KPMG in the UK elects new Chairman
March 3rd, 2017
Bill Michael will succeed Simon Collins, whose term as UK Chairman ends on 30th September 2017. Bill, an auditor by background, has worked for KPMG for nearly 30 years and is currently the firm’s Global Head of Banking and ...
Paysafe appoints Tim Thurman as Chief Digital Officer
March 3rd, 2017
Former Australian Stock Exchange CIO and tech leader to drive next level of Group’s digital transformation Paysafe Group plc (PAYS.L), a leading global payments provider, has appointed digital technology innovator Tim Thurman as its Chief Digital Officer, reporting to ...
Barclaycard to embed contactless payment in watches and jewellery
March 3rd, 2017
Barclaycard names new bPay partnerships to embed Contactless Payment in Watches and Jewellery Partnering DCK, with its range of ‘Tutch’ jewellery, and HK-based Tappy Technologies, a payment pioneer who embeds technology into traditional timepieces, instantly transforming them into wearable ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
Dollar, U.S. futures hold gains, Topix leads markets in Asia
March 1st, 2017
Dollar, U.S. futures hold gains, Topix leads markets in Asia Treasuries drop as odds jump for U.S. rate hike in March Dollar and equity bulls found little cause for concern in Donald Trump’s address to Congress despite a lack ...
Global (economic) warming
February 26th, 2017
If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ….any further fiscal and monetary expansion will begin to create …. economic ...
CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICERS
February 24th, 2017
New Customer Support Officers: ITALIAN, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, POLISH, HUNGARIAN, CZECH, DANISH, ARABIC, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, GERMAN SPEAKERS: Overview: Trade Finance is in our DNA. For more than 10 years, XTrade has helped global traders with access to the world’s largest ...
Wrexham Glyndwr University launches UK’s first undergraduate degree in FinTech
February 24th, 2017
US investment bankers and professionals from the Asia business world are backing the UK’s first undergraduate degree dedicated to the world of Financial Technology. Senior Vice Presidents at multi-billion dollar American investment firms Franklin Templeton and State Street have ...
Unusual: The goverment of this country complains that it is collecting too much tax
February 23rd, 2017
Sweden’s government has an unusual complaint — it is collecting too much tax. Negative rates of interest have made a number of the world’s highest taxes lots much less painful as companies and people race at hand money to ...
Two leading global law firms to merge
February 23rd, 2017
Combination brings together two leading global law firms US practice will have approximately 1,000 lawyers New York office will rank among the city’s 25 largest with more than 300 lawyers Washington, DC office will grow to more than 130 ...
