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Just How Big Is the Digital Currency Industry?
July 8th, 2016
New startups, new investment, new innovation and new ideas, we talk of them all often in the cryptocurrency industry, and often talk of the need for the industry to build into a wider audience. But what is the reality ...
Ex-Rabobank trader to plead guilty in U.S. Libor case
July 7th, 2016
A former Rabobank trader from Australia will plead guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he conspired in a huge scandal to manipulate Libor, the leading benchmark for pricing financial transactions, his lawyer said. The expected plea by Paul ...
Global stocks slide, bonds surge as Brexit fears resurface
July 6th, 2016
Asian share markets turned tail on Wednesday as fears over instability in the European Union returned with a vengeance, sending the pound to three-decade lows and hammering risky assets of all stripes. In frantic trading reminiscent of the fateful ...
Singapore leads Hong Kong in race to be Asia’s fintech hub
July 5th, 2016
Singapore has pushed ahead of regional rival Hong Kong in the race to emerge as Asia’s financial technology (fintech) hotspot. State funding, light-touch regulation and a recent move to allow start-ups to test financial products in a controlled environment have ...
Something Huge Is Coming From Japan
July 4th, 2016
Pretend, for a minute, that your country responds to the bursting of a credit bubble by borrowing unprecedented amounts of money and using it to prop up banks and construction companies. This doesn’t work, so you create record amounts ...
Time to Go Long the British Pound?
July 4th, 2016
Well they did it. British voters opted to leave the European Union, and in the process sent the financial markets into a tailspin. But the biggest victim here would appear to be the British pound. The night of the ...
The 18 companies that control bitcoin in 2016
July 1st, 2016
Flashy startups like Coinbase, Circle, Blockchain, and BitPay are some of the most famous companies in bitcoin. But arguably more important are the miners — individuals and organisations who form the core backbone of bitcoin, ensuring the digital currency’s ...
Nasdaq acquired International Securities Exchange (ISE)
July 1st, 2016
As a premier options exchange operator, Nasdaq has a history of fundamentally changing the way markets operate to benefit market participants and investors. Nasdaq believes this complimentary deal brings together the best in technology and talent to create greater ...
Indian payments industry set for rapid changes
June 30th, 2016
Initiatives such as Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and mobile technology are giving a boost to banking and payments The amount of cash in circulation in India is estimated at around 18% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), making ...
Possible Consequences of Brexit on the FinTech Industry
June 29th, 2016
Financial Technology (FinTech) is an economic ecosystem or industry consisting of companies, mainly startups, that employ technology in an innovative way in order to improve the way that financial services operate, e.g. payments and transfers, auditing, contracts, policy enforcement, ...