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LSEG and IBM to develop securities data blockchain solution for European SMEs
July 19th, 2017
Borsa Italiana project plans to digitize securities certificate data to simplify issuance and management of shareholding information Solution aims to create a shared registry of shareholder transaction records Blockchain technology helps expand SMEs’ access to credit and enable shareholder ...
Dollar extended losses; The euro jumped
July 18th, 2017
Asian shares, dollar slip as passage of U.S. healthcare bill doubtful Asian shares stepped back from more than two-year highs on Tuesday and the dollar extended losses as passage of a U.S. healthcare bill grew doubtful, and as investors ...
Pan-European instant payments to go live in November
July 17th, 2017
The Europan Payments Council has published an interview with Jean-Yves Jacquelin, Chair of the EPC Scheme Evolution and Maintenance Working Group to update on the implementation of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme. In less than five months, the ...
Bitcoin off 40%, Ethereum down 60% from June highs
July 17th, 2017
Bitcoin slides below $2,000 as cryptocurrency selloff continues The price of the digital currency bitcoin fell over the weekend, dropping below $2,000 and farther away from its June highs, part of a broad selloff in dozens of cryptocurrencies, including ...
Nasdaq and EURJPY Elliott Wave Analysis
July 14th, 2017
Nasdaq and EURJPY Elliott Wave Analysis EURJPY came down in the last few hours as USDJPY fell on bad data, while 10-year US notes moved higher. We expected more weakness on EURJPY next week, but latest development suggests ...
UK introduces measures ending the supremacy of EU Law
July 14th, 2017
The UK government has begun the technical process of extricating the UK from the European Union by introducing a 66-page measure ending the supremacy of EU law. As expected, the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill would repeal the European Communities ...
Thomson Reuters teamed up with Logical Construct to help global financial institutions
July 13th, 2017
Thomson Reuters and Logical Construct Collaborate on Contract Data Management Solution for Financial Services Industry Thomson Reuters has teamed up with Logical Construct to help global financial institutions gain visibility into the key legal and economic terms and risks ...
The Pound to Euro Rate Could Now go Down to 1.10
July 13th, 2017
Pound Sterling was seen staging an impressive recovery against the Euro but what will it take to turn us bullish on the currency’s prospects? Over the course of the past 24 hours Pound Sterling has fallen through a significant ...
BlackRock’s Top Economist Thinks Bitcoin and Ethereum Look Like a Bubble
July 12th, 2017
BlackRock, the $5 trillion asset manager, has not traditionally paid much attention to cryptocurrency platforms such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now that the prices of those blockchain-based currencies have risen exponentially in recent months, however, even BlackRock’s top economists ...
Google hires numerous law firms to fight EU fines
July 11th, 2017
Google is surrounding itself with some of the top law firms in Europe in the wake of its record-breaking €2.4 billion ‘illegal’ anti-trust ruling fine and the threat of more penalities on the horizon. Google is taking no chances ...
