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Nigeria: Attracting foreign investors to the forex market
July 25th, 2016
Feelers from last week’s foreign investment road-show by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicated that Nigeria’s finances and the economy as a whole may be headed to its worst external sector positions. The foreign investors have told the apex ...
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde will stand a trial for negligence
July 25th, 2016
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde will stand trial for alleged negligence after France’s highest court on Friday rejected an appeal from the former finance minister. Ms. Lagarde is charged with negligence for her role in settling a long-running legal ...
SEC Halts Ongoing Fraudulent Stock Scheme
July 25th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has won a court-ordered asset freeze to halt an ongoing fraud by two former brokers with disciplinary histories who allegedly raised more than $5 million from investors without using the money ...
Number26 receives banking license
July 22nd, 2016
Number26 becomes N26 and receives a banking license: only 1,5 years after product launch, the FinTech’s N26 Bank is awarded a full German banking license by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the European Central Bank. This provides ...
Asian Stocks Drop as BOJ Rejecting Helicopter Money Supports Yen
July 22nd, 2016
Oil below $45 a barrel as gold retreats with copper, nickel Ringgit sinks as 1MDB scandal in focus; yuan strengthens Asian stocks fell with European equity index futures as commodities sank to levels last seen in May. Malaysia’s ringgit ...
The man behind the world’s biggest online illegal film site arrested
July 21st, 2016
US officials plan to charge the Ukrainian owner of the Web’s “most visited” piracy site, Kickass Torrents. The site distributes $1 billion worth of illegally copied content and is the world’s 70th most popular site. Attorneys for the US ...
The rising trend of cashless payments
July 21st, 2016
Contactless payments are rapidly gaining ground across the globe. Driven by customer convenience and efficiency, this innovative payment method has opened up new dimension for daily transactions undertaken by consumers. Mobile wallets, online payment providers, near field communication (NFC) ...
Asian shares at nine-month highs on inflow bets; dollar strong
July 21st, 2016
Asian stocks climbed to nine-month highs on Thursday, helped by a recovery in global oil prices, while the dollar strengthened against the safe-haven yen on resurgent expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike this year. European shares are expected ...
Dollar hits 6-week high vs. yen on hopes for Japanese stimulus
July 21st, 2016
The yen weakened against its rival currencies, hitting its six-week low against the dollar, during Asian trade on Thurdsay, on mounting hopes for strong policy steps Tokyo will likely put together later this month. The U.S. dollar USDJPY, +0.22% higher at ¥106.94, ...
Asian Stocks Near Three-Month High as Yuan Rises With Crude Oil
July 20th, 2016
Commodity shares decline amid a retreat in industrial metals Hong Kong equity index set for bull market as yuan gains Asian stocks rose with European equity index futures as positive earnings reports from some of the world’s biggest companies ...