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Update on Brexit
May 14th, 2017
This article looks at the background to Brexit negotiations and concludes that Britain is negotiating from a position of strength, while the EU is increasingly in a position of financial difficulty. Not only will the European Commission be forced ...
EBRD joins SWIFT’s Know Your Customer Registry
May 9th, 2017
In a move to facilitate global and local financial flows and ensure their transparency, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed up to use SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry and is encouraging partner banks in countries ...
Global Stock Rally Lives On Amid Earnings Optimism: Markets Wrap
April 26th, 2017
Chalco profit follows results from McDonald’s, Caterpillar Japan equities climb amid yen weakness; Australian shares rise Asian stocks extended a global rally after corporate results and hopes of U.S. tax reform boosted optimism for global growth. Weakness in the ...
Asian Stocks Gain After Global Rally; Yen Weakens
April 25th, 2017
Euro holds advance following surge sparked by French elections China shares rise after selloff; investors watch North Korea Asian equities extended a global rally as Chinese shares climbed after a selloff and North Korean artillery drills did little to ...
Euro Jumps on French Result; China Selloff Resumes: Markets Wrap
April 24th, 2017
Investors bet on Macron victory after first round of voting Yen slides, U.S. futures advance while Shanghai shares slump A relief rally amid speculation that pro-growth centrist Emmanuel Macron will become France’s next president was offset by a selloff in ...
Silicon Valley Bank and First Data launch fintech accelerator
April 11th, 2017
Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, and First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, today announced their collaboration on Commerce.Innovated., an accelerator designed to help commerce, payments and fintech ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
Stocks Fall in Asia After Fed Balance-Sheet Signal
April 6th, 2017
Bloomberg Dollar index erases Wednesday loss; yen rises again Treasury yields steady as pace of U.S. hikes questioned Stocks slid in Asia and futures in the U.S. ticked lower after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed that ...
How hackers took complete control of a legit Brazilian bank
April 5th, 2017
A Brazilian bank had its entire IT operations taken over by hackers in a ‘stunning compromise’ that saw each of its 36 domains, corporate email and DNS under the attacker’s control. The three-month long heist was uncovered last October ...
Asia Stocks Mixed on Final Day of Stellar Quarter: Markets Wrap
March 31st, 2017
Rand extends loss after South Africa finance minister fired Dollar maintains gains after Fed officials adopt hawkish tone Asian stocks retreated as investors pulled back on the final day of the biggest quarterly advance in five years for the ...