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Bitcoin graduate Circle launches free social payment app in UK with Barclays
April 6th, 2016
Circle, the leading digital payments company which uses the blockchain as a settlement rail, is launching a social payment app in the UK with the help of Barclays. It’s the first time the Financial Conduct Authority has granted an ...
RBI:India Cuts Rates,First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17
April 5th, 2016
Part A: Monetary Policy Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 ...
Financial Policy Committee statement from its policy meeting, 23 March 2016
March 29th, 2016
1. The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) assesses the outlook for financial stability by identifying the risks faced by the financial system and weighing them against the resilience of the system. In doing so, its aim is to ...
Latest update on Alpari UK: Notice of proposed to make a second interim distribution
March 23rd, 2016
KPMG, Administrators of Alpari (UK) Limited, has issued an announcement to inform regarding a proposal to make a second interim distribution to the unsecured creditors of the Company within two months from 18 April 2016. Below is the announcement as ...
Dollar rises as Brussels attacks weaken European currencies
March 23rd, 2016
Dollar rises as euro weakens; yen rises on risk aversion Sterling off 1 pct on fears of rising ‘Brexit’ possibility Dollar index extends rebound from five-month trough The dollar rose on Tuesday as the euro and sterling weakened following ...
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion
March 17th, 2016
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 16 March 2016, the MPC voted ...
Mark Carney: EU exit is ‘biggest domestic risk’
March 9th, 2016
The possibility of Britain leaving the EU is the “biggest domestic risk to financial stability”, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said. He told the Treasury Committee that an exit vote could create economic uncertainty, although he added ...
London Stock Exchange Group Preliminary Results For The Year Ended 31 December 2015
March 8th, 2016
Unless stated otherwise, all figures in the highlights below relate to performance for 12 months to 31 December 2015 and comparisons with the prior 12 month period (unaudited) Continued delivery of successful strategy – Group strongly positioned to make ...
Deutsche Bank: It’s time to buy gold
February 29th, 2016
Gold is still expensive, but rising economic risks and market turmoil mean investors should buy it for insurance, Deutsche Bank said Friday. The recovery since the global and European financial crises had put theprice of gold under some pressure. The ...
China shares drop, with the Shanghai Composite tumbling more than 5%
February 25th, 2016
China markets tumbled Thursday, extending a long rout, but some Asian markets posted gains following Wall Street’s reversal of sharp intraday losses overnight on the back of higher oil prices. Concerns were raised over China this week after the People’s ...
