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Libor Trial Hears Global Banks Submitted Skewed Data
June 9th, 2015
Numerous banks told the British Bankers’ Association they deliberately submitted inaccurate data, court at Tom Hayes trial is told A succession of global banks told a British trade association in 2005 and 2006 that they and their rivals were ...
PwC appoints new UK and global banking and capital markets leaders
June 8th, 2015
PwC has appointed Simon Hunt as its new UK banking and capital markets leader. Kevin Burrowes, who remains the UK firm’s financial services leader, has additionally been appointed as global banking and capital markets leader across the PwC international ...
Investors Start To Panic As A Global Bond Market Crash Begins
June 4th, 2015
Is the financial collapse that so many are expecting in the second half of 2015 already starting? Many have believed that we would see bonds crash before the stock market crashes, and that is precisely what is happening right ...
BitGold platform enables people to use Gold as a store of value and medium of payments
May 6th, 2015
BitGold Inc. has issued a press release to announce the public launch of the BitGold platform. BitGold is inviting people everywhere to open free accounts, build savings, and make payments with securely vaulted gold – fully insured with no ...
Hogan Lovells Advises Optimal Payments Plc on €1.1 Billion Transformational Skrill Acquisition
March 24th, 2015
Hogan Lovells has advised Optimal Payments Plc on the €1.1 billion acquisition of Sentinel Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (Skrill Group) from Sentinel Group Holdings S.A, which is ultimately majority owned by funds managed and advised by CVC Capital ...
GT Nexus selects Deutsche Bank for global cash management
March 6th, 2015
Deutsche Bank today announced its appointment as a global cash management bank for GT Nexus, the world’s largest cloud-based business network and execution platform for global trade and supply chain management. Deutsche Bank’s international cash management platform now offers ...
Citi and MasterCard Sign New Global Agreement That Expands Relationship
March 4th, 2015
Citi to Align Majority of Consumer Proprietary Credit and Debit Portfolios to MasterCard Citigroup (NYSE: C) and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) announced today that the companies have signed a new and expanded 10-year agreement. Citi will begin aligning the company’s ...
Global dividend income hits new record of $1.167 trillion
February 17th, 2015
The total dividend income paid to shareholders around the world rose by 11% last year to $1.167 trillion, according to investment firm Henderson Global Investors. The biggest increase in cash payouts came from US firms at $52bn. Henderson said ...
KCG announces sale of KCG Hotspot to BATS Global Markets
January 29th, 2015
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) issued an announcement that: It has entered into a definitive agreement to sell KCG’s spot FX trading venue, KCG Hotspot, to BATS Global Markets. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second ...
China’s yuan joins top 5 most-used global currencies
January 28th, 2015
China’s yuan has become one of the five most widely used currencies in global payments, an international financial transactions agency announced today. The yuan passed the Canadian and Australian dollars in popularity in December, according to the Society for ...
