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Wall Street banks opt for greater automation for grunt work to retain talent

HR Digest

Banks now insist on weekend offs, no excessive overtime, and greater use of technology for routine work. Wall Street banks are trying to automate as much grunt work as possible to save the younger bankers from feeling overwhelmed. Headcount in the banking industry is likely to get reduced, aided by technology.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic.

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How Refugees Use Digital Technology To Settle Into Their New Home

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Flinders University highlights how important technology can be in helping them adapt, especially during Covid where things like contact tracing apps are so important. In total, 418 women were spoken to, all of whom spoke Arabic, with the women having lived in Australia for an average of 24 months, with most arriving in 2018.

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Is Innovation manageable?

N2Growth Blog

In the years leading up to 2018, I have spent my time bringing innovation to the financial services space. Fintech, as this sector is colloquially referred, focuses for the most part on disrupting the state of affairs induced by the use of technology. Banks and Insurance companies are masters in the quintessential process.

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New Game Allows Players To See How They Might Fare In The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

A new game developed by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development aims to help people to prepare for the future of work, where technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics will, the researchers believe, be increasingly capable of performing many of the tasks currently performed by humans.

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What are the best cryptocurrency exchanges in the world?

Strategy Driven

As early as 2018, Binance was the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange with a market capitalization of $ 1.3 Binance Labs is responsible for coordinating and financing projects based on blockchain technology, and Binance Research is responsible for providing high-quality analysis.

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Executive Briefing – Nuclear

Strategy Driven

Source: Daily Energy Insider Published on 2018-11-20 By Chris Galford ENTERGY CORPORATIONHoltec Files Request to Acquire Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by End of 2019 Entergy Corp. Source: Topix – Nuclear Energy News Published on 2018-11-20 Explosion kills 1 in Idaho. and Holtec International have requested the U.S.