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  "data_version": "seed-0.6 · 2026-08-29",
  "source": "https://finance.foundation",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
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      "exchange": "nyse",
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      "exchange": "nyse",
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      "exchange": "nyse",
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      "sector": "Financials",
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      "website": "https://www.blackrock.com",
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      "description": "World's largest asset manager (over $11tn AUM); iShares ETFs and the Aladdin risk platform.",
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      "exchange": "nyse",
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      "website": "https://www.goldmansachs.com",
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      "ticker": "COIN",
      "exchange": "nasdaq",
      "country": "united-states",
      "sector": "Financials",
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      "exchange": "lse",
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      "website": "https://www.hsbc.com",
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      "description": "Europe's largest bank by assets, with its profit center in Asia; trade finance and wealth.",
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      "ticker": "1398",
      "exchange": "hkex",
      "country": "china",
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      "website": "https://www.icbc.com.cn",
      "founded": 1984,
      "description": "World's largest bank by total assets; state-controlled universal bank.",
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      "ticker": "WFC",
      "exchange": "nyse",
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      "website": "https://www.wellsfargo.com",
      "founded": 1852,
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      "name": "Morgan Stanley",
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      "exchange": "nyse",
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      "sector": "Financials",
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      "website": "https://www.morganstanley.com",
      "founded": 1935,
      "description": "Global investment bank that has shifted toward fee-based wealth and asset management, overseeing several trillion dollars in client assets alongside its institutional securities arm.",
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      "name": "American Express",
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      "ticker": "AXP",
      "exchange": "nyse",
      "country": "united-states",
      "sector": "Financials",
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      "website": "https://www.americanexpress.com",
      "founded": 1850,
      "description": "Closed-loop card network and lender to affluent consumers and small businesses, earning revenue from merchant discount fees, annual card fees and lending.",
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      "name": "S&P Global",
      "legal_name": "S&P Global Inc.",
      "ticker": "SPGI",
      "exchange": "nyse",
      "country": "united-states",
      "sector": "Financials",
      "industry": "Financial data, ratings & indices",
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      "currency": "USD",
      "website": "https://www.spglobal.com",
      "founded": 1860,
      "description": "Owner of S&P Global Ratings (the largest credit-rating agency), the S&P 500 family of indices, and market-data platforms including S&P Capital IQ and Platts.",
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      "name": "Allianz",
      "legal_name": "Allianz SE",
      "ticker": "ALV",
      "exchange": "xetra",
      "country": "germany",
      "sector": "Financials",
      "industry": "Insurance and asset management",
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      "currency": "EUR",
      "website": "https://www.allianz.com",
      "founded": 1890,
      "description": "Munich-based insurer founded in 1890 and one of the world's largest by premiums, spanning property-casualty, life and health insurance. Its PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors units make it a top global asset manager.",
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      "ticker": "MUV2",
      "exchange": "xetra",
      "country": "germany",
      "sector": "Financials",
      "industry": "Reinsurance",
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      "website": "https://www.munichre.com",
      "founded": 1880,
      "description": "The world's largest reinsurer, founded in Munich in 1880, covering catastrophe, life and specialty risks worldwide. Also owns the primary insurer ERGO.",
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      "name": "Adyen",
      "legal_name": "Adyen N.V.",
      "ticker": "ADYEN",
      "exchange": "euronext",
      "country": "netherlands",
      "sector": "Financials",
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      "website": "https://www.adyen.com",
      "founded": 2006,
      "description": "Amsterdam-based payments platform founded in 2006 that processes online, mobile and in-store transactions on a single stack for merchants such as Uber, Spotify and McDonald's. Listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 2018.",
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      "name": "ING",
      "legal_name": "ING Groep N.V.",
      "ticker": "INGA",
      "exchange": "euronext",
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      "sector": "Financials",
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      "website": "https://www.ing.com",
      "founded": 1991,
      "description": "Dutch banking group formed in 1991 from the merger of NMB Postbank and Nationale-Nederlanden, now a largely digital retail and wholesale bank across Europe. A pioneer of branchless direct banking.",
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      "name": "AIA Group",
      "legal_name": "AIA Group Limited",
      "ticker": "1299",
      "exchange": "hkex",
      "country": "hong-kong",
      "sector": "Financials",
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      "founded": 1919,
      "description": "Pan-Asian life insurer headquartered in Hong Kong, operating across 18 markets in Asia-Pacific. Spun out of AIG and listed in 2010 in one of Hong Kong's largest-ever IPOs.",
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      "legal_name": "Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.",
      "ticker": "2318",
      "exchange": "hkex",
      "country": "china",
      "sector": "Financials",
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      "website": "https://group.pingan.com",
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      "exchange": "nse-india",
      "country": "india",
      "sector": "Financials",
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      "founded": 1994,
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      "legal_name": "Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation",
      "ticker": "1120",
      "exchange": "tadawul",
      "country": "saudi-arabia",
      "sector": "Financials",
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      "exchange": "asx",
      "country": "australia",
      "sector": "Financials",
      "industry": "Retail & commercial banking",
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      "website": "https://www.commbank.com.au",
      "founded": 1911,
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      "exchange": "tsx",
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      "sector": "Financials",
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      "website": "https://www.rbc.com",
      "founded": 1864,
      "description": "Canada's largest bank and one of its two most valuable listed companies (trading places with Shopify), spanning retail banking, capital markets and wealth management, with a significant US presence via City National. Acquired HSBC Canada in 2024.",
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      "exchange": "tsx",
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      "sector": "Financials",
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      "currency": "CAD",
      "website": "https://www.brookfield.com",
      "founded": 1899,
      "description": "Toronto-based owner-operator of real assets — infrastructure, renewables, real estate and private equity — and majority owner of listed manager Brookfield Asset Management, with roughly $1 trillion of assets under management across the group.",
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