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Big U.S. banks to take on tech rivals with instant payments

By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) – Depositors at some of the largest U.S. banks are finally going to get the chance to do something quick and simple: send money to another person's account instantaneously by mobile phone. “What we are doing now is delivering payments in real time, which is what our customers have asked for,” Mary Harman, managing director for payments at Bank of America, said in an interview. While technology companies like PayPal Holdings and Facebook Inc…

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Canon to buy Toshiba Medical for around $6.2 billion: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Canon Inc is set to buy Toshiba Corp's medical equipment unit for 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion), beating rival Fujifilm Holdings Corp in a hotly contested auction, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.

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Sharp’s banks set to offer additional aid as part of Foxconn deal: source

By Taro Fuse TOKYO (Reuters) – Sharp Corp's two main banks are set to lower interest rates on billions of dollars in loans and offer other financial support as part of a planned takeover by Taiwan's Foxconn, a source with direct knowledge of the plan said. The core banking units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc and Mizuho Financial Group Inc have extended the vast majority of Sharp's 510 billion yen ($4.5 billion) in syndicated loans which are…

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