notes: Europe to brace up monetary system

BLOOMBERG European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member Yves Mersch has said he wants evidence that high-denomination euro banknotes facilitate crime. While there’s been much coverage of the matter, Mersch would be “very happy if any substantiated evidence would be shipped to the ECB.” Step forward the Spanish police, who arrested two men at Madrid airport and seized 200,000 euros ...

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At JPMorgan, coders indulge in pure banking business

Bloomberg For the biggest US bank, the best way to fight Silicon Valley is to mimic it. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s. new technology hub across the street from the Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West Side — a 125,000-square-foot space so vast it’s subdivided into five neighbourhoods — has all the trappings of a start-up: foosball tables, a game room, ...

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FastJet to cut routes as cash shrinks, sending stock falling

BLOOMBERG FastJet Plc will start closing routes after burning through cash in its efforts to become the first pan-African discount airline, predicting 2016 earnings will fall “materially” below analyst estimates. The share price almost halved in the biggest decline since the company was founded in 2012. The impact of challenging market conditions and currency fluctuations has proved “a lot more ...

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