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Middle East economies rise in doing business rankings; UAE and Bahrain among top 10 improvers
October 27th, 2016
A record 137 economies around the world have adopted key reforms that make it easier to start and operate small and medium-sized businesses, says Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, the World Bank Group’s annual report on the ...
Nasdaq reports a record $585 million Net revenues for Q3 2016
October 27th, 2016
Nasdaq Delivers record Subscription and recurring Revenues1 Net revenues2 were a record $585 million in the third quarter of 2016, up 11% year-over-year. Third quarter 2016 diluted EPS was $0.77. Non-GAAP3 diluted EPS for the third quarter 2016 was ...
AAT affirms ASIC’s decision to refuse an application Clemente Group Holdings Pty Ltd for a derivatives/market maker licence
October 27th, 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed ASIC’s decision to refuse an application from Clemente Group Holdings Pty Ltd (Clemente) seeking an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence to provide various financial services, including to make a market in derivatives. ...
SoftBank to invest billions of USD in global technology sector
October 26th, 2016
SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG”) announces that it will form a private fund (the “Fund”) for making investments in the technology sector globally, which is tentatively to be named “Softbank Vision Fund.” SBG expects to invest at least USD 25 ...
Crude prices push further below $50 on rising U.S. inventories, OPEC fears
October 26th, 2016
Oil prices were depressed in early Asian trade Wednesday, dragged lower by a sharp growth in the U.S. crude inventories and rising prospects that a production cut deal proposed by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could sour ...
Dollar underpinned by Fed rate expectations, Aussie shines
October 26th, 2016
Underpinned by expectations U.S. rates will rise by the year-end, the dollar held steady in Asia trading on Wednesday, just below a near nine-month peak struck overnight, while the Australian dollar gained as inflation data doused chances of a ...
Mastercard and BMO make Fingerprint and ‘Selfie’ Payment Technology a Reality
October 25th, 2016
Mastercard today announced the North American rollout of Identity Check Mobile™, a new payment technology application that uses biometrics, including fingerprint and facial recognition, to verify a cardholder’s identity and simplify online shopping. BMO Financial Group (BMO) will be the first bank ...
CySec fined €225.000 a Cyprus Investment Firm
October 25th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that, at its meeting held on September 26, 2016, decided to impose a total administrative fine of €225.000 on the CIF XFR Financial Ltd ...
BitPay announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel Technologies
October 25th, 2016
Leading bitcoin payments company BitPay today announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel hardware security integration. This new solution will allow Copay users to rest assured that their data is better protected even if their application code or associated computer is compromised. The Intel® ...
Switzerland adopts strategic directions to boost its Financial sector
October 25th, 2016
During its meeting on 19 October 2016, the Federal Council adopted a report and laid the foundations for a future-oriented financial market policy. The focus is on five strategic directions that should enable the Swiss financial centre to boost ...
