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European stocks are set for a mixed open on Thursday morning
August 10th, 2017
European stocks are set for a mixed open on Thursday morning as investors monitor new corporate earnings and geopolitical tensions surrounding North Korea. The FTSE 100 is seen off by 5 points at 7,452; the DAX 30 is expected ...
Bitcoin sets fresh record above $3,500; ether trades higher
August 9th, 2017
Bitcoin traded higher on Tuesday, carving out a fresh record above $3,500 and reaching a market value approaching $60 billion at its best levels. A single bitcoin BTCUSD, -1.78% most recently was trading at $3,477.93, up 0.5%, touching an ...
WannaCry: hackers withdraw £108,000 of bitcoin ransom
August 7th, 2017
Digital wallets linked to ransomware attack that crippled NHS hospitals are cleaned out, as law enforcement tries to track owners More than £108,000 in bitcoin paid by victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack, which crippled parts of the NHS ...
Global fintech investment rebounds in Q2 2017
August 7th, 2017
Total global fintech investment more than doubled quarter over quarter in Q2’17 to US $8.4 billion, up from US$3.6 billion in Q1’17, according to the KPMG Pulse of Fintech report. Global M&A investment helped drive the fintech market rebound, ...
Bank of England: Bank Rate held at 0.25%
August 7th, 2017
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 2 August 2017, the MPC voted ...
FCA published the findings from the 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms
August 4th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA Practitioner Panel have published the findings from their 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms. The survey gives a view across the financial services sector of the FCA’s performance as a regulator. It ...
What the bitcoin cash is and is it worth anything?
August 3rd, 2017
Early yesterday morning bitcoin’s blockchain forked — meaning a separate cryptocurrency was created called bitcoin cash. The way a fork works is instead of creating a totally new cryptocurrency (and blockchain) starting at block 0, a fork just creates ...
ASIC updates licence conditions on online broker
August 3rd, 2017
ASIC and OpenMarkets Australia Limited (OpenMarkets) have agreed for an independent expert to monitor, evaluate and report on OpenMarkets’ implementation of recommendations arising from an independent review of its trading and compliance arrangements. The independent expert completed their review ...
EU customs seized over 41 million fake goods at EU borders last year
August 2nd, 2017
New figures released by the European Commission show that customs authorities detained more than 41 million fake goods and counterfeit products at the EU’s external border in 2016. The goods had a total value of over €670 million. Everyday ...
Isle of Man: We’re no tax haven study concludes
August 2nd, 2017
The Isle of Man might be branded a tax haven by its critics. But that’s not the conclusion of research by academics at the University of Amsterdam. Their study ranks 24 ’sink’ and five ’conduit’ offshore finance centres – ...