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The Bank For International Settlements Warns That A Major Debt Meltdown In China Is Imminent
September 20th, 2016
The pinnacle of the global financial system is warning that conditions are right for a “full-blown banking crisis” in China. Since the last financial crisis, there has been a credit boom in China that is really unprecedented in world ...
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 ...
FXPA Welcomes HC Technologies as Supporting Member
September 16th, 2016
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) announced the addition of HC Technologies as the newest Supporting Member of the FX trade group, bringing the total number of institutional members of FXPA to 24. “HC Technologies is pleased to support ...
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. ...
Bank of England holds Bank Rate at 0.25%
September 15th, 2016
Bank of England has issued a press release to inform that the Monetary Policy Committee holds Bank Rate at 0.25%, maintains government bond purchases at £435bn and corporate bond purchases at up to £10bn. The Bank of England’s Monetary ...
EU to boost growth and jobs creation
September 15th, 2016
The president of the European Commission proposed on Wednesday a revamp of the bloc’s investment strategy aimed at doubling the capacity of a scheme for boosting EU growth and jobs, while launching a new fund to help countries at ...
The impoverishment of the masses
September 14th, 2016
Feudal and mercantilist economic systems were characterised by the lower orders of ordinary people being enslaved by, or subjected to, the commands of an elite. Beyond basic subsistence, serfs and slaves were not enabled to consume other goods, nor ...
PwC’s legal arm posts 24% revenue jump
September 14th, 2016
Revenue at PwC Legal has soared this financial year, from £48.5m to £59.9m, an increase of 25%. Led by senior partner Shirley Brookes, the legal arm of the accounting giant has also posted net income of £11m. Of the total revenue, ...
One of Bitcoin’s Biggest Miners is Launching a Second Pool
September 14th, 2016
As if running the third-largest bitcoin mining pool wasn’t enough, China-based Bitmain announced the launch of its second mining pool yesterday. Unlike the other large mining pools, though, the new offering (launched through its subsidiary BTC.com) will be open sourced ...
ASIC: CBA pays $180,000 in penalties and will write off $2.5 million in loan balances
September 14th, 2016
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has paid four infringement notices totalling $180,000 in relation to breaches of responsible lending laws when providing personal overdraft facilities. CBA reported this matter to ASIC following an ASIC surveillance. CBA conducted an internal ...
