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European stocks dropped on Tuesday; Investors monitor Brexit and Italian budget plans
November 27th, 2018
European stocks dropped on Tuesday, as investors monitored a number of political events including Brexit and Italian budget plans, and digested further comments from President Donald Trump. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.3 percent lower with the various sectors ...
ISXPay EU/EEA ‘production live’ with own Visa & Mastercard Principal Licenses
November 27th, 2018
Highlights ISXPay Tier 1 ‘production live’ in the EU, via own Visa and Mastercard principal licenses $880m annualised GPTV volume to be incrementally ramped from January through March ‘19 New & existing merchants being onboarded to platform from December ...
The dollar held broad gains; Currency traders are looking to the upcoming G-20 meeting
November 26th, 2018
The dollar held broad gains on Monday as investors sought shelter in the world’s most liquid currency on fears of a slowdown in global economic growth and as U.S.-Sino trade tensions sapped risk appetite. The greenback, considered a safe ...
Why interest rates are rising long-term
November 23rd, 2018
There are growing expectations that the current cycle of rising interest rates will result in a deflationary recession. While a credit crisis is increasingly likely to evolve in the coming months, it is a highly inflationary situation. A ...
European stocks bounce back after global equity sell-off
November 22nd, 2018
European stocks closed higher Wednesday, clawing their way back from sharp losses sustained in the previous session. The pan-European Stoxx 600 finished provisionally up 1.2 percent during the day’s deals, with all sectors and major bourses in positive territory. ...
LatAm stocks, currencies down as tepid investor appetite weighs
November 21st, 2018
Latin American currencies and stocks extended losses on Tuesday, swept up in a global sell-off fueled by concerns of slowing global growth and investors pivoting toward safer assets in the developed world. MSCI’s indexes of Latin America stocks and ...
European shares likely to open mixed as pound plunges on Brexit divide
November 16th, 2018
European stocks may open on a mixed note Friday after the pound suffered its biggest one-day loss against the euro since October 2016 amid a deepening crisis for UK Prime Minister Theresa May. Four ministers, including Brexit Minister Dominic ...
Diners Club International & ISXPay enter into Acquiring License
November 14th, 2018
Highlights ISXPay will offer card acquiring services to merchants for Diners and Discover branded cards eCommerce/online merchant acquiring agreement Territory Australia, EU with global opportunity, excluding North America. Australian Securities Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange cross listed iSignthis Ltd ...
Pound and Yen fell, Asian stocks pointed to a firm start; These are the main moves
November 12th, 2018
Asian stocks and futures pointed to a firm start for equity markets in London and New York as investors assessed whether the recent rallies can endure. The pound slid as U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May fought to keep her ...
Mining bitcoin uses more energy than what’s needed to excavate gold, platinum or copper: study
November 8th, 2018
Extracting a dollar’s worth of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin from the deep Web consumes three times more energy than digging up a dollar’s worth of gold, according to researchers. There are now hundreds of virtual currencies and an unknown ...
