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MAS: Falcon Bank to Cease Operations due to serious failures in AML controls
October 11th, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it is withdrawing the merchant bank status of Falcon Private Bank Ltd, Singapore Branch (Falcon Bank) for serious failures in anti-money laundering (AML) controls and improper conduct by senior management ...
Oil-price gains wiped out as traders look to central banks
September 20th, 2016
Oil futures eased in early Asia trade Tuesday, wiping out overnight gains during the New York trading session, as traders await the outcome of the U.S. and Japan central banks policy meetings. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, ...
China Rich Help Europe Banks Raise $14 Billion Since August
September 19th, 2016
Eight European finance companies opened books in Asia hours ‘Asian investors tend to be more yield hungry,’ JPMorgan says The appetite of China’s wealthy to diversify from a weakening yuan is helping European finance companies boost capital to prepare ...
Fintech Firm Ripple raises $55 Million In funding
September 16th, 2016
Ripple set out to solve a global problem, with far-reaching implications and significant obstacles. Where others struggle to find a use case and a market, Ripple has turned customers into investors, and capital into commercial deployments of our solutions. ...
Asia trades higher; Japanese stocks waver amid yen strength
August 4th, 2016
Japanese markets see-sawed in the morning session on Thursday, as stocks came under some pressure from a relatively stronger yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 wavered between gains and losses before trading up 0.23 percent. The Topix was up 0.23 percent. The Japanese yen traded at ...
Italy may trigger collapse of European economy
July 11th, 2016
No emergency measures of either the European Central Bank or any other central banks can rescue the European banking system that currently stands on the verge of collapse. The shares of Europe’s largest financial institutions – Deutsche Bank and ...
Asian Stocks Rise With Oil as Pound’s Rebound Stalls; Yen Gains
June 29th, 2016
Gold rises as industrial metals decline; oil back above $48 BOJ’s Kuroda says funds can be added to market as needed The relief rally endured, with Asian stocks rising in tandem with European equity index futures and oil amid ...
Currency traders would likely dump the pound in the event of a Brexit
June 23rd, 2016
If the U.K. voted to exit the European Union (EU), currency traders would likely dump the pound and send funds into the dollar, FX pros said. The Brexit referendum, which will decide whether the U.K. remains in the 28-member ...
FXSpotStream commences publication of supported volumes – April ADV at USD18 Billion representing a 41% increase year on year
May 11th, 2016
FXSpotStream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced that it will start publishing monthly supported volumes on its website at www.fxspotstream.com/volumes. With liquidity from 12 leading global banks – BofA Merrill Lynch, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, ...
Apple Pay comes to Singapore today
April 19th, 2016
Apple Pay is now available in Singapore, marking the mobile payment service’s expansion into its sixth country and its second in Asia. Singapore residents are only able to use American Express cards right now, but Apple says support for ...
