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Accenture and Leading Financial Institutions Call for Applicants for the Asia-Pacific FinTech Innovation Lab 2016
April 18th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific accelerator program, now in its third year, mentors financial technology entrepreneurs to help accelerate product and business development Applications open today for Asia-Pacific’s third annual FinTech Innovation Lab, Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) 12-week program that helps early- and ...
Asia mixed, with Chinese markets leading the way
March 21st, 2016
Chinese markets stood out in a mixed trading session in Asia on Monday, with many market watchers predicting a quiet week ahead in the absence of major economic data from the U.S. and China, and with many markets off ...
The Rats Keep Pressing The Bar: Two Amazing Stories, One Inevitable Result
March 17th, 2016
Anyone who doubts that the global financial system has run out of (good new) ideas has only to track the recent words and deeds of central bankers and mainstream economists: Slightly-negative interest rates didn’t lead people to borrow more? ...
Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
Shale Oil Isn’t Saudi Arabia’s Only Nemesis
March 2nd, 2016
Even when glut stops growing, market might shrug: SocGen History shows oil rebound will hinge on stockpiles: Goldman Even if Saudi Arabia wins its struggle with U.S. shale producers over market share, it will face a new billion-barrel adversary. ...
7 Asian Banks Investigating Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
February 17th, 2016
Until recently, there was a noticeable lack of interest in bitcoin and the blockchain among the financial institutions of Asia. In fact, banks there were more likely to be issuing warnings about digital currencies than getting involved in any related activity. It was the fall of Mt Gox in ...
Day Of Reckoning: The Collapse Of The Too Big To Fail Banks In Europe Is Here
February 11th, 2016
There is so much chaos going on that I don’t even know where to start. For a very long time I have been warning my readers that a major banking collapse was coming to Europe, and now it is ...
Europe’s big banks remain wary of doing business with Iran
January 25th, 2016
Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments A week after the lifting of sanctions against Iran, major European banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments as they remain wary of ...
HSBC Plans New Mideast Headquarters Near World’s Tallest Tower
January 18th, 2016
20-storey tower to be built in Dubai’s Emaar square by 2017 Construction to start in few days, HSBC to move staff in 2018 HSBC Holdings Plc will start building a new Middle East headquarters near the world’s tallest tower ...
Bank FX sales teams challenged in new regulatory climes
January 13th, 2016
FX sales teams are now more restricted in how much market colour they can provide to clients, challenging the relationship-driven industry. At first blush, much of the day-to-day function of an FX salesperson goes on as it did before ...