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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA). The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group, which is part of the United Nations system.
The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty. However, according to its Articles of Agreement, all its decisions must be guided by a commitment to the promotion of foreign investment and international trade and to the facilitation of Capital investment.
World Bank Group
The World Bank is not to be confused with the World Bank Group, an extended family of five international organizations:
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Blockchain today is the internet in the 80s?
OBN 14 Dec 2019
But it was not until the late 1980s, with the creation of the World Wide Web (www), that it was brought commercially to the average citizen ... ICE (Intercontinental Exchange), the New York Stock Exchange company, launched its crypto brokerage firm Bakkt; The World Bank already issues blockchain bonds; and among others....
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Agusto & Co Announces the Retirement of its Chief Executive Officer, Vivien Shobo.
This Day 12 Dec 2019
• First bond issued by a deposit money bank in Nigeria in 2006 “the Access Bank ₦13.5 billion-naira redeemable bond”. • First bond issued by an insurance company in 2008 “Crusader Nigeria Plc ₦4 billion Unsecured Convertible Debenture ... • World Bank credit rating assessment for City of Kigali and the 30 districts in Rwanda in 2015....
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Ethereum blockchain-issued Santander bond accrues first quarterly interest
AMB Crypto 11 Dec 2019
Additionally, it is the only entity to issue bonds on a public chain, as opposed to the other entities that have issued blockchain-based bonds, such as the World Bank who raised $34M million in August after the sale of a private Ethereum-backed bond, facilitated by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, RBC Capital Markets, and TD Securities....
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Gundlach on why negative rates could be 'fatal' to banks in the long term
Yahoo Daily News 11 Dec 2019
Billionaire bond king Jeffrey Gundlach says that negative interest rates will cause long-term problems for the banking system ... Ninety-seven percent of all the negative-yielding debt in the world is owned by central banks and the financial institutions that they regulate, that are then required, like banks, to own these sovereign bonds and the like....
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Can governments ever run out of money?
BBC News 11 Dec 2019
Mr Mosler started off his financial career in banking in 1973 collecting loans at the Savings Bank of Manchester in Connecticut ... Central banks have pumped some $11tn into the world's financial system by buying up government bonds and corporate debt through what is known as quantitative easing (QE)....
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Santander proves blockchain-based bonds can be supported on public networks
Cryptopolitan 10 Dec 2019
Spanish banking giant Santander redeems a $2oM bond through Ethereum blockchain.� Santander redeems a $20M bond on Ethereum network ... Santander announced the world’s first end-to-end blockchain bond in September 2019 ... The bank claimed that the bond will remain on the Ethereum network for one year completing its lifecycle on the blockchain....
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Blockchain-based bonds: Bank of China issues $2.8 billion in blockchain-based bonds
Cryptopolitan 06 Dec 2019
The Bank of China has issued 20 billion Renminbi ($2.8 billion) in blockchain-based bonds for small and micro-sized companies possessing their own blockchain platforms. Chinese Bank follows Santander in issuing blockchain-based bonds ... The bank became the world’s first to issue blockchain-based bonds....
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BMO exploring transition financing for carbon-capture project
Canada Dot Com 04 Dec 2019
Last week, Credit Agricole CIB became the world’s first commercial bank to issue a transition bond ... BMO pitching sustainable bonds as energy firms try to go green Canadian bankers want to include oil in the push for sustainable finance Royal Bank of Canada’s green bonds may be used to finance oil and gas companies....
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Traders Look to Profit in China Bond Market That Won’t Move
Caixin Online 03 Dec 2019
It’s policy bank bonds for JPMorgan Asset Management and PineBridge Investments Asia Ltd., dollar-denominated debt for Nissay Asset Management Corp ... China’s 10-year yield has fallen just 9 basis points this year, missing out on a global rally that in August took the world’s stockpile of negative-yielding bonds to a record $17 trillion....
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Pakistan to issue $1 billion worth of Panda bond in Q1 2020
The News International 29 Nov 2019
This will be the first time that the government will be assessing the Chinese capital market, which is the third largest bond market in the world,” Muhamad Aurangzeb, president and chief executive officer of Habib Bank Limited, told The News on Thursday....
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Lebanon pays $1.5bn bond payment but the wolves are at the door
Business Day 28 Nov 2019
The finance ministry issued payment instructions to the central bank, also known as Banque du Liban, the official said on condition of anonymity ... Lebanon has never defaulted on its obligations despite struggling under one of the world’s biggest debt burdens, and the central bank had repeatedly said it would cover the $1.5bn bond....
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Lebanon $1.5 billion bond payment wins time for nation in crisis
Gulf News 28 Nov 2019
The Finance Ministry issued payment instructions to the central bank, also known as Banque du Liban, the official said on condition of anonymity ... Lebanon has never defaulted on its obligations despite struggling under one of the world’s biggest debt burdens, and the central bank had repeatedly said it would cover the $1.5 billion bond....
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