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Deutsche Bank reports Q2 2016 pre-tax profit down 67%
July 28th, 2016
Deutsche Bank reports second quarter 2016 pre-tax profit of 408 million euros and net income of 20 million euros Key developments – 20% lower revenues year-on-year reflecting challenging environment and strategic decisions Revenues, excluding NCOU and Hua Xia Bank, ...
The potential economic impact of Brexit for London, the UK and Europe
July 28th, 2016
PwC’s real GDP growth projections for the UK revised down Potential loss of passporting a challenge for London Ireland and Cyprus are the most exposed EU countries from a trade perspective UK: Following the vote to leave the EU, ...
FinTech Group and Rocket Internet are working together to create digital banking services in Europe
July 28th, 2016
FinTech Group and Rocket Internet are working together to create digital banking services in Europe Rocket Internet will use liability umbrella and technical infrastructure of FinTech Group’s subsidiaries XCOM AG and Bank biw AG Rocket Internet brings expertise in ...
Europe eyes higher open ahead of Fed decision
July 27th, 2016
European stocks are expected to open higher on Wednesday ahead of the latest monetary policy decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The London FTSE index is expected to open 14 points higher at 6,738, the German DAX up 62 points at 10,310 and ...
UHY: Major European economies levy among the highest property purchase taxes in the world
July 26th, 2016
European economies levy some of the highest property purchase taxes in the world on prime real estate, charging on average 4%, or USD 38,356, in tax on a property purchase of USD 1 million, reveals a new study by ...
King & Spalding advised Henkel on a $3.6 billion acquisition financing
July 26th, 2016
King & Spalding advised Henkel – a leading Germany-based manufacturer of home care, beauty and adhesive products – on the $3.6 billion acquisition financing for its purchase of US detergent and household products business Sun Products Corporation. Henkel purchased ...
Austria To Rein In Bank Tax
July 25th, 2016
The Austrian Government has proposed reducing the burden of the nation’s banking levy and calculating it based on a bank’s earnings rather than assets. The change was confirmed recently by Finance Minister Hans Jörg Schelling, who said that cutting ...
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 ...
A paper trail links online traders to tax havens
July 21st, 2016
A paper trail that runs from Okinawa to Canada and from Israel to Italy and France links some unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan’s financial regulator to offshore companies in tax havens, an analysis of files leaked ...
Invoice fraud costs developing countries billions
July 20th, 2016
Some developing countries are losing as much as 67% of their exports to invoice fraud, according to research commissioned by the United Nations (UN), which claims that the over-and-under invoicing of trade transactions over the past two decades has ...
