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Orange to acquire a 65% stake in Groupama Banque, which will become Orange Bank
April 25th, 2016
Orange and Groupama have signed an agreement that aims to enable the development of an innovative, 100% mobile banking service. This agreement concludes the exclusive discussions that have been ongoing between the two Groups since January and paves the ...
Orange fined €350m in France for market abuse
December 18th, 2015
Telecoms firm Orange has been fined €350m (£254m) for abusing its market dominance in France. The country’s anti-trust authority said Orange, which was formerly France Telecom, kept business clients from switching to competitors’ phone services. The firm will not ...
Why the Gold/Silver ratio is a useful indicator
May 26th, 2020
There’s a debate in gold bug circles over whether the price difference between gold and silver – the gold/silver ratio – tells us anything useful. Some skeptics, for instance, view the original gold/silver ratio of 15 — from America’s ...
US set to impose tariffs on $7.5bn of EU exports; Is there an economic impact?
October 4th, 2019
The US has been given the go-ahead to impose tariffs on $7.5bn (£6.1bn) of goods it imports from the EU. It is the latest chapter in a 15-year battle between the US and the EU over illegal subsidies for ...
U.S. stocks advanced; Shares in Hong Kong leaped the most since 2018; Euro to Dollar gained
September 4th, 2019
U.S. stocks advanced as a broad easing of risks across the globe gave investors a reprieve. Treasuries and the dollar declined. The S&P 500 rebounded from Tuesday’s losses along with European and Asian shares as political tensions appeared to ...
Société Générale to pay millions for LIBOR and Euribor manipulation charges
June 5th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against Société Générale S.A. (Société Générale or the Bank) for attempted manipulation of and false reporting in connection with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for ...
Individual And His Company Ordered To Pay Millions In Monetary Penalties For Investment Fraud
November 20th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained $1,127,855 in restitution for defrauded pool participants and $3,383,565 in civil monetary penalties in a federal court Default Judgment Order against Defendants Gerard Suite (who is known by numerous aliases, including Rawle ...
Mobile Money Revolution In Africa
August 2nd, 2017
These Global Payments Players Are Attempting To Move In On Mobile Money Revolution In Africa Africa is home to several mobile payment platforms and services like M-Pesa, yuCash, Orange Money, eTranzact and EcoCash, among several others, which have been ...
Spotify acquires Mediachain to solve music’s attribution problem
April 27th, 2017
Spotify has acquired the Brooklyn-based blockchain startup Mediachain Labs, whose team will join the company’s office in New York where they will work on developing better technology for connecting artists and other rights holders with the tracks hosted on Spotify’s service. ...
French retailer Carrefour launches new online banking service
March 22nd, 2017
French retailer Carrefour <CARR.PA> on Tuesday joined the crowded French online banking field with the launch of C-zam, a current account for anyone over 18 that can be opened on presentation of two identity cards and activated online in ...
