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HKEX and LME announce new LME Chief Executive and leadership structure
April 24th, 2017
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and the London Metal Exchange (LME), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEX, are pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Chamberlain as Chief Executive of the LME effective immediately subject to the approval ...
SWIFT announces a new real-time payment controls service
April 13th, 2017
SWIFT today announces a new real-time payment controls service to complement and strengthen its customers’ existing fraud controls. The new fraud and cyber-crime prevention service will enable SWIFT customers to screen their payment messages according to their own chosen ...
Bitcoin touches 3-week high as Russia mulls recognizing it as a currency
April 12th, 2017
The price of a single bitcoin on Tuesday climbed to its highest level in three weeks following reports that Russian authorities might recognize the world’s most popular digital currency as a legitimate financial instrument some time next year. If ...
Thomson Reuters launched application that helps asset managers in making investing decisions
April 12th, 2017
Thomson Reuters Helps Drive Greater Accessibility to Quantitative Analysis for Buy-Side with Launch of QA Point Powered by Elsen Cloud-based QA Point enables portfolio managers to more quickly add backtest analytics into fund management Thomson Reuters has launched QA ...
Multinational law firm launches global FinTech mentors program
April 11th, 2017
Hogan Lovells is launching a Global FinTech Mentors Program, through which its most experienced Financial Services and Regulatory partners will guide FinTech organizations, at any stage of development, through their FinTech journey. FinTech mentors will be available to organizations ...
Abu Dhabi to launch FinTech Summit in October 2017
March 31st, 2017
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, is pleased to partner with PwC to launch the inaugural FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit in October 2017. The FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit, to be organised alongside with ...
Citibank refunds $5 million in credit card international transaction fees
March 31st, 2017
Citigroup Pty Limited (Citibank) has refunded approximately $5 million to around 230,000 customers, for failing to properly disclose that credit card international transaction fees apply to Australian dollar transactions where the merchant uses an entity based overseas to process ...
Thomson Reuters Collaborates with Finatext
March 30th, 2017
Thomson Reuters Collaborates with Finatext in the Development of New Investment Information Service Thomson Reuters delivers data service from FinTech firm Finatext using social media analysis of listed stocks in Japan Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of a ...
EU Commission blocks proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange
March 29th, 2017
The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse AG and London Stock Exchange Group under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission’s investigation concluded the merger would have created a de facto monopoly in the markets for ...
BDO appoints private equity partner coming from EY
March 29th, 2017
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has appointed a new private equity partner to its growing corporate finance team. Andrew Howson joins BDO’s corporate finance stream following 11 years at EY. Based in the firm’s London office, Andrew ...
