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Lists of Places are mostly arbitrary. Where's Milano, Bruxelles and Amsterdam? All worthy of mention as European financial hubs. What about cities outside Europe? Certainly, you cannot ignore the influence of New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and many, many others! Let's not make this a who's who listing war and eliminate that aspect all together. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.6.233.239 (talk • contribs) .

Absolutely right. This article seems a little biased to me, on top of the fact that it is completely linkless and of no real interest when you just have to go to Global city to get a much more complete though (certainly) also biased listing of financial centres plus all other domains. Also why only European centres? If you only want to talk about them, rename the article to European Finacial Centres. It's only fair. ~Europe isn't the centre of the world! Daniel Montin 12:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The topic is GLOBAL -- not European or regional -- financial centers. I have changed the opening paragraph where the Global Financial Centres Index is described as the most famous, to reflect (I think more accurately) that it is simply new. If anyone feels strongly and wants to revert, here is what I replaced:

One of the most commonly accepted standards to determine how a city is ranked as a financial centre is the Global Financial Centres Index by City of London Corporation, which is updated annually.DOR (HK) (talk) 06:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)DOR (HK) Jan 24, 2008[reply]

It is probably also worth pointing out that 65% of all respondents to the GFCI were based in London . . . DOR (HK) (talk) 07:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)DOR (HK) Jan 24, 2008[reply]

- - I added Charlotte, NC in for the fact that the city is the headquarters for Bank of America and Wachovia, not to mention other regional banks and numerous fortune 500 companies. Last I check it was 2nd largest financial center in the U.S. after New York City.---outintheRED (not signed in)

Seoul?

Wheres seoul korea? Is Seoul Korea not the base city for some of the biggest conglomerates in the world, including the Samsung Group, Hyundai, and LG? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegoldbar (talk • contribs) 04:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 It is probably also worth pointing out that 65% of all respondents to the GFCI were based in London . . . [[User:DOR (HK)|DOR (HK)]] ([[User talk:DOR (HK)|talk]]) 07:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)DOR (HK) Jan 24, 2008
+***I added Charlotte, NC in for the fact that the city is the headquarters for Bank of America and Wachovia, not to mention other regional banks and numerous fortune 500 companies. Last I check it was 2nd largest financial center in the U.S. after New York City.---outintheRED (not signed in)
 == Seoul? ==