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When supervisors intervened in markets over the past 12 months, it was more often to protect lenders than slap firms with fines: with a couple of notable exceptions, regulatory penalties in 2020 plummeted as Covid-19 spread across the globe.
Still, regulatory risk – the fear that changes to rulesets and supervisory expectations create openings for operational mis-steps, disclosure challenges, restrictions on activity or straightforward financial penalties – is never far from thought for banks
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Holdings of Treasury securities by the eight US global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) increased a whopping 42% over 2020 to $1.19 trillion.
JP Morgan disclosed the largest increase in Treasury holdings dollar-wise, of $142.4 billion (62%) to $370.4 billion. This amounted to almost 11% of its total assets as of December 31. Citi’s holdings increased the most percentage-wise, by 73% to $232.2 billion, making up about 10% of its end-year assets.
In aggregate, US Treasuries held in the
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Seven Israeli startups were chosen Tuesday as 2021’s most promising companies in Fintech. With more than 750 startups operating today in the Fintech sector alone, Israel has been a global pioneer in the field for more than a decade. A variety of categories were in the ranking for the top spot, including payments and commerce, lending and finance, cyber security, insurtech, and most promising seed company. The list, was published for the second year in a row.
The winning companies - Identiq, Balance, Sharegain, Obligo, Planck, Unit, and Panorays - were selected by 30 financial entities and venture capital funds operating in Israel, including Viola, Pitango, Team8, Entree Capital, Qumra Capital, and more. The VCs were allowed to name only one of their portfolio companies per category.