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...The costs of processing and supporting increasing volumes of people is straining municipal resources....
...Matthew Funaiole, a China expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US think-tank, says the move was a “shot across the bow” which caught some in Washington off guard....
...Switzerland’s federal prosecutor has opened an investigation into the state-backed takeover of Credit Suisse by its larger rival UBS....
...The supply and processing of critical minerals needed for the energy transition, meanwhile, is concentrated in just a handful of countries....
...Whatever Centerview’s stated aversion to simply processing transactions, the cash was rolling in....
...Meanwhile, the domestic supply of raw materials, parts and processing capacity is lacking too....
...Yet they have also helped the development of its domestic processing and refining sectors....
...“It is a way to say that we actually don’t have to phase out fossil fuels,” says Steven Feit, an attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law. “We can keep using them....
...Elzoghbi at the Center for Financial Inclusion sees “big risks of monopolistic behaviour down the line”....
...So to solely credit the area’s natural magnetism would be to sell these visionaries short....
...Danish turbine maker Vestas — a big supplier of equipment to the US — also took a knock over worries about the future of tax credits....
...Banks will receive processing fees, paid by the federal government, for making the loans....
...The couple are still processing how a life spent serving a loyal clientele was swept away in a matter of weeks....
...volume-linked, while issuer processing segments have more fixed fees like annual card usage fees....
...This was triggered by a connectivity issue with Visa, as a consequence Wirecard switched the processing of the clearing file to a secondary data center....
...“None of these actors are processing anonymous data; they are processing personal data,” says Mr Moulin at the CNIL....
...In that context, it's worth assessing where the idea that an all-knowing information processing-monopoly might one day eliminate the need for finance originates from....
...Also this month, the bank was accused of ripping off vulnerable “mom-and-pop” businesses by overcharging them for processing credit card transactions....
...Leading payment and credit card groups MasterCard, American Express, Discover Financial Services and Visa have joined Silicon Valley companies Twitter and Cloudflare to become the latest corporations to...
...“If they are going to get credit for things like their role in fighting terrorism,” says William Hartung, an analyst at the Center for International Policy, “it should be balanced with some of the consequences...
...(Royal Society) —————————————————————————————————————— Podcast of the week The Siri of the cell — how language processing is allowing scientists to talk to the cells of our bodies....
...Mike Calhoun, president of the Center for Responsible Lending, based in Durham, North Carolina, hopes the CFPB holds its nerve....
...A happier, wealthier and more equal society, after all, tends to be more credit worthy society as a whole. Or is that just wishful thinking?...
...Funding Center....
...While competitors had visible call centers and employees talking with customers, Trans Infotech had almost nothing....
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