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Asia Stocks Fall With Oil, Copper as Yuan Weakens; Aussie Jumps
June 1st, 2016
Crude oil sinks below $49 before OPEC meets Thursday Korean bonds rally as export slump weighs on the won Asian stocks retreated with commodities and the yuan weakened as Chinese manufacturing data pointed to lackluster growth in the world’s ...
Arab world could see US$69 billion in online payment transactions per annum by 2020
May 31st, 2016
PAYFORT State of Payments 2016 report confirms Saudi Arabia and UAE as fastest growing markets for online payment transactions, with 23% average growth across the region PAYFORT, the leading online payment service provider in the Arab world, has announced ...
FTSE 100 propelled higher by strong Asian lead
May 31st, 2016
U.K. stocks kicked off the holiday-shortened trading week slightly higher, with investors taking inspiration from Asia, where Chinese stocks surged by the most in almost three months. The FTSE 100 index UKX, -0.17% rose 0.2% to 6,283.68, setting it on track for ...
AMF France is creating a FinTech division
May 31st, 2016
The AMF announces the creation of a FinTech, Innovation and Competitiveness division headed by Franck Guiader The AMF is creating a separate division, operational as of 1 June, to respond to changes in consumption patterns which have been amplified ...
Gold Sinks as Dollar Gets Boost From Yellen; Japan’s Stocks Rise
May 30th, 2016
Yen drops to one-month low as Abe aide signals tax-hike delay Yuan retreats as PBOC sets weakest fixing in five years Gold fell for the ninth day in a row, its longest losing streak in a year, and the ...
Saudi Arabia Has a Plan B to Try to Stop Iran’s Economic Rise
May 26th, 2016
The kingdom is mobilizing its Gulf allies to make sure that Iran’s opening-up to the global economy doesn’t go smoothly. Saudi Arabia couldn’t stop the Iran nuclear deal from being signed. Plan B is to limit Iran’s ability to ...
Brent oil pushes above $50 for first time in nearly seven months
May 26th, 2016
Brent oil futures climbed above $50 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in nearly seven months, boosted after U.S. government figures showed a sharper-than-expected drawdown in crude stocks last week. Brent LCOc1 had climbed 38 cents to ...
RBS’s Bank Restructuring unit faces legal claims from business who claim they were forced into liquidation
May 26th, 2016
Small businesses who claim they were forced into liquidation by the activities of Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG), have set up a dedicated whistleblowers Website to encourage bank staff to provide information on the unit. ...
Asian Stocks Extend Global Rally as Oil Regains $50; Yen Climbs
May 26th, 2016
Crude Rises on falling U.S. oil stocks, supply disruptions Norwegian krone, Malaysian ringgit strengthen; gold rebounds Energy producers led stocks higher in Asia and the currencies of oil-exporting nations strengthened as Brent crude traded above $50 a barrel for ...
Ethereum, explained: why Bitcoin’s stranger cousin is now worth $1 billion
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded its emergence into the mainstream three years ago. Despite more than a billion dollars of venture capital funding, Bitcoin startups have failed to develop applications that appeal to mainstream customers. ...
