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No 'One Size Fits All' Solution Exist for CBDCs, Claims IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
Evidence emerging from the first central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) around the world suggests there is no 'one-size-fits-all' model as stability and privacy are designed into systems, claims the head of International Monetary Fund.
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IMF To Decide "Very Soon" On Whether Its Managing Director Keeps Her Job
The International Monetary Fund said Friday it will decide "very soon" whether its embattled managing director Kristalina Georgieva keeps her job.
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Will Commit $2 Billion For Vaccines In Developing Countries By End-April: World Bank
The World Bank Group will have committed $2 billion in financing by the end of April for COVID-19 vaccines in some 40 developing countries, World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg said on Friday.
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Focusing On Protecting People Remain Priority For India: IMF
India's priorities should be to protect the most vulnerable people, well targeted support and protecting small and medium sized enterprises so that they do not collapse as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva has said.
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Synchronised Action Of Central Banks Helped World Economy, Says IMF Chief
Synchronised action of central banks and accommodative monetary policy have delivered half a percentage boost to global growth, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said, cautioning that the Coronavirus outbreak in China posed a major threat to the global economy.
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World Bank's Kristalina Georgieva To Be First IMF Chief From Emerging Economy
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva was confirmed on Wednesday as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, the first person from an emerging-market economy to head the world's crisis lender with its $1 trillion in resources.
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Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma: 'The Choices You Make Will Define Who You Become'
"You are poised to enter the real world tomorrow. The choices you make there will define who you become. As Dumbledore told Harry, 'It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities'," Shikha Sharma, CEO and Managing Director, Axis Bank Ltd said this during Indian Institute of Technology Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) con...
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World Bank to Extend Funds to Improve Sub-Urban Train Services
Continuing its support to improve the railway infrastructure in the megapolis, the World Bank today said it will continue to invest not only in improving the frequencies but also give priority to enhancing security and safety apart from sanitation facilities.
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World Bank Managing Director to Undertake 3-Day Visit to India
World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Sri Mulyani Indrawati is on a three-day visit to India to explore opportunities for collaboration.
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Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar in Fortune's list of 50 powerful businesswomen
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar are among Fortune magazine's list of 50 most powerful women in business who are "taking on the world" by pushing into new territories and inspiring women in their home countries.
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Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta's trial could last 4 weeks
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta "threw away his duties" by divulging bank secrets to hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, a U.S. prosecutor said at the start of Gupta's insider-trading trial on Monday. The defense punched back that the government had no direct evidence.
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No 'One Size Fits All' Solution Exist for CBDCs, Claims IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
Evidence emerging from the first central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) around the world suggests there is no 'one-size-fits-all' model as stability and privacy are designed into systems, claims the head of International Monetary Fund.
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IMF To Decide "Very Soon" On Whether Its Managing Director Keeps Her Job
The International Monetary Fund said Friday it will decide "very soon" whether its embattled managing director Kristalina Georgieva keeps her job.
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Will Commit $2 Billion For Vaccines In Developing Countries By End-April: World Bank
The World Bank Group will have committed $2 billion in financing by the end of April for COVID-19 vaccines in some 40 developing countries, World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg said on Friday.
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Focusing On Protecting People Remain Priority For India: IMF
India's priorities should be to protect the most vulnerable people, well targeted support and protecting small and medium sized enterprises so that they do not collapse as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva has said.
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Synchronised Action Of Central Banks Helped World Economy, Says IMF Chief
Synchronised action of central banks and accommodative monetary policy have delivered half a percentage boost to global growth, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said, cautioning that the Coronavirus outbreak in China posed a major threat to the global economy.
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World Bank's Kristalina Georgieva To Be First IMF Chief From Emerging Economy
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva was confirmed on Wednesday as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, the first person from an emerging-market economy to head the world's crisis lender with its $1 trillion in resources.
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Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma: 'The Choices You Make Will Define Who You Become'
"You are poised to enter the real world tomorrow. The choices you make there will define who you become. As Dumbledore told Harry, 'It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities'," Shikha Sharma, CEO and Managing Director, Axis Bank Ltd said this during Indian Institute of Technology Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) con...
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World Bank to Extend Funds to Improve Sub-Urban Train Services
Continuing its support to improve the railway infrastructure in the megapolis, the World Bank today said it will continue to invest not only in improving the frequencies but also give priority to enhancing security and safety apart from sanitation facilities.
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World Bank Managing Director to Undertake 3-Day Visit to India
World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Sri Mulyani Indrawati is on a three-day visit to India to explore opportunities for collaboration.
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Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar in Fortune's list of 50 powerful businesswomen
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar are among Fortune magazine's list of 50 most powerful women in business who are "taking on the world" by pushing into new territories and inspiring women in their home countries.
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Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta's trial could last 4 weeks
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta "threw away his duties" by divulging bank secrets to hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, a U.S. prosecutor said at the start of Gupta's insider-trading trial on Monday. The defense punched back that the government had no direct evidence.
