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14 12, 2020

Mastercard Loses $18.6B Class Action Court Ruling in UK

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Inc. faces the prospect of a 14 billion-pound ($18.6 billion) UK class action — the largest of its kind — after losing another battle at the country’s highest court over illegal swipe fees. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of …

14 12, 2020

Tortuous Brexit Trade Talks Get New Breath of Life but Next Few Days Critical

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BRUSSELS/LONDON – European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday that sealing a trade pact with Britain was still possible before the country’s final break with the 27-nation bloc on Dec. 31 but the next few days of negotiations …

11 12, 2020

Global Banks Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave

By | December 11th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Global Banks Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave

LONDON — Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus. A French drugs firm …

11 12, 2020

No-Deal Brexit Grows More Likely as UK-EU Trade Talks Remain Deadlocked

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Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Britain quit the EU in …

11 12, 2020

Chubb Launches Digital Team for Continental Europe and UK & Ireland

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Chubb has announced the creation of a new digital team for Continental Europe (CE) and the United Kingdom & Ireland (UK&I). The team has been formed to develop and execute the insurer’s plans to broaden its digital product and service …

11 12, 2020

Record Return of Merger Activity Leads to Massive Growth in M&A Insurance Market

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LONDON – A record rebound in merger activity this year and a rise in litigation has brought with it an upsurge in insurance policies that give companies and private equity firms cover for when a deal goes wrong, industry officials …

10 12, 2020

Credit Suisse Shuts Humbolt Re and Kelvin Re After Investor Withdrawals

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Credit Suisse Group AG is winding down two reinsurance vehicles with assets of about $2 billion after key investors moved their funds out. Humboldt Re and Kelvin Re, which use money from institutional clients to reinsure natural catastrophes and other …

10 12, 2020

Why World Bank’s Controversial Pandemic Bonds Didn’t Function as Promised

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In late January 2015, just after the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history, then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim stood in front of a group of Georgetown University students and professors to introduce a new approach to fighting pandemics. Fresh …

10 12, 2020

‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Help Stranded Sailors and Avoid Supply-Chain Risks

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Fidelity International is calling for urgent action to address the humanitarian crisis and supply-chain risks caused by the more than 400,000 seafarers who are stranded aboard vessels and a similar number who remain ashore with little prospect for work or …

10 12, 2020

Royal Caribbean Cruise Cut Short When Passenger Tests Positive for COVID-19

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SINGAPORE – An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore on Wednesday. The 83-year-old guest on board the …