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US‑ready in 90 days: Community banks, fintechs and the new compliance‑led playbook
The benefits of a partnership between US community banks and fintechs are immense, with fintechs fast‑tracking US market entry while community banks gain liquidity, new revenue, and an expanded client base, enabling fintechs to be US‑ready in around three months via sponsor‑bank partnerships instead of long licensing.
Israeli PM Says Creating Conditions for Iran Uprising
Benjamin Netanyahu says regime change in Iran cannot be guaranteed, but the Israeli military is working to create 'optimal conditionals' for the Iranian people to rise up. Bloomberg's Dan Williams reports from Jerusalem.
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India's Restaurant Industry Running on Fumes
India's massive restaurant industry, which feeds and employs millions, faces severe disruption as gas shortages halt commercial supplies and force outlets to scale back their menus or shut. With most kitchens dependent on LPG cylinders, the crisis threatens small businesses and jobs. Zorawar Kalra, Vice President of the National Restaurant Association of India, discusses the fallout with Haslinda Amin and Menaka Doshi on Insight with Haslinda Amin.
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Insights
What’s behind the panic-buying of gold?
In times of uncertainty, we often look for something solid to hold onto. Lately, it seems the world’s investors have decided that “something solid” is, quite literally, gold.
The metal’s soaring price is more than just a market trend; it's a global barometer of anxiety.
When faith in currencies, governments, and traditional financial systems begins to waver, we see a familiar flight to the perceived safety of this timeless asset.
Surprise! Lithium gets a recharge
Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers.
Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.
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Billionaire bears take a swipe at Tesla
The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk.
This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers.
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Can Bitcoin bring down the global financial system?
Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.
With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.
Economy
Oil records biggest weekly surge since 2022
Global energy markets are reeling as oil tracks toward its most significant weekly gain in four years, fuelled by escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Economy
Oil prices steady amid escalating Middle East conflict
Global oil prices held steady on March 3 as energy markets braced for an intensification of conflict in the Middle East.
Economy
U.S. Customs to halt invalidated tariffs as Trump pivots to new 15% global levy
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will officially stop collecting billions in trade duties at 12:01 a.m. EST on Tuesday, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to levy tariffs illegal.
