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...“F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz” were ticked off like rites of passage from someone moving from Sheffield outsider to Britpop in-crowd....
...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...At the moment, 64 separate carbon pricing initiatives cover about 21.5 per cent of emissions globally, according to figures from the World Bank....
...But it is a reminder that there has long been a demand for credit, even if it has not always been affordable. As always, drop your story ideas to me at sid.v@ft.com and have a great week....
...To get there, Ant is building Alipay+ into a universal QR code, so a Korean user of KakaoPay e-wallet or a Malaysian user of Touch ‘n Go e-wallet can pay for a taxi in Singapore by scanning the Alipay+ code...
...N R Bhanumurthy, vice-chancellor of the Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics University....
...The Tel Aviv-based company partners with banks like Metrobank, Santander, MUFG and US Bank to turn their troves of financial data into customer-specific insights....
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...“But places like the George V [in Paris], they like bands to come in and bash it up, as long as they pay for it,” he adds, taking a ruminative puff on his e-cigarette....
...A temporary stamp duty holiday that offers purchasers a tax saving of up to £15,000 has fuelled a V-shaped recovery in the housing market since May....
...He is also encouraged by a “V-shaped” recovery in Asia, its largest market, and less dire forecasts for UK consumers....
...“There is strong evidence of a ‘V-shaped’ recovery in Asia,” said chief executive Noel Quinn. “We will not put our strong balance sheet and liquidity at risk . . ....
...Amount of money raised so far: $16.4m Valuation at latest fundraising: N/A Major shareholders: SBI Group, Magma, Commerz Ventures, MizMaa, Mastercard, Santander and Siam Commercial Bank....
...Last week, Ms Botín said it was possible that Santander would see only a 5 per cent drop in earnings for 2020 if the impact of the virus followed a “V-shaped” scenario of a sharp shock followed by a rapid...
...were based on a “v-shaped” scenario of a sharp shock followed by a rapid recovery....
...That, in turn, has softened the coronavirus economic crash in March and helped spark a subsequent rebound — creating a growth chart that looks like the “b” and “n” shape in the shorthand sign for “bank”....
...AOB: Spanish bank Santander is spinning out its venture fund so that it can be managed more autonomously, reports Techcrunch; Big UK banks including HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest have signed a pledge...
...Chief financial officer Ewen Stevenson told the Financial Times the bank was expecting a “much sharper” V-shaped recession, with any recovery pushed further out into 2021....
...Deutsche Bank’s main US business got an outright fail in 2018, while its trust bank failed in 2015 and 2016. Santander failed three years in a row, from 2014 to 2016....
...Four months on, Santander has set aside €7bn to cover loan losses and booked a hefty writedown of its UK business, pushing the Spanish bank to the first quarterly loss in its 163-year history....
...The seven office buildings of Centro Canalejas previously served as Banco Santander HQ, where chair Emilio Botín built the bank through a series of acquisitions into one of Europe’s biggest lenders....
...Amount of money raised so far: Holvi raised a total of €4.3m between 2011 and 2015. Valuation at latest fundraising: N/A Major shareholders: In 2016 Spanish banking group BBVA acquired Holvi....
...Valuation at latest fundraising: n/a Major shareholders: Banco Santander There are lots of fintechs out there — what makes you so special: We are delivering innovative combinations of tailored financial...
...Amount of money raised so far: $10m Valuation at latest fundraising: n/a Major shareholders: Anthemis, Thames Trust, Downing Ventures, Ace & Co....
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