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FDIC: The RiverBank, Wyoming, Minn., Closes

The RiverBank, Wyoming, Minn., was closed by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as receiver.




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FDIC: Sun Security Bank, Ellington, Mo., Closes

Sun Security Bank, Ellington, Mo., was closed by the Missouri Division of Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as receiver.




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Bangladesh CIRT to Build Sensor Network for Banks

The Bangladesh eGovernment Computer Incident Response Team, or CIRT, is taking several steps to strengthen cybersecurity, including building a sensor network to help enable all banks to share threat intelligence, says Tawhidur Rahman, CIRT's head of digital security and diplomacy.




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Bangladesh CIRT to Build Sensor Network for Banks

The Bangladesh eGovernment Computer Incident Response Team, or CIRT, is taking several steps to strengthen cybersecurity, including building a sensor network to help enable all banks to share threat intelligence, says Tawhidur Rahman, CIRT's head of digital security and diplomacy.




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HKMA: Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2012

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is informing authorized institutions that on Feb. 29, 2012, the Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 bill was passed by the Legislative Council.




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Bangladesh CIRT to Build Sensor Network for Banks

The Bangladesh eGovernment Computer Incident Response Team, or CIRT, is taking several steps to strengthen cybersecurity, including building a sensor network to help enable all banks to share threat intelligence, says Tawhidur Rahman, CIRT's head of digital security and diplomacy.




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RBI: Transaction Limit Update to Mobile Banking Circular

The Reserve Bank of India has updated its mobile banking circular, dated Dec. 24, 2009, removing the 50,000 Rupees per customer, per day limit.




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RBI: Mobile Banking Security Lab Launches

The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology has launched the Mobile Banking Security Lab to explore solutions to the evolving challenges in the area of mobile banking and security.




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Bangladesh CIRT to Build Sensor Network for Banks

The Bangladesh eGovernment Computer Incident Response Team, or CIRT, is taking several steps to strengthen cybersecurity, including building a sensor network to help enable all banks to share threat intelligence, says Tawhidur Rahman, CIRT's head of digital security and diplomacy.




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[Ticker] UK enters deepest recession on record, bank warns

The Bank of England on Thursday warned that the UK economy is heading towards its deepest recession on record, as the British economy will shrink by 14 percent this year. The Covid-19 pandemic was "dramatically reducing jobs and incomes in the UK", it said. Bank governor Andrew Bailey told the BBC there would be no quick return to normality. The EU has forecast an eight-percent contraction for the UK.




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'Disappointing' watchdog may get new EU banking role

The European Commission is floating plans to beef up the fight against money-laundering, including possibly giving a supervisor role to the European Banking Authority. Yet the authority's board refused to act on a €200bn money-laundering scandal involving Danske Bank.




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Citi Sees Capital Markets Reviving Renewables as Banks Bow Out

Renewable energy companies will derive more of their funding from bond markets as banks curb lending to the industry, Citigroup Inc.’s head of environmental finance said.




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UK Green Investment Bank Aims to Spend $1.2 Billion This Year

The U.K. Green Investment Bank aims to boost the capital it commits to carbon-cutting projects to 700 million pounds ($1.2 billion) this year as it chases deals in offshore wind, waste and energy efficiency.




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Former Banker Will Now Oversee Renewable Energy in India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed a former banker to oversee coal, power and clean-energy reforms in a move aimed at resolving fuel bottlenecks and chronic blackouts hampering economic growth.




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French State Bank Sets Aside 5 Billion Euros for Green Projects

Caisse des Depots et Consignations, a French state bank, is setting aside 5 billion euros ($6.8 billion) for green projects after the government proposed a law to spur use of renewable electricity and boost efficiency.




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US Ex-Im Hangs in Balance as Chief Defends Bank Against Critics

U.S. Export-Import Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg mounted a defense of the 80-year-old agency as Republicans weigh eliminating the lender they say backs major corporations with political connections.




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Japan Bank Sets Aside $2 Billion for Clean Energy

Shinsei Bank Ltd., a lender for Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s clean-energy projects in Japan, plans to provide as much as 200 billion yen (US $2 billion) in loans for renewable developments.




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UK Green Bank Set to Draw Offshore Wind Investors to $1.6 Billion Fund

The U.K. Green Investment Bank is set to tie up the first investments in a $1.6 billion fund by the end of March, part of Britain’s push to cement its dominance in offshore wind power.




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Khosla-Backed Biofuel Firm Kior Files Bankruptcy, Plans Sale

Kior Inc., a maker of biofuels from crops such as switchgrass, wood chips and corn husks, filed for bankruptcy protection with a plan to sell its assets to affiliates of backer Vinod Khosla if no better offer emerges.




