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Another R3 Exit: Spanish Bank Santander Quits Blockchain Consortium
November 23rd, 2016
The Spanish banking giant’s decision to let its R3 membership lapse is the second high-profile exit from the working group and comes in the months after it roped in Blythe Masters for a blockchain advisory role at the bank. Masters is the chief ...
ATM cybergang linked to attacks across Europe
November 23rd, 2016
A cybergang has been hacking the computer systems of European and Asian banks and forcing ATMs to spew out cash, warns security outfit Group IB. The Cobalt gang has hit unnamed banks in at least 14 countries, including Russia, ...
Spotware Systems announces a brand new Stop Out Algorithm for cTrader.
November 22nd, 2016
Spotware Systems announce that the company has revised the Stop Out algorithm used by their cTrader platforms. This new functionality is being branded as Smart Stop Out. This new Stop Out behavior adds significantly more protection to traders in ...
Goldman Sachs Drops Out of R3 Blockchain Group
November 22nd, 2016
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has dropped out of the R3 CEV LLC blockchain group. The investment bank was one of nine original members of R3, founded in 2014 to explore the use of the distributed database technology in Wall Street infrastructure. ...
Credit Suisse Faces Tax Probe Over Undeclared Accounts
November 22nd, 2016
U.S. asks why bank didn’t reveal ‘toxic’ assets, people say Bank paid record fine in 2014 for helping Americans skirt IRS When Credit Suisse AG pleaded guilty in 2014 to helping Americans cheat on their taxes, it promised to help the ...
UnionPay International and Bank of China jointly issued the first Travel Europe Themed UnionPay credit card
November 21st, 2016
On November 21, UnionPay International and Bank of China (BOC) jointly announced their joint issuance of the first Europe version of the Travel Mate. China UnionPay credit card. This is the first Travel Europe themed UnionPay credit card issued ...
Sweden could soon be the first country in the world to have its own digital currency
November 21st, 2016
Sweden’s central bank is looking into launching its own digital currency, it has revealed. If the e-krona is indeed launched, it would make the Riksbank the first major central bank in the world to have a digital currency. “The ...
The serfs have rebelled – Europe next?
November 19th, 2016
Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom described how personal freedoms are progressively eroded by the state in the name of the common good. His warning is more associated with totalitarianism and dictatorships, than modern democracies, but the statist attitudes he ...
RBS rejected Goldman, Deloitte warning over 2008 cash call, lawsuit alleges
November 17th, 2016
Just hours before Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) launched a massive cash call in 2008 to shore up its capital, the bank’s senior advisers were still discussing whether its financial figures were potentially misleading for investors, court documents allege. ...
Korea Exchange Launches Blockchain-Powered Private Market
November 17th, 2016
The Korea Exchange (KRX), South Korea’s sole securities exchange operator, has launched a new service in which equity shares of startup companies can be traded on the open market. Called the Korea Startup Market (KSM), the service is being provided in partnership ...
