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Bank of England: rate at 0.50%, QE steady at £375B
May 8th, 2014
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 ...
Bank of England: Index-Linked Treasury Stocks
March 26th, 2014
In accordance with the terms of the prospectus dated 12 October 1983, the Bank of England announces that the rate of interest payable on the above stock for the interest payment due on 16 October 2014 will be £3.8298 ...
Bank of England: financial report
March 18th, 2014
The Bank of England has issued a press release of an annual report on the supervision of financial market infrastructures. The report provides an account of how the Bank has exercised its responsibilities in respect of financial market infrastructure supervision. ...
150 years of bank credit expansion is near its end
November 22nd, 2019
The legal formalisation of the creation of bank credit commenced with England’s 1844 Bank Charter Act. It has led to a regular cycle of expansion and collapse of outstanding bank credit. Erroneously attributed to business, the origin of ...
Bank rally leads European stocks higher
September 19th, 2019
A rally in bank stocks for the first time in four sessions lifted European shares on Thursday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates but set a higher bar for further reductions. European banks rose 1.4%, the most ...
Is money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank the largest in history?
September 27th, 2018
The Russian-speaking caller refused to give a name but the threat was explicit: “Do you really feel you can walk home safely at night?” It was 2013 and officers at the Estonian branch of Danske Bank were beginning to ...
Israel central bank is examining issuing digital currency for faster payments
December 27th, 2017
The Bank of Israel is examining issuing digital currency as a means of creating a faster payments system as well as reducing the amount of cash in the economy, a central bank source said on Sunday, though he stressed ...
Deutsche Bank: 4,000 jobs at risk of being moved out of UK after Brexit
April 27th, 2017
Bank says 2,000 front office people could be moved, with another 2,000 posts to be reviewed depending on new regulations Bank says 2,000 front office people could be moved, with another 2,000 posts to be reviewed depending on new ...
Spanish Banking Giant BBVA Now a Member of Hyperledger Blockchain Project & Linux Foundation
March 30th, 2017
Spanish multinational banking group BBVA becomes the latest financial institution to join the Hyperledger Project, a cross-industry blockchain collaborative with open-source principles led by the Linux Foundation. Announced by the banking giant this week, BBVA also notably becomes a ...
Global Stock, Bond Rally Spurred by Central Banks: Markets Wrap
March 16th, 2017
Gold and oil advance while dollar maintains losses on Fed move Yen steady as BOJ stays the course; euro jumps on Dutch vote Central banks ruled over financial markets, as the Federal Reserve’s move to raise interest rates without ...
