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EU blackmails Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia
November 21st, 2014
Serbia must impose sanctions against Russia if it wants to join the European Union, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn said. “Serbia legally obliged, within the scope of negotiations about accession to the EU, to gradually align ...
SpectroCoin Launches Bitcoin-to-Cash Service in 25 Countries
November 20th, 2014
SpectroCoin is now allowing its customers to convert bitcoin into cash in 25 countries across Europe and Central Asia. The announcement is the latest from the UK and Lithuania-based bitcoin services provider, which added merchant processing to its existing brokerage and ...
Weidmann: “Government bond purchases harbour major moral hazard”
November 18th, 2014
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out against possible plans to expand the Eurosystem’s balance sheet by way of government bond purchases on the part of the euro-area central banks. “Such purchases might create new incentives to run up debt, ...
Gold Holds Decline From Two-Week High as Dollar Gains, Oil Drops
November 18th, 2014
Gold held a retreat from the highest level in two weeks after the dollar strengthened and energy prices dropped, curbing demand for the metal as an investment. Silver and palladium declined. Bullion for immediate delivery traded at $1,186.35 an ...
BoE’s Carney says may need to regulate bankers’ fixed pay
November 17th, 2014
Regulators may need to look at new rules to control the fixed pay of bankers as well as their bonuses so that it can be clawed back in the event of wrongdoing, the governor of the Bank of England ...
G-20 Plans $2 Trillion Growth Boost to Uneven Global Economy
November 17th, 2014
Group of 20 leaders agreed to take measures that would boost their economies by a collective $2 trillion by 2018 as they battle patchy growth and the threat of a European recession. Citing risks from financial markets and geopolitical ...
New Payment Systems Regulator sets out how it will regulate the £75 trillion industry
November 14th, 2014
The new Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) today sets out how it proposes to regulate the £75 trillion payments industry when it becomes fully operational on 1 April 2015. The proposals will further the PSR’s three objectives: to promote competition, ...
U.S. stocks slip from records; oil falls
November 13th, 2014
U.S. equity prices edged off record highs on Wednesday led by weakness in the financial sector after six global banks were fined a total of $4.3 billion for currency rigging, while the oil market sagged on concerns about a ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, ECB
November 10th, 2014
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Theano Theiopoulou (Phileleftheros newspaper) on 9 November 2014 1. Why was banks’ participation in the ECB’s targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs) lower than expected? There ...
UBS to settle over precious metals misconduct allegations as part of forex market rigging probe
November 10th, 2014
UBS are expected to strike a settlement with financial regulators over allegations of misconduct at its precious metals trading business. The settlement will form a part of a £1.5bn agreement the Swiss lender is due to make with five ...
