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Major US banks come up with $30bn to rescue First Republic

Eleven US major private banks have confirmed they have launched a thirty-billion-dollar rescue package for First Republic Bank.

Eleven US major private banks have confirmed they have launched a thirty-billion-dollar rescue package for First Republic Bank.

And what about those who never use banks at all? We hear about the challenges for the billions of unbanked people and businesses around the world.

Protests in Paris as the French president pushes through controversial plans to raise the pension age to 64.

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(Picture: A pedestrian walks by a First Republic Bank office in San Francisco, California. Source: Getty Images)

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Thu 16 Mar 2023 22:32GMT

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