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Orleans Braces For DPW, Finance Director Departures
ORLEANS – With the impending departure of two longtime department heads, town officials last week discussed the need for better succession planning in the coming years. Public Works Director Tom Daley and Finance Director Cathy Doane will each leave their respective posts on Nov. 30. Doane is retiring, while Daley has accepted a position elsewhere.…
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Crossroads Equipment Lease and Finance to Match Employee Donations for GivingTuesday
This GivingTuesday, Crossroads Equipment Lease and Finance will match its employee donations up to $1,500 to the charity of their choice. Created in 2012, GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that will kick off the generosity season this year by inspiring people to give back on Nov. 28 and throughout the year. Crossroads first…
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Ground-breaking UK Export Finance deal secures huge investment in North-East England
UK Export Finance (UKEF) and South Korea’s export credit agency Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) have helped SeAH Wind UK to secure £367 million in Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC UK financing to build the world’s largest wind monopile manufacturing facility. UKEF and K-Sure have secured support worth £367 million for South Korean manufacturer SeAH…
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Dock: Driving Financial Inclusion in LatAm
In attendance at Money20/20 USA, held in Las Vegas from October 22-25, FinTech Magazine speaks to Anderson Olivares General Manager for LatAm at Dock, the Brazilian IT Services and Consulting firm. We talk to Olivares about the expansion of Dock in recent times across South America, and why the democratisation of finance to bring about inclusion…
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Bajaj Finance outperforms market on strong trading day
Shares of Bajaj Finance Ltd. 500034 inched up 0.31% to 7,125.90 Indian rupees Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P BSE Sensex Index 1 rising 0.14% to 66,023.24. Bajaj Finance Ltd. closed 1,064.10 rupees below its 52-week high (8,190.00 rupees), which the company achieved……
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Russia’s budget deficit seen at around 1% of GDP this year -finance minister
MOSCOW, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Russia’s budget deficit will be around 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday, marking the latest improvement in Russia’s fiscal health as budget revenues increase.Higher oil prices and increased tax payments have helped the Russian government narrow its budget shortfall, which early…
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ECB warns of ‘early signs of stress’ at eurozone banks as default rates rise
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Fossil fuel phase-out, finance, industry transition top agenda for SEI’s experts at COP28
COP28 might be the most important COP since the Paris Agreement in 2015. Two recently published reports, the Adaptation Gap Report and the Production Gap Report, as well as the Global Stocktake, make it clear that the world’s governments must take bold action in Dubai to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement within reach.…
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UK Finance Reports Slight Decrease in FinTech Cyberattacks
Overview of UK Finance’s Report The latest report from UK Finance paints a mixed picture of financial fraud in the United Kingdom, with losses exceeding £500 million in the first half of the year. However, amidst these concerning figures, there is a glimmer of hope as cyber fraud rates have shown a slight 2% decrease…
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The Climate Finance Gap for Small-Scale Agrifood Systems
Small-scale farmers and related supply chain actors contribute a significant share of global food production, particularly in East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Small-scale producers and the agri-MSMEs serving them are expected to face the most severe impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to manage them. Despite their critical…
