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Bank fee potential slashed as Trump ends Broadcom's Qualcomm takeover

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Barclays Bank charged over Qatar loans

TheSeriousFraudOffice(SFO)haschargedBarclaysBankPLCwith"unlawfulfinancialassistance"relatedtobillionsofpoundsraisedfromQatarin2008.Thesamechargeswereboughtagain

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France to loan Britain famed Bayeux Tapestry

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Ant Financial targets loan products with exorbitant interest rates

AntFinancial,thefintecharmofAlibaba,hasaskedloanprovidersonAlipaytostopofferinganyloanproductswithacomprehensiveannualinterestrateofmorethan24%,Yicai.comreporte

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Egypt, IMF reach agreement on $2 billion loan installment: IMF statement

Egypthasreachedastaff-levelagreementwiththeInternationalMonetaryFundforaninstallmentofabout$2billionmorefromathree-year,$12billionloanprogram,theIMFsaidinastate

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China to step up oversight of online cash loans

AsonlinecashloanserviceprospersinChina,theChinesegovernmentisreadytostepupitsoversightofthislightlyregulatedindustry.JiZhihong,directorofthefinancialmarketsdepa

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This financial push is for real

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China: This financial push is for real

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The Gambia signs 45-million-dollar loan with Islamic Trade Finance Corp.

TheGambianFinanceMinisterAmadouSannehonTuesdaysignedaloanagreementof45millionU.S.dollarswiththeInternationalIslamicTradeFinanceCorporation(ITFC)tosupporttheGamb

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Xiaomi gains new $1 bln loan to drive retail push, expansion overseas

ChinesesmartphonemakerXiaomiIncsaidonFridayithadsignedadealforanew$1billionloantoaccelerateitsdriveintobrick-and-mortarstoresandhelpapushoverseas.Thethree-years

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What does AIIB have done in six months after its inauguration?

The first annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held in Beijing on June 25-26. The operation of the AIIB since its establishment was introduced and multiple topics with future development included were discussed in the meeting. What has been done by the AIIB over the past half a year?

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Kenya's small earners find new survival tactic in mobile phone loans

​In May, stone mason Gilbert Mulunya did not have regular work to enable him to get good income, but he is not a worried man when it comes to finances.

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Loans are double-edged sword for college students

​Zheng Dexing died on March 9, 2015. The college student from Henan Province committed suicide after accumulating loans worth 589,500 yuan (91,000 U.S. dollars) to pay for his gambling addiction.

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Living with a negative rate, lower rates could buoy people with mortgages

This is the second and final installment of a two-part series.The impact of the Bank of Japan’s recent decision to introduce a negative interest rate policy will likely extend to people with housing loans, with already-low interest rates nudged down even further.

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IMF approves new loan for Ukraine

​The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new loan program worth of 17.5 billion U.S. dollars for Ukraine, in a bid to help the eastern European country stabilize its economy, announced IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Berlin on Wednesday.

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Myanmar to get loan from Singapore, Vietnam for SME development

​Myanmar will get a 50-million-U.S. dollar loan from Singapore and Vietnam for the development of its small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Myanmar authorities said on Sunday.