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BVI Launches FATCA Reporting Platform
May 4th, 2015
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Government has told financial institutions that the deadline for registration under its newly launched Financial Account Reporting System (BVIFARS) to facilitate FATCA compliance is June 1, 2015. Financial institutions required to submit information to ...
NBAD eyes up debt deals with export credit agencies as part of international expansion plan
May 4th, 2015
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the country’s biggest lender by assets, is keen to arrange debt for export credit agencies (ECAs) as part of plans to expand its loans portfolio. “I see an increasing role for export credit ...
Russia is creating a $100 billion rival to the IMF
May 4th, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified an accord Saturday to set up a $100-billion reserve fund for the so-called BRICS — the five leading emerging economies that include Russia, China, Brazil, India and South Africa. Moscow is expected to contribute ...
Greek Nerves Turning Asian Money Off Europe, ADB Economist Says
May 4th, 2015
Asian companies are thinking twice about their dealings with European partners as jitters persist over whether Greece will splinter the euro area, the Asian Development Bank’s chief economist said. “The private sector is trying to adjust their strategy,” Shang-Jin Wei said ...
LMAX Exchange widens distribution of its TY3 liquidity by adding access via PrimeXM
April 29th, 2015
LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated MTF for global FX and the UK’s fastest growing technology firm, announced that it will widen the distribution of liquidity from its Tokyo-based matching engine via PrimeXM. The announcement comes after PrimeXM has completed ...
Deutsche Bank is to invest up to €1 billion in digital technologies
April 29th, 2015
Investment is part of the German bank’s restructuring strategy, which aims to achieve annual savings of €3.5 billion by 2020. Deutsche Bank is to invest up to €1 billion to deploy digital technologies across all of its businesses over ...
MOVES-Mills takes BofA Merrill Lynch EMEA product solutions helm
April 28th, 2015
Martin Mills has been appointed head of EMEA product solutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, according to an internal memo seen by IFR. Mills replaces John Cavanagh, who left the position at the end of March. He reports ...
ValueStream Expands FinTech Funding Up to $1.5M for Select Startups
April 27th, 2015
ValueStream is excited to announce an expansion in our FinTech funding for companies in the ValueStream Development Lab, a startup accelerator purpose-built to service the needs of innovative technology and data providers to the Financial Services industry. With our ...
MAS Strengthens Regulations against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
April 24th, 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised Notices to financial institutions (FIs) on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). The revisions are benchmarked against international best practices and the latest recommendations of the ...
ESMA is seeking information on new developments in virtual currency investment
April 22nd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a call for evidence on investments using virtual currency or distributed ledger technology. ESMA is seeking information and views from stakeholders on new developments in how virtual currency technology is ...
