Banks In Crypto: The OCC’s Quiet Game-Changer

[ad_1] Rodney E. Hood, Acting Comptroller of the Currency OCC Buried in a footnote of a nearly five-year-old regulatory letter, IL 1170, the national banking regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), opened the door for national banks to participate in the cryptocurrency marketplace. The potential to modernize the financial services system…

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European (fund flow) Exceptionalism

[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Remember all the talk of American exceptionalism? The argument that the US was the only market you needed to care about, and big US technology stocks were basically the new risk-free asset? Well about…

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Walgreens Going Private in $23.7B Agreement

[ad_1] Walgreens will retain its banner name as it goes private for the first time since 1927. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) confirmed reports that it is going private. On March 6, the global organization announced that it has agreed to be acquired by an entity affiliated with New York-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners….

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Trump’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland vandalized over his Gaza ‘ethnic cleansing’ threat: Live updates

[ad_1] Trump appears to contradict himself on Russia’s intentions in Ukraine Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The…

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