Each year, SWIFT, the international banking payments organization, holds its operations and technology conference, Sibos.

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Several banks have sent letters to the British Banking Authority, the trade organization that was in charge of Libor from the start, about their plans to leave the panel, according to a report in the Journal.

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Under the World Trade Organization's financial services deal, banking markets in many countries are opening up.

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She left a lucrative career in investment banking to found the Future of the African Daughter Project, an organization that lifts up young women in rural and township areas.

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While I laud these groups and countless others organized around specific scams, there still also needs to be a non-governmental organization dedicated to universal investor protection across all non-banking financial services.

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Beyond the immediate problems firms here will face because of a limit on transactions and a freeze of banking activity, Mr. Pilikos said he feared many of his organization's members wouldn't survive the blow delivered by the closure of Cyprus Popular Bank and the hefty haircut imposed on deposits in Bank of Cyprus.

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We expect the operating margins to improve going forward due to re-organization efforts started by Barclays in 2008 as well an improving banking environment.

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The organization has recently partnered with global transaction provider SWIFT to identify and grow social innovations that could transform banking with new products and instruments.

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