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Central Banks Will Be Busy This Week, But Their Ability To Boost Global Business Is In Doubt
April 27th, 2015
Most big central banks have been easing policy since the beginning of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, which has pushed stock markets to record highs, will help ...
European Investment Bank rolls out the Investmet Plan for Europe
April 23rd, 2015
The first projects and transactions earmarked for benefitting from an EU budget guarantee under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) have been approved by the Boards of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) ...
China to open bank card clearing market to foreign firms from June
April 22nd, 2015
China has announced it will open up its market for clearing domestic bank card transactions, a move that should allow foreign players such as Visa Inc (V.N) and MasterCard Inc (MA.N) direct access to a market valued at $6.84 ...
CurrencyFair, World’s Leading Person-To-Person Currency Exchange Marketplace, Raises €10 Million
April 17th, 2015
The dominant person-to-person currency transfer platform operating in the £2k plus marketplace, secures €10 million round investment led by Octopus Investments. CurrencyFair has today announced it has raised a €10 million funding round, led by Octopus Investments. CurrencyFair was the first ...
RiskIQ Highlights Digital Threats to Banks
April 16th, 2015
More than 60% of assets sit outside the firewall in 35 top banks, according to the latest RiskIQ security report Security specialist RiskIQ says the growth in digital business is producing an increasing threat to banks across the world, ...
FCA fines The Bank of New York Mellon
April 15th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority of UK issued a press release to inform that: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined The Bank of New York Mellon London Branch (BNYMLB) and The Bank of New York Mellon International Limited ...
India is world’s fastest growing major economy. Can it last?
April 15th, 2015
India is looking like the success story of 2015. Its economy is growing faster than China‘s this year, and the most of any major economy in the world. It will surpass Russia‘s this year in size and nearly equal ...
Central Banks decisions for the week Apri 13 – April 18
April 13th, 2015
This week (April 13 through April 18) central banks from seven countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Singapore, Indonesia, Poland, Canada, euro area, Namibia and Chile. Following table includes the name of ...
Central Banks at Zero Failing to Turbocharge Effect of Cheap Oil
April 9th, 2015
Central bankers unable to cut interest rates are failing to turbocharge the effect of declining oil prices. Economists at Oxford Economics Ltd., a U.K.-based research group, say policy makers may be damping hopes that last year’s near-halving of crude ...
Islamic Banking Lands In The Heart Of Europe
April 8th, 2015
Germany’s first Sharia-compliant bank wants to revolutionize the finance sector of the European economic juggernaut. Investment in businesses related to alcohol and gambling are prohibited, as is the practice of charging interest, and Muslim and non-Muslim customers are welcome. ...