JPMorgan deploys software to reduce legal contract work
March 3rd, 2017
The bank has created software which reviews deals in seconds – a task that took lawyers some 360,000 hours every year. JPMorgan Chase introduced the software, COIN, for Contract Intelligence, to interpret commercial loan agreements that, until the project ...
How fake smartphones affect the sales of smartphones; Billions lost
March 2nd, 2017
A new report from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), estimates that 184 million fewer smartphones were sold by the legitimate industry in 2015, due to the presence of counterfeit ...
Investment in Australian fintech reached a record level
March 2nd, 2017
Investment in Australian fintech reached a record $656 million in 2016, more than triple the $185 million invested in 2015, according to a report by professional services firm KPMG. This equates to an annual average growth rate of around ...
Oil prices under pressure after historical high for U.S. crude stocks
March 2nd, 2017
Oil prices fell further Thursday, depressed by the latest pick up in U.S. crude stockpiles and production. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in AprilCLJ7, -0.33% traded at $53.54 a barrel, down 29 ...
Bank of Israel keeps the interest rate unchanged
February 28th, 2017
Inflation data: The Consumer Price Index for January declined by 0.2 percent, in line with the average of forecasters’ projections. There were seasonal declines this month in the clothing and footwear component (9.2 percent), in the housing component (0.5 ...
U.S. oil ticks up for 2nd day on record OPEC output cut compliance
February 28th, 2017
U.S. crude oil edged higher for a second day on Tuesday, underpinned by high compliance with OPEC’s production cuts even as the market remains anchored by rising U.S. production. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has so ...
Global (economic) warming
February 26th, 2017
If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ….any further fiscal and monetary expansion will begin to create …. economic ...
CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICERS
February 24th, 2017
New Customer Support Officers: ITALIAN, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, POLISH, HUNGARIAN, CZECH, DANISH, ARABIC, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, GERMAN SPEAKERS: Overview: Trade Finance is in our DNA. For more than 10 years, XTrade has helped global traders with access to the world’s largest ...
An investment management business in UK claimed £15m in damages but awarded £2 compensation
February 24th, 2017
An investment management business which claimed £15m in damages for stolen data from departing staff has ended up with just £2 compensation after a High Court judge ruled that no injury had been sustained. The Honourable Mr Justice Leggatt ...
Asian markets dip as investors cash out after dovish Fed minutes
February 24th, 2017
Shares in Asia lost ground Friday as dovish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve weakened the dollar, with possible consequences for the competitiveness of Asian exports. The Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -0.45% was down 0.2% with the S&P/ASX ...
