Financial intermediation

On December 11, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Guinea for an amount equivalent to SDR 120.488 million

On December 1, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV Consultation with Benin.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has hired financial services executive Wei Zhu as chairman of Accenture Greater China, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He succeeds Chuan Neo Chong, who continues to work with Wei Zhu on a successful transition.

During the buyback program, Sonova repurchased a total of 1,842,400 registered shares (equivalent to 2.74% of the share capital as per the beginning of the buyback program) for a total amount of CHF 241.0 million at an average purchase price of CHF 130.81 per share.

Participant of Thank You from Sberbank Dmitry Maslov from Izhevsk won 1 million bonuses in the Spasibomania game.

The transaction used the IBM Blockchain Platform on the basis of HyperLedger Fabric.

Tautachrome Inc. (OTCQB:TTCM) today announced that on a fixed date certain, to be released soon, it will distribute, pro rata, a substantial quantity of KlickZie cryptocurrency to its common shareholders of record on that date.

Sberbank has received its first Platinum prize at the international Loyalty360 Customer Awards. The Bank’s efforts were recognised in the Organizational Commitment category for promoting a client-centric business model as part of corporate culture.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) conducted a two-day training in Kabul for more than 30 representatives of Afghanistan government and executing agencies implementing ADB projects on project financial management.

Navient, a leading provider of asset management and business processing solutions, announced the closing of its acquisition of Earnest, a leading financial technology and education finance company.

Western Union is industry first to offer money transfers to U.S. debit cards via Mastercard Send platform.

 Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) announces that, following a strategic review, it has agreed to sell Corsearch, its trademark solutions business, to Audax Private Equity for $140 million in cash

Fujitsu Limited today announced the Japan launch of an assessment consulting service to help customers meet the requirements of NIST Special Publication 800-171, a publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Ebix, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) Business of YouFirst Money Express Private Limited, and the acquisition of the MTSS assets of Wall Street Finance Limited. 

The global agreement expands the partnership to now include Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and Africa.