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Customers of Alpari (UK) Limited can now claim compensation
April 21st, 2015
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) can confirm that all investment products offered by Alpari (UK) Limited (Alpari) are FSCS protected. Claimants that have lost money due to the failure of Alpari will be able to apply for compensation ...
Britain’s bank tax jump threatens to push HSBC, StanChart to new home
April 20th, 2015
HSBC and Standard Chartered are looking at the viability of quitting London for a new home in Asia because a big jump in a tax on UK banks makes staying in Britain increasingly painful. Several investors told Reuters they ...
Japan Overtakes China as Largest U.S. Bondholder
April 16th, 2015
Japanese become biggest funders of American government for first time since 2008 financial crisis Japan dethroned China as the top foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys for the first time since the financial crisis, following a wave of purchases by ...
FCA fines The Bank of New York Mellon
April 15th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority of UK issued a press release to inform that: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined The Bank of New York Mellon London Branch (BNYMLB) and The Bank of New York Mellon International Limited ...
Dollar heads for biggest weekly gain in nearly a month
April 10th, 2015
The dollar rose Friday against most major rivals, remaining on track to log its best week in about a month. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +50% a key measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six currencies, ...
Oil down on U.S. stock build, record Saudi output
April 8th, 2015
Oil prices fell more than a percent on Wednesday as industry data showed a larger-than-expected weekly build in U.S. stockpiles and as Saudi Arabia reported record output in March. The decline in prices followed a rally on Tuesday, when U.S. crude approached 2015 highs ...
Bitwage launches first international Bitcoin payroll debit card
April 7th, 2015
Bitwage, a California-based Bitcoin payroll firm, has released the first international Bitcoin payroll debit card. With the release of this card, employees and contractors using the Bitwage system can withdraw and spend US dollars, Euros, and British Pounds directly from ...
BOI: The Monetary Committee keeps the interest rate for April 2015 unchanged at 0.1 percent
March 24th, 2015
Inflation data The Consumer Price Index for February declined by 0.7 percent, while forecasters had projected a decline of 0.6 percent, on average. The decline in electricity prices, which came into effect in February, contributed 0.3 percentage points toward ...
UK plans criminal penalties for tax advisers who assist evasion
March 19th, 2015
Lawyers and other tax advisers who aid clients evade tax will the subject of penalties under a new criminal offence which is to be announced by the UK government today. The plan was disclosed by the Chancellor of the ...
Standard Chartered Shares Jump as New CEO Winters Draws Upgrades
March 18th, 2015
Standard Chartered Plc rose the most in two weeks as analysts at Barclays Plc and Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. upgraded the bank, citing Bill Winters’s hiring as chief executive officer and a diminishing need to raise capital. “We expect ...
