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Deutsche Bank reports core capital ratio of 11.9% despite 2016 full year net loss of EUR 1.4 billion
February 3rd, 2017
John Cryan, CEO, said: “Our results for the year 2016 were heavily impacted by decisive management action taken to improve and modernise the bank, as well as by market turbulence for Deutsche Bank. We proved our resilience in a ...
Online investment advisor now offers human advice with its robo
February 1st, 2017
Betterment, the largest independent online investment advisor, announced the next evolution of the company with the release of a new service offering, expanding the company’s platform beyond a single digital product to a multi-plan advice offering that includes access ...
What’s next for blockchain and cryptocurrency
January 24th, 2017
In May of 2010, someone on a Bitcoin forum by the name of Lazlo claimed to have bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. It was the first time anyone had purchased anything with the new digital currency, which at ...
Bitcoin hits a record high, but can it rival gold as a safe haven?
January 5th, 2017
With economic and geopolitical risks on the rise, bitcoin boosters are championing the ability of their crypto-currency, which hit an all-time high this week, to rival gold as a safe-haven play. “When the existing money system has problems, people ...
The dawn of financial technology in Islamic finance
December 23rd, 2016
Over the past decade, financial technology — widely referred to as FinTech — has grown primarily due to growing Internet access worldwide and the emergence of smartphones and apps. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report published last year, 70 ...
Former BlackRock Manager sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for insider dealing
December 22nd, 2016
In a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Mark Lyttleton, a former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, has today been sentenced to 18 months reduced with credit to 12 months on two counts ...
Bitcoin passes the $800 mark
December 22nd, 2016
The digital currency bitcoin has passed the $800 value for the first time since February 2014. Bitcoin crossed the threshold around 11:40pm GMT and is currently trading around $815. Charles Hayter, chief executive and founder of digital currency comparison ...
Bitcoin crushed every other currency in 2016. Here are five reasons why
December 20th, 2016
Bitcoin, that nebulous digital currency that trades in cyberspace and is “mined” by code-cracking computers, emerged as a better bet this year than every major currency, stock index and commodity contract. The electronic coin that trades – and is ...
Spains first Fintech incubator and accelerator wants to attract international companies
December 19th, 2016
Spains first Fintech incubator and accelerator wants to attract talents and start-ups from Europe and Latin America. The program includes a 16 weeks incubation in Spain and continues to use a collaborative approachas it does not require any stake ...
PayPal Partners with Citi and FIS to Drive Incremental Spend
December 16th, 2016
Partnership has become a core part of PayPal’s strategy, allowing us to provide a new level of financial choice and flexibility to our customers. Over the last few months, we have partnered with Visa and MasterCard to offer greater ...
