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Brex files for bank charter 22 February 2021
3 Brex, the fast-growing firm behind a corporate credit card for startups, has filed for an Industrial Bank Charter in the US. The company has submitted an application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions (UDFI) to establish Brex Bank
The new bank intends to expand upon Brex’s existing suite of financial products and business software, offering loans and FDIC insured deposit products to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) without the need to rely on an intermediary bank.
WINNIPEG Two people are in hospital on Monday morning following a head-on crash on a Manitoba highway. According to RCMP, officers in Selkirk, Man., responded to the two-vehicle crash on Highway 8 at Petersfield Road around 12:40 a.m. Mounties said there was one person in each vehicle, both from Winnipeg. An 18-year-old woman, who was driving one of the vehicles, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The other driver, a 34-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. RCMP said a forensic collision reconstructionist went to the scene and is helping with the investigation.
- With files from CTV s Tim Salzen.
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Mizuho and Line raise investment in build for new smartphone bank 22 February 2021
Source: Line LINE Corporation (“LINE”) and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (“Mizuho Financial Group”) announced today that their respective subsidiaries, LINE Financial Corporation (“LINE Financial”) and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (“Mizuho Bank”), have jointly agreed to make an additional investment and a change to the management structure of LINE Bank Preparatory Company. LINE Financial and Mizuho Bank are taking these necessary steps as they proceed with preparations to establish a user-friendly “smartphone bank” connected to the LINE app, with the aim of establishing a new bank in Japan within fiscal year 2022, subject to approval by relevant authorities.
Sơn mà i is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting.
The paint is made with a toxic lacquer harvested from a tree native to Southeast Asia called the Rhus succedanea.
Along with costly raw materials, these pieces require months of applying several layers of paint and sanding them back.
Following is a transcript of the video.
Narrator: Sơn mà i is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country. It requires months of application and sanding back layers of paint to build up the image. Last year, a sơn mà i painting sold at auction for $972,000. So, what makes these paintings so special? And why are they so expensive?