Already, new information technology is eroding the distinction between different parts of finance, such as banking and insurance.
However, in areas that are genuinely competitive, such as banking, Hong Kong's family firms have been largely elbowed aside by multinationals.
"Many industries such as banking will be attracting global talent and that will be reflected in the numbers we are seeing, " he added.
Investors will also converge on the compelling opportunities in core economic sectors such as banking, mobile telecoms, internet, electricity, building materials, and food processing.
The market has been waiting for reforms, such as banking sector reforms that would allow the private sector to have a greater role to play.
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Even professions such as banking and law are becoming more specialized.
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He added that some schools would be getting new teachers because many people who had lost jobs in areas such as banking were switching careers to teaching.
The Indian prime minister was accompanied this week by an entourage of businessmen looking to sign deals in industries such as banking, oil, gas, paper and telecoms.
Dr Naor thinks that computerised versions of his method could have widespread applications in areas such as banking, where the secure exchange of information requires the comparison of passwords.
While Standard was busted up by the federal government way back in 1911, the current patriarch has put the family money to work in industries such as banking and New York City real estate.
Some industries such as banking are fairly well along in making computer systems year-2000 compliant, but others, including food processing, agriculture and farming, some government services, construction, law, and medical practice are lagging, Marcoccio said.
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Use a dedicated computer for financial matters such as online banking and bill pay.
Leaders have agreed to a parallel growth pact, albeit modest, and to work on other measures, such as common banking supervision.
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Mobile phones can transform lives with technology such as mobile banking.
As the domestic issues were generally resolved, through actions such as the banking bailout, the Spanish market was able to bounce back more sharply than many of its peers.
Properly measured, the penalty attached to Barclays' investment-banking strategy should also include the opportunity cost of failing to invest its capital in more profitable businesses, such as retail banking.
JPMorgan is one the largest and most diversified banks in the U.S., and offers services such as retail banking, commercial banking, asset management, investment banking, consumer lending and credit cards.
JPMorgan Chase is one the largest and most diversified banks in the U.S., and offers services such as retail banking, commercial banking, asset management, investment banking, consumer lending and credit cards.
These laws will impact not only money laundering prosecution but almost any asset protection strategy that attempts to maintain an element of financial privacy such as private banking or family trusts.
Rahman added the ECB may be reluctant to announce new support measures because it breeds inertia among politicians looking to push through changes, such as a banking union, needed to bring Europe closer together.
Their counterparts at Deutsche Bank reckon the returns could be well above 30% in mortgage lending, a mouthwatering number compared with the 10% or less that banks are reporting in areas such as investment banking.
The new boss says that risk appetite at the investment bank will be dialled back up again in due course, and that more capital will flow to other businesses such as retail banking in emerging markets, consumer credit and private banking.
JPMorgan, an investment bank, reckons that an increase of just 0.2 percentage points in the borrowing costs of British banks such as Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland would trim their earnings by 8-11% next year, assuming they could not immediately pass these costs on to customers.
The issue of lost women workers remains a delicate one for many companies, particularly in highly skilled professions, such as consulting or banking.
Combined, foreign posts now get most of their revenue from new businesses such as retailing or banking for consumers, or warehousing and logistics for companies.
Even if interest rates hit zero, they argue, central banks can use other measures, such as flooding the banking system with money, buying government bonds or intervening in the currency markets.
U.K. Prime Minister Cameron called on India to further open sectors such as insurance, banking and retail to overseas investment and to make it easier for foreign companies to do business there.
Its trusted smart life solutions bring security and contactless performance to a wide range of applications such as eGovernment, banking, mobile transactions, transport ticketing, access management, infrastructure, device authentication, RFID tagging and gaming.
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Mobile phones are in effect handheld and connected computers and hold great potential in this role, since businesses in promising areas such as payments and banking, healthcare, and entertainment require combining the services of multiple providers.
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