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Brazilian Bank Raises $408 Million for Renewable Energy and Water Projects

The Brazilian bank Itau Unibanco Holding SA raised 1.05 billion reais ($408 million) to finance renewable energy and water treatment projects.




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World Bank makes US$390 million loan Pakistan's Tarbela hydroelectric plant extension

The World Bank has approved US$390 million in additional financing to be used by Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority for extensions of its Tarbela hydroelectric plant.




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Banking on AI: NerdWallet’s Recommendation Engine Matches Customers with Relevant Financial Products

Dating apps may get all the press, but NerdWallet has been refining the art of financial matchmaking for more than a decade. The company provides its members with sound financial advice generated by machine learning algorithms. But as computing has advanced, so has NerdWallet’s ambition. Now the company is using AI to better match casual Read article >

The post Banking on AI: NerdWallet’s Recommendation Engine Matches Customers with Relevant Financial Products appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.




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Spotlight on Seminars: Bangkok Media Conference 2008

Spotlight on Seminars: Bangkok Media Conference 2008

Fall 2007 Jefferson Fellows Johnny Brannon (Honolulu Advertiser), Dante Ramos (Boston Globe), and Christina Larson (Washington Monthly) interview Cambodians at a temple near Phnom Penh.

 

New Generation Seminar participant Kalolaine Moeaki of Tonga’s Ministry of Education (center) presents a gift to the principal (right) of Shanghai’s innovative South Dong Chang Middle School.

 




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Students from India and Pakistan Meet Online in Cooperative Project on ‘Peri-Urban’ Development Issues

HONOLULU (Sept. 4, 2103) -- Graduate students from India and Pakistan participated in a two-way video conference last week as part of a cross-border East-West Center project, funded by the U.S. State Department, that brings together experts, scholars, young professionals and university students from both countries to explore development issues in critical ‘peri-urban’ areas that lie between cities and the countryside.




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EWC Partners with Tongji University on Asian Regional Peri-Urbanization Conference in Shanghai

With millions of people who live in “peri-urban” areas at the edges of cities in Asia suffering from enormous deficits in basic urban services, spillover environmental impacts and weak local governments, policymakers in the region recognize the urgent need for solutions to cope with the range of issues impacting residents of these areas.




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Trump confirms virus task force to be disbanded

The White House coronavirus task force will wind down as the country moves into a second phase that focuses on the aftermath of the pandemic.




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Lehman Brothers bankruptcy: ISDA - right to terminate OTC transactions

Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest investment bank in the US, filed for bankruptcy this morning.   If you have funds which have entered into OTC derivatives contracts with Lehmans under an ISDA Master Agreement you may be considering your posi...




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MiFID II and Structured Deposits: New Duties for Banks

The European Commission (Commission) has contacted the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and, more recently, the European Banking Authority...




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GF Naturally Sweetened Banana Bread in a Mug Paleo

This is a gluten free and naturally sweetened banana bread in a mug.  It is super easy to fix and paleo, too! -- posted by francoroni




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Homemade Banana Cream Pie

This homemade banana cream pie is phenomenal! The combination of the flaky crust, the luscious pudding, and the fresh bananas and whipped cream is one-of-a-kind. -- posted by sh4nebaum




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Bank fees test case commences

The test case brought by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) against a selection of banks and a building society has begun in the High Court in London. The case concerns the legality and reasonableness of charging unauthorised overdrafts and other bank...




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Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill

It is estimated that there are currently hundreds of millions of pounds sitting unclaimed in UK bank and building society accounts. This forgotten money is a drain on the resources of financial institutions, when it could potentially be put to good ...




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Bank in focus as comedian’s feud fuels privacy row

A DISPUTE between a comedian and his former employer ignited social media yesterday when it turned into an issue relevant to everyone — privacy protection.




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Metro Leaders Gather to Discuss Urban Issues in Asia and United States

Metro Leaders Gather to Discuss Urban Issues in Asia and United States
HONOLULU (March 25) – Metropolitan leaders and experts from a variety of Asian and U.S. cities are gathering at the East-West Center March 29-31 for a seminar on critical urbanization issues facing Asia’s cities. Attendance at the meeting is closed. Among the attendees are the governor of Jakarta; vice-mayor of Shenzhen; deputy mayor of Taipei; urban affairs advisor, Government of Karnataka (Bangalore); directors of city planning from Denver, Colorado; Miami, Florida; San Francisco, California; and Seattle, Washington; along with other officials and specialists from Pakistan, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Los Angeles, New York and more.




