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FXPRIMUS announces that now Accepts funding via Bitcoin
September 1st, 2015
One of the world’s leading online forex brokers, FXPRIMUS, has partnered with BitPay to begin accepting funding via bitcoin. Since obtaining its European jurisdictional regulation with CySEC, the global broker has extended the scope of its operations – as well as ...
KPMG Forms Exclusive Alliance with Fintech Platform Matchi
August 31st, 2015
KPMG has issued a press release to inform that it has become the exclusive advisory alliance partner with Matchi.biz, the innovative fintech matchmaking platform that connects banks and insurance companies with financial services technology start-ups and innovations sourced from ...
Siemens selects Deutsche Bank for receivables on behalf of in China
August 28th, 2015
Deutsche Bank today announced that it has implemented a Receivables on Behalf Of (‘ROBO’) solution for Siemens Financial Services (‘SFS’) in China, for both intra-group and third party cross-border receivables. Deutsche Bank is a key banking partner of Siemens ...
Samsung Pay lines up card schemes and banks for launch
August 14th, 2015
Samsung will introduce its mobile payments service in South Korea later this month, with Visa, MasterCard and several major banks onboard for a US launch in September. The handset manufacturer confirmed at an event to unveil the Galaxy S6 ...
Visa joins firms betting on technology behind Bitcoin
August 13th, 2015
Move comes at a time when banks around the world are looking at ways to use the technology to make transactions more efficient and secure Visa Inc. will soon have a team of engineers at its Bengaluru office to ...
FIS to Acquire SunGard, Deepens Enterprise Banking and Capital Markets Solutions
August 13th, 2015
Key facts The combined company will have over $9.2 billion in annual revenues. Upon closing, FIS will be uniquely positioned to offer a broad range of enterprise banking and capital markets solutions to empower financial institutions and businesses worldwide. ...
Bank of Russia Gets Putin’s Praise, Opts for Verbal Intervention
August 10th, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin commended the central bank for its efforts to keep the ruble stable after policy makers called for calm as the currency headed for a six-month low. “The central bank is doing a lot to strengthen ...
Financial stability: new Commission rules on central clearing for interest rate derivatives
August 10th, 2015
The European Commission has today adopted new rules that make it mandatory for certain over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivative contracts to be cleared through central counterparties. Mandatory central clearing is a vital part of the response to the financial ...
Crédit Agricole in ‘Advanced’ Talks on U.S. Sanctions Settlement
August 5th, 2015
Crédit Agricole, one of the biggest banks in France, said on Tuesday that its profit increased in the second quarter and that it was in “very advanced stage” talks to settle investigations into whether it processed payments for countries ...
Russia’s Banks Turn Away Clients as Borrowers Fall Behind
August 4th, 2015
JSC Alfa Bank, the Russian private bank founded by billionaire Mikhail Fridman, is scaling back lending for all but the most affluent clients after a growing share of customers fell behind on payments this year. The Moscow-based bank last ...
