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Dollar Weakens as Muted Prospects for Fed Rate Hike Boost Gold
August 10th, 2016
Bonds gain as odds of a 2016 U.S. rate increase stay below 50% Asian stocks near one-year high as Hang Seng Index climbs The dollar weakened on speculation the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise interest rates amid ...
Innotribe expands at Sibos as innovation chat moves centre stage
August 8th, 2016
Innotribe, the innovation arm of Swift, is expanding its capacity at the messaging co-operative’s annual Sibos jamboree by 50%, but don’t expect any chat about distributed ledger technologies, which has now been swallowed up by the mainstream event. Reflecting ...
Jack Ma Is Opening His Wallet to Europe But Not to Europeans
August 8th, 2016
Payments powerhouse Alipay ramps up search for retail partners Targets Chinese tourists, expats; no offer for local consumers Jack Ma will set a bag aside for you at your favorite Paris store or hail you a ride in Rome ...
The Rich Get Richer as Billionaires Increase in Number
August 8th, 2016
Whatever the world’s economic and market turbulence last year, one group has held up well: billionaires. The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires, defined as individuals with a net worth of $1 billion or above, increased by 5.4% to ...
Planet Payment Announces Second Quarter 2016 Results
August 4th, 2016
Planet Payment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLPM), a provider of international payment and transaction processing and multi-currency processing services, today announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2016 Total revenue ...
CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume of 14.1 Million Contracts per Day in July 2016
August 3rd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that July 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 14.1 million contracts per day, up 10 percent from July 2015. CME Group July 2016 options volume averaged 3.2 million contracts per day, up 9 ...
UnionPay takes top spot from Visa in $22 trillion global cards market
July 25th, 2016
Having been the largest scheme worldwide for card numbers since 2010, UnionPay overtook Visa to also become the largest by value of card payments in 2015 Payment cards worldwide increase by 8% to reach 13 billion in 2015 New ...
International tourism on the rise; What is the increase by region
July 21st, 2016
2016 started on a strong note for international tourism. International tourist arrivals grew by 5% between January and April 2016 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Results were robust across almost all subregions and many destinations reported ...
Invoice fraud costs developing countries billions
July 20th, 2016
Some developing countries are losing as much as 67% of their exports to invoice fraud, according to research commissioned by the United Nations (UN), which claims that the over-and-under invoicing of trade transactions over the past two decades has ...
Asian Stocks Near Three-Month High as Yuan Rises With Crude Oil
July 20th, 2016
Commodity shares decline amid a retreat in industrial metals Hong Kong equity index set for bull market as yuan gains Asian stocks rose with European equity index futures as positive earnings reports from some of the world’s biggest companies ...
