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5 ways the World Economic Forum says Artificial intelligence is changing banking
September 13th, 2018
Artificial intelligence has been a focus of discussions at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, over the past few years, so the organization decided to partner with Deloitte Consulting on a study that sought to “cut ...
EU voted in favor of controversial copyright laws; The internet could be changed forever
September 13th, 2018
The EU has voted on copyright reform (again), with members of European Parliament this time voting in favor of the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13. The 438 to 226 vote, described as “the worst possible outcome” by some ...
Online payment services make big IPO waves this year; Global IPO rankings in 2018
September 11th, 2018
The over $5 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong of Xiaomi, the world’s No. 4 smartphone maker, may have made the biggest splash in the global initial public offering market in the first half of the year, but ...
European stocks finished deep in the red; The biggest losers in Europe
September 5th, 2018
European stocks finished Tuesday deep in the red, amid fears of a crisis in emerging markets and trade tensions between the U.S. and major economies. The pan-European Stoxx 600 slipped to a two-month low during trade, finishing the session ...
Rakuten e-commerce giant buys a bitcoin exchange
September 3rd, 2018
Rakuten, Inc., the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest by sales, announced that it decided to acquire everybody’s bitcoin Inc. (hereinafter “everybody’s bitcoin”) through its subsidiary, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. The acquisition is based on ...
European banks exposed to Turkey’s currency crisis
August 14th, 2018
Turkey’s economic crisis poses a threat to European banks with business in the country. Spain’s BBVA, Italy’s UniCredit, France’s BNP Paribas, Dutch bank ING and Britain’s HSBC are the most exposed to Turkey and vulnerable to its free-falling currency. ...
EU prepares crackdown on ‘citizenship for sale’
August 14th, 2018
Brussels is preparing to crack down on EU governments, including Malta and Cyprus, that award citizenship to rich people from outside the bloc, as concerns mount about so-called dirty money from Russia. Vera Jourova, the EU’s commissioner for justice, ...
KPMG Report on Fintech: Global investment in Fintech is going gangbusters
August 9th, 2018
KPMG has published their Pulse of Fintech report highlighting global Fintech activity for the first half of 2018. According to KPMG, global investment in Fintech is going gangbusters as “Fintech market activity worldwide gained momentum during the first half ...
Macroeconomics Has Lost Its Way
August 3rd, 2018
The father of modern macroeconomics was Keynes. Before Keynes there were macro considerations, which were firmly grounded in human action, the personal preferences and choices exercised by individuals in the context of their own earnings and profits. In ...
The yen climbed, gold price increased; Key financial events coming up this week
July 23rd, 2018
The yen climbed and Japanese government bonds slid on speculation that the Bank of Japan may debate some fine tuning in its stimulus policy. Asian stocks were mixed. The rise in Japan’s 10-year benchmark bond yield matched the biggest ...