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Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok

Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 9, 2008

Media contact:
Derek Ferrar
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org

A faculty of experts in the fields of human-rights advocacy and humanitarian law is slated to provide instruction starting May 11 at an advanced two-week training course in Bangkok, Thailand, on the key processes being used to address human-rights abuses in the Asia Pacific region.




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News Advisory: AsiaPacific Breakfast Briefing -- Asia's Emerging Urban Crises

MEDIA ADVISORY: AsiaPacific Breakfast Briefing -- Asia’s Emerging Urban Crises
Dr. Allen Clark
Senior Fellow, Research Program
East-West Center


Tuesday, September 11, 2007

7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
Bank of Hawai‘i Main Branch Executive Dining Room 6th floor  

  • The presentation is open to news coverage.

    To attend,or arrange for an interview, contact Karen Knudsen, Director of External Affairs, East-West Center at 944-7195 or knudsenk@eastwestcenter.org

  • Attendance is by invitation. Bank of Hawaii sponsors the East-West Center AsiaPacific Breakfast Briefings.  Attendees are members of the EWC Foundation and other invited business and community leaders.




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Asian Development Bank President to Speak at APEC Week Business Symposium

Trade ministers of Australia and New Zealand will also be featured

HONOLULU (Nov. 2, 2011) – Asian Development Bank President and Chairman Haruhiko Kuroda has joined the roster of high-level speakers at the Asia-Pacific Business Symposium that will be held at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa during the upcoming APEC Leaders’ Week. Other featured speakers include the trade ministers of Australia and New Zealand, along with numerous business leaders, experts and officials from a broad range of Asia Pacific nations.




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Eversheds' developers and construction e-briefing: Implications of recent disturbances on the Construction Sector

Welcome to some important ‘news’ for the Developer & Construction sector. I predict a riot: What you need to consider if your building site is impacted by the recent disturbances The current riots/disturbances in cities across Engl...




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I predict a riot: What you need to consider if your building site is impacted by the recent disturbances

The current riots/disturbances in cities across England raise a number of issues in relation to construction sites. These will include fundamental health and safety issues but it also raises important considerations in relation to any damage or...




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Covid-19 - Policy for supporting renewables and how banks are approaching renewable projects impacted by the virus

The Energy Transition Club and the REA are hosting a webinar on Wednesday 6 May at 11am for 90 minutes....




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Ebang International Starts U.S. IPO Plan





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Bangladesh: All Rohingya Found at Sea Will Be Taken to Bhashan Char Island

After insisting for weeks it would take no more refugees, Bangladesh relents and rescues hundreds.




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The FCA bans the promotion of mini-bonds to retail consumers: what does this mean and what does it say about FCA thinking?

On 26 November 2019 the FCA announced that it was using its product intervention powers to ban the promotion of so-called “speculative mini bonds” to retail consumers. The ban will come into force on 1 January and will last for 12 months...




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Legal Compass: COVID-19 affects debt collection and bankruptcy proceedings

The stay on debt collection proceedings will end on 22 April 2020. The Federal government adopted emergency law on 16 April 2020, in order to prevent coronavirus-related bankruptcies and the resulting job losses. The “COVID-19 Insolvency Ordin...




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Can Technology Offset the Effects of Population Aging on Economic Growth? New Report from the Asian Development Bank

By East-West Center HONOLULU (March 27, 2020)—Population aging is affecting countries all across Asia. This ongoing demographic transition will leave many of the region’s economies increasingly dependent on an aging, and eventually a shrinking, workforce. Economists disagree, however, on whether population aging will necessarily lead to a slowdown in economic growth.

This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more.




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New Findings on Links between Urban Expansion and Viral Disease in Vietnam Offer Lessons for COVID-19

By James H. Spencer, Sumeet Saksena, and Jefferson Fox HONOLULU (1 April 2020)—The current COVID-19 pandemic, which started in Wuhan, China, underscores what the public health community has warned about for more than two decades—the risk of viral diseases capable of spreading from animal to human hosts. The first outbreaks of “bird flu” (highly pathogenic avian influenza―HPAI, subtype H5N1) raised similar concerns 20 years ago―concerns that have persisted with the outbreak of SARS in 2002–2004 and COVID-19 today. New outbreaks of avian influenza are also still occurring in poultry and humans, primarily in Asia but also in other parts of the world.

This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more.





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Northrim: Buy This Alaskan Bank At A Steep Discount - Behind The Idea




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Southside Bancshares, Inc. (SBSI) CEO Lee Gibson on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript