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Greek markets cheer renewed optimism around debt deal
February 3rd, 2015
Greek markets rallied this morning, after an apparent easing of tensions over the country’s bailout programme thanks to a debt swap programme devised by new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. The Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) jumped as much as 7.7 ...
Forget Switzerland: These banks will be hit by SNB shock
January 20th, 2015
Switzerland’s shock scrapping of its currency cap could knock Swiss bank earnings by 10-15 percent, but financial firms in nearby central and eastern European countries could be worse affected, Pimco’s head of financial research told CNBC on Tuesday. “I ...
Here’s What the Swiss Central Bank Just Did and Why It’s Such a Shocker
January 19th, 2015
Today the Swiss National Bank shocked the world when it announced it would remove the cap it had in place to prevent the Swiss franc from rising too high against the euro. Here’s what that means and what it’s ...
HMRC: “transitional period” for businesses affected by new EU VAT laws
January 7th, 2015
HMRC has announced that there will be a “transitional period” for small businesses affected by new VAT rules. The new Europe wide legislation, which came into force on 1 January 2015, affects businesses that sell digital services, such as ...
New Visa Europe Interchange Programme: Opportunity for Merchants and Acquirers
January 2nd, 2015
Early 2015, Visa Europe will introduce their so-called Cross Border Domestic Interchange Programme (CBDIP). This programme will cap interchange fees for domestic transactions processed by European cross-border acquirers. This seems to be excellent news for merchants as it could ...
Greek stocks tank after key vote fails
December 29th, 2014
Greek stocks plunged today after a key vote failed to result in a new president, pushing the country further towards political crisis. Greece’s blue chip index fell as much as 11 per cent weighed down by banks such as ...
How to deal with Europe’s ailing economy?
December 15th, 2014
There has been a lot of discussion lately in Europe and especially at the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters for the need (or not) of non-conventional monetary tools to revive Europe’s ailing economy, such as Quantitative Easing (QE). On ...
Ireland Vies to Remain Silicon Valley’s Low-Tax Home Away From Home
November 10th, 2014
In a sprawling conference center on the outskirts of the Irish capital, more than 20,000 people from the global tech industry gathered last week to sign deals and swap contacts. Despite the throngs of start-ups, American heavy hitters like ...
Accountants Warn Against UK 50 Percent Income Tax Rate
November 5th, 2014
High earners in the UK would pay 24 percent more tax than the current global average if the Labour Party succeeds in reintroducing the 50 percent tax rate, according to international accountants UHY Hacker Young. According to the firm, ...
Bloc in Europe Starts to Balk Over Austerity
October 17th, 2014
France, Italy and the European Central Bank have coalesced into a bloc against Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, and they are insisting that Berlin change course. With Europe once again rattling global markets, many of the largest European countries ...
