IBM Launches Blockchain Platform for US Oil Trade
April 7th, 2017
Technology giant IBM has developed a blockchain trade finance platform alongside a bank and a commodity trading house to settle deals using the blockchain solution. Singaporean commodities trading house Trafigura and French bank Natixis join IBM in the innovative ...
Stocks Fall in Asia After Fed Balance-Sheet Signal
April 6th, 2017
Bloomberg Dollar index erases Wednesday loss; yen rises again Treasury yields steady as pace of U.S. hikes questioned Stocks slid in Asia and futures in the U.S. ticked lower after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed that ...
Russia’s Gazprom May Move Operations From London Over Post-Brexit Trade Concerns
April 5th, 2017
According to media reports, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom may leave the United Kingdom in light of potential trading difficulties associated with the country’s departure from the European Union. Russia’s energy giant Gazprom may leave the United Kingdom in light of potential ...
Asia Shares Slump Before Data, Summit; Yen Climbs: Markets Wrap
April 5th, 2017
Investors await Trump-Xi meeting, U.S. jobs data, Fed minutes Shanghai and Taiwan shares advance after holiday breaks Asian equities slipped as investors awaited more clues on U.S. interest rates and economic growth, ahead of a meeting between Donald Trump ...
Customer Support Officer: GERMAN SPEAKERS
April 4th, 2017
Overview: Trade Finance is in our DNA. For more than 10 years, XTrade has helped global traders with access to the world’s largest and most liquid market. By offering the most innovative trading tools, hiring the best trading educators, ...
CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo Announced Andrew B. Busch as the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer
April 4th, 2017
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that Andrew B. Busch has been named the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer. After spending 30 years in the financial services sector, Mr. Busch comes ...
Abu Dhabi to launch FinTech Summit in October 2017
March 31st, 2017
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, is pleased to partner with PwC to launch the inaugural FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit in October 2017. The FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit, to be organised alongside with ...
Commodities broker Marex Spectron announced record profits
March 31st, 2017
Marex Spectron, the global commodities broker, today announced record profits before tax of $27.0 million for the year through to 31 December 2016, a 53% increase on the $17.6 million reported in 2015, and maintains the firm’s positive earnings ...
Why mobile shopping clicks in UAE
March 30th, 2017
Samina Subhani had been trying for months to locate a very special item for her two children. Both her son and daughter are avid Star Wars fans and had their heart set on owning a pair of replica lightsabers ...
BBVA became member of the open-source blockchain community Hyperledger
March 28th, 2017
BBVA became an official member of Hyperledger today. Hyperledger is an open-source collaborative effort to advance the use of blockchain in different economic and corporate sectors. Hosted by The Linux Foundation, this international initiative unites a large group of ...
