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Russian President Vladimir Putin Addresses Digital Currency
July 15th, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued his first remarks on bitcoin and digital currencies in an educational forum broadcast on domestic TV network Russia 24. Local news sources including Gazeta, state-operated news agency RIA and TASS are reporting Putin ...
China Growth Beats Economists’ Forecast as Stimulus Kicks In
July 15th, 2015
China’s economic growth proved resilient in the second quarter as policy makers stepped up support and a stock market boom — since soured — spurred services. Gross domestic product rose 7 percent in the three months through June from ...
EY to build 200-strong data scientist team in Madrid to focus on data in financial services
July 14th, 2015
The Global Innovation Center will launch with 50 data scientists and aims to grow to a 200-strong team in Madrid EY also plans to recruit a further 300 data scientists across Europe Only 7% of financial services firms claim ...
Is Bitcoin Unsustainable, and How Can It Be Made Sustainable?
July 9th, 2015
“Bitcoin Is Unsustainable,” claims the title of a provocative essay by Motherboardcontributor Christopher Malmo that has spurred considerable debate. Malmo’s central thesis is that Bitcoin uses way too much electricity. The essay opens with a future scenario that, in view ...
Chinese shares fall another 8% despite more measures
July 8th, 2015
Mainland Chinese shares continued to slide on Wednesday, falling more than 8% on opening. The slump came despite more moves by China’s regulators to try and stabilise the recently volatile market. The Shanghai Composite had recovered some losses by ...
Bitcoin: What you didn’t know but always wanted to ask
July 7th, 2015
A new technology for the banking world: “The internet of money” In 2008, an individual or group writing under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper that described a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash that “would allow online ...
Internal Audit of the Future: Nimble, Flexible
July 7th, 2015
IIA’s 2015 Global Pulse report urges broader, more flexible approach to risk Internal audit departments need to demonstrate flexibility and agility to address today’s complex and dynamic business challenges, but a new report from The IIA finds much remains to ...
Codename Citicoin: Banking giant built three internal blockchains to test Bitcoin technology
July 3rd, 2015
Citigroup, the global advisor of multi-nationals and governments, has been using its scale and reach in some surprising ways, such as conducting transactions on mobiles without bank accounts in Kenya, and developing blockchains within the bank and test-coins to ...
There’s a simple solution to Greece’s problems, but Europe won’t try it
July 2nd, 2015
An interview by Ezra Klein Adam Posen is president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and, like every international economist right now, he’s glued to the drama in Greece. There is, he says, a simple solution to the ...
Plus500: Trading and Remediation Update
June 30th, 2015
Plus500, a leading online service provider for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, today announces the following Trading and Remediation update. Trading As at close of business on 27 June 2015, the last practicable date, the Group had achieved ...
