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Standard Chartered launches blockchain trade finance platformMoneyAug 30, 2021Standard Chartered said Monday it has launched a blockchain-based digital trade finance platform through a joint venture with Chinese supply chain financial technology firm Linklogis. The platform n... -
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S. Korea to dole out cash handouts to ordinary people next weekEconomyAug 30, 2021South Korea said Monday it will begin providing emergency relief funds to people in the bottom 88 percent income bracket next week in the latest move to help them cope with the fallout from the pande... -
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S. Korean firms faced with 'triple whammy': surveyEconomyAug 30, 2021South Korean firms are suffering from the triple whammy of rising raw material costs, a coronavirus resurgence and an interest rate hike, a poll showed Monday. The survey of 310 large and smaller co... -
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Upbit cements market leadership in South Korea’s crypto trading sceneMarketsAug 29, 2021Amid controversial regulatory efforts being made to keep cryptocurrency trading in order, Upbit appears to have solidified its leadership in the market. Upbit retained its title as South Korea’s lar... -
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