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Pedro Castro e Almeida has been appointed to replace Antonio Simoes, who has been hired as the new CEO of Britain’s Legal and General Group (LGEN.L) for Bank, Santander. Santander said on Thursday it has appointed Castro e Almeida as regional head for Europe as the Spanish bank bets on the region to drive growth. As regional chief, Castro e Almeida will be responsible for the bank’s units in Europe, including its businesses in Spain, Britain, Poland and Portugal, the bank said. Castro e Almeida will lead the transformation in the region and report to the group’s CEO, Hector Grisi,…

The European Union took an important step on Wednesday toward passing what would be one of the first major laws to regulate artificial intelligence, a potential model for policymakers around the world as they grapple with how to put guardrails on the rapidly developing technology. The European Parliament, a main legislative branch of the European Union, passed a draft law known as the A.I. Act, which would put new restrictions on what are seen as the technology’s riskiest uses. It would severely curtail uses of facial recognition software, while requiring makers of A.I. systems like the ChatGPT chatbot to disclose…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), organized a regional capacity building workshop for Master Trainers from Business Associations on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from 6 – 8 June 2023 in Abuja – Nigeria. In her remarks, Madame Massandjé Toure-Litse, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, highlighted the need for West African businesses to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the African continental market. She reiterated the commitment of the ECOWAS Commission to support the Private Sector…

    President Joe Biden’s re-election bid on Wednesday, received an endorsement from a collection of the leading and big spending environmental groups in an early sign that he has consolidated their support despite some recent policy moves that angered climate activists.     The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, billionaire Tom Steyer’s NextGen PAC, NRDC Action Fund and the Sierra Club endorsed Biden during an LCV dinner in Washington. This is the first time the four groups have ever jointly announced a presidential endorsement, according to the Biden campaign.     “Together, we’ve made a lot of…

John Cena has come a long way from the ring to movie debut and DC Extended Universe. But the star got his big break in Hollywood by appearing in the Fast series. Appearing alongside some of the biggest action stars like Vin Diesel completely changed his persona in the eyes of the mainstream public. Just like how Fast Five was instrumental in Dwayne Johnson’s career, the same could happen with Cena’s career. But unlike Johnson, Cena has always talked about Diesel in a positive light. Being the brother of Diesel’s character in the movie puts that much pressure…

Freetown: With the Freetown Mayoral Elections only a few weeks away, a new poll shows Gento Mohammed Kamara is keeping his lead over counterpart Yvonne Aki-Sawyer amidst weeks of political campaigns. In a recent survey by international  independent body, Reputation Poll International (RPI), 53% of respondents said they would vote for Gento and 44% would vote his counterpart, Yvonne. However, 3% were undecided. The urban area Poll revealed that Gento Kamara, who is candidate for Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is ahead of All People’s Congress’ (APC) Aki-Sawyer, who despite incumbency falls behind in the survey. Should the results of…

A new €300 million lending agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and BNG Bank will facilitate low-cost financing for Dutch public sector entities. The loan follows a memorandum of understanding between the two financial institutions, which stipulates that they will exchange knowledge and experience with the goal of stimulating public investments in the Netherlands. Under the agreement, the EIB is making €300 million available to BNG Bank, which commits itself to on-lend the amount on favourable terms mainly to healthcare and educational institutions. Since the EIB typically only finances up to 50% of the total cost of a project,…

Earlier this week, N26 announced the appointment of international regulatory compliance and governance professional Déborah Carlson-Burkart to its Group Supervisory Board. Déborah will reportedly work closely “with existing board members Marcus W. Mosen, Jörg Gerbig, Dr. Barbara Roth and Dr. Julian Deutz, as well as N26’s senior management team.” A respected professional in the finance, banking and insurance space, Déborah brings decades of experience “in the legal, corporate governance and compliance fields to her role.” A qualified lawyer, LL.M. and certified board member, she sits “on the boards of Swiss aerospace innovator RUAG International and insurer VISANA Group.” Additionally, Déborah is “a guest lecturer in Corporate Governance and Compliance for the University of…

Nera Lešić is already well known in the world, and just one of the successes of this young entrepreneur is her sixth appearance at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. During the festival, Nera shined on as many as five red carpets, she had the honor of wearing the fasion shows of famous designers during the festival, which further emphasized her impeccable sense of fashion and trends, providing extraordinary inspiration to fashion enthusiasts around the world with her appearance and style. Nera Lesic was also named one of the best dressed during the Cannes Film Festival along Naomi Campbell and Scarlett…

May 31 (UPI) — Efforts to control inflation in the European economy run the risk of creating “vulnerabilities” in the banking sector, where conditions remain fragile, the vice president of the European Central Bank said Wednesday. The ECB highlighted potential economic risks in the May 2023 Financial Stability Review published Wednesday. Concerns about the health of the global financial sector emerged in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in California in March. Looming fears about a repeat of the recession from the mid-2000s spread to other financial institutions, leading to a shotgun wedding of sorts between…