August 18, 2025

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With budgets already approved, some Pa. school districts are banking on cyber charter reform • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Public school districts across Pennsylvania faced a deadline of June 30 to approve a budget for the coming fiscal year. Many balanced their budgets, banking on the legislature’s approval of a proposal that would save their districts more than $600 million in cyber charter school tuition. But if the legislation to cap taxpayer-funded tuition for

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UBF reaffirms commitment to strengthen digital infrastructure of financial and banking sector

Abu Dhabi- Dubai, United Arab Emirates: The UAE Banks Federation (UBF), the sole representative and unified voice of UAE banks, reiterated its commitment to strengthen digital infrastructure of the financial and banking sector and combat various types of financial crime and its full support for all efforts and initiatives of the Central Bank of the UAE

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Bangladesh Banking Reform Roadmap 2025 | Banking reform roadmap crucial for stability, confidence

Bangladesh’s three-year plan for banking sector reform is a long-overdue and highly welcome move. We understand that the roadmap seeks to restore stability and regain public confidence in the financial sector. The roadmap shows the government’s commitment to overhauling bankruptcy law, improving NPL resolution, crisis management, and governance, which is praiseworthy. It lays out a

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Kasikorn Private Banking launches new tool to empower RMs

The new digital solution is designed to enhance the advisory services for high-net-worth clients. BANGKOK, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Synpulse8, the technology arm of Synpulse, is proud to announce the successful implementation of a bespoke front-end relationship manager (RM) tool, based on Synpulse8 Wealth Cockpit, at Kasikornbank (KBank) Private Banking in Thailand. This milestone

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Vietnamese banking sector a rising ASEAN dragon

Samir Dixit, global head Acorn Management Consulting This drive for growth is complemented by improving profitability metrics, with analysts forecasting a healthy return on assets of around 1.55-1.60 per cent, buoyed by an expanding net interest margin. However, this aggressive expansion is not without its challenges, primarily the persistent concerns over asset quality linked to

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Belgium adopts Nigerian-inspired banking standard, trails nearly a decade behind

In a significant move aimed at boosting financial integrity, Belgium has formally adopted a key banking security measure long standard in Nigeria’s financial ecosystem: the Biometric Verification Number (BVN) framework. Effective July 1, 2025, Belgian banks are required to verify that the name of a transfer recipient matches the provided account number before processing online

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Kasikorn Private Banking launches front end tool developed by Synpulse8, empowering Relationship Managers

Using the Synpulse8 Wealth Cockpit as a baseline, the KBank Private Banking and Synpulse team delivered a bespoke RM front-end tool to manage the end-to-end Private Banking customer investment journey. BANGKOK, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Synpulse8, the technology arm of Synpulse, is proud to announce the successful implementation of a bespoke front-end relationship manager

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Hong Kong’s Digital Banking User Experience Survey 2025

Nearly a Quarter of Respondents Have a Poor Impression of Digital Banks Only 30% of Users Prefer Digital Banks for Financial Management HONG KONG, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ECHO ASIA, in collaboration with students from Global Business Studies, CUHK Business School, is pleased to announce the release of the Hong Kong’s Digital Banking User

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Finance Minister Nicola Willis eyeing tax settings for banking sector ahead of potential election-year changes

One line says: “You and the Minister of Revenue commissioned Inland Revenue to review whether income tax settings are applying correctly to banks for potential consideration at Budget 2026.″ Following questions from the Herald, the Finance Minister said that as part of its work to address the cost of living, the Government “is taking action

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After wrong-footing her doubters with a £2.7bn swoop on rival TSB, meet the most powerful woman in British banking

The most powerful woman in British banking is now Ana Botin, a glamorous and hugely clever Spanish mother-of-three, and a skilled golfer. As executive chairman of Banco Santander, Spain’s number one bank, Botin is known as a winner in the poker game of finance. Last week, she entered British banking’s big league after orchestrating a

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