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Commerzbank sues BNY Mellon, Wells Fargo, HSBC over mortgage losses
December 28th, 2015
Commerzbank AG has sued four banks in the United States, claiming that they failed to properly monitor billions of dollars in toxic mortgage-backed securities acquired by the German lender before the 2008 financial crisis. Bank of New York Mellon ...
US Swiss bank program reaches $1B in fines
December 28th, 2015
US officials announced settlements with four more Swiss banks Wednesday to lift the total fines in the two-year disclosure program to more than $1 billion from 75 banks. “With today’s resolutions under the Swiss Bank Program, the department has ...
China central bank says to keep reasonable credit growth, yuan stable
December 28th, 2015
China’s central bank said on Monday that it would “flexibly” use various policy tools to maintain appropriate liquidity and reasonable growth in credit and social financing. The People’s Bank of China will keep the yuan basically stable while forging ...
UAE, China agree to set up RMB clearing hub
December 28th, 2015
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed an agreement with China to set up a clearing hub for the Chinese currency Yuan or Renminbi (People’s money), local UAE media reported on Sunday. The UAE clearing hub for the Chinese ...
The Cashless Society Cometh: European Nations Such As Sweden And Denmark Are ‘Eradicating Cash’
December 28th, 2015
Did you know that 95 percent of all retail sales in Sweden are cashless? And did you know that the government of Denmark has a stated goal of “eradicating cash” by the year 2030? All over the world, we ...
Bank of America to obtain clearing membership with MOEX FX Market. The first non-resident global bank
December 28th, 2015
Bank of America, National Association (BANA) is set to join Moscow Exchange’s FX Market as a clearing firm. The Bank is in the process of finalizing necessary documentation and will begin active trading in January 2016. It will trade via Merrill Lynch ...
The Most Profitable Work Will Be Automated: The Rest Will Be Left to Us
December 23rd, 2015
A new system is self-organizing before our eyes. We just have to stop obstructing its rise and start facilitating its expansion in self-evident ways. What’s abundant and what’s scarce? The question matters because as economist Michael Spence (among others) ...
Russian Information Minister Is Keen to Explore Blockchain Technology
December 22nd, 2015
Nikolai Nikiforov, the Russian Minister for Communications and Mass Media spoke about Bitcoin’s underlying technology, the blockchain. The Minister notes the distributed ledger technology as “very interesting” and intends to monitor its development going forward. Speaking at the ‘Internet ...
China Unveils Economic Blueprint for 2016
December 22nd, 2015
Chinese leaders approved an economic blueprint for next year that emphasizes tackling long-term problems and reflects a realization that debt and investment can no longer power the world’s second-largest economy. The plan, laid out at a closed-door conclave of ...
BT helps ADS Securities extend institutional trading operations into North America
December 22nd, 2015
BT today announced that it is making it easier for institutions with a presence in North America to access foreign exchange, metals and commodities markets via the OREX trading platform of leading financial services company, ADS Securities. Abu Dhabi-based ...