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U.S. Banks Say Soaring Dollar Puts Them at Disadvantage
February 9th, 2015
Firms Say They May Be Forced to Hold More Capital Than Foreign Rivals The strengthening U.S. dollar is rippling through the financial system in unexpected ways, revealing what bankers say is a hidden flaw in a Federal Reserve proposal ...
HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions (Video)
February 9th, 2015
Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files lift lid on questionable practices at subsidiary of one of world’s biggest financial institutions. HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of ...
Yanis Varoufakis expresses surprise at free market endorsement
February 5th, 2015
Here’s why Adam Smith Institute agrees with Syriza The world’s most interesting finance minister has expressed his surprise at being backed one of Britain’s leading free-market think-tanks. Yanis Varoufakis, the man appointed by Greece’s radical left wing party Syriza ...
Eligibility of Greek bonds used as collateral in Eurosystem monetary policy operations
February 5th, 2015
European Central Bank: 4 February 2015 ECB’s Governing Council lifts current waiver of minimum credit rating requirements for marketable instruments issued or guaranteed by the Hellenic Republic Suspension is in line with existing Eurosystem rules, since it is currently ...
Blackwell Global named Best Forex Brokerage and Best for Innovative Online Trading Solutions in Cyprus
February 4th, 2015
Blackwell Global, an online trading solutions provider, announced that: Is proud to take top spot in two categories in the 2014 Finance Awards. Wealth & Finance International magazine has named Blackwell Global Best Forex Brokerage Cyprus and Best for ...
First Derivatives announced on MongoDB
January 29th, 2015
First Derivatives Deploys Reference Data Management Solution on MongoDB to Radically Change the Way Capital Markets Information is Processed. First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, today announced that its ...
What Would Exclusion From Payment System SWIFT Mean For Russia?
January 29th, 2015
Discussions among European leaders about new sanctions on Moscow have again raised fears that the SWIFT international payments system might be cut off, a move that experts warn would wreak financial havoc on Russia. The Society for Worldwide Interbank ...
China’s yuan joins top 5 most-used global currencies
January 28th, 2015
China’s yuan has become one of the five most widely used currencies in global payments, an international financial transactions agency announced today. The yuan passed the Canadian and Australian dollars in popularity in December, according to the Society for ...
Dion’s FATCA TRAC goes global
January 27th, 2015
After signing its 13th FATCA deal, Dion Global Solutions (Dion), can now boast total global coverage, with sales to international banks across 4 continents and supporting FATCA compliance in 80 jurisdictions. FATCA TRAC now serves clients across all the ...
Federal Reserve Issues “Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System”
January 27th, 2015
The Federal Reserve today issued “Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System,” which presents a multi-faceted plan for collaborating with payment system stakeholders including large and small businesses, emerging payments firms, card networks, payment processors, consumers and financial institutions ...
