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QNB Group enters into definitive agreement with National Bank of Greece to acquire its 99.81% stake in Finansbank – Turkey
December 22nd, 2015
QNB Group, the largest financial institution in Qatar and the Middle East and North Africa Region, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with National Bank of Greece for the acquisition of its entire stake comprising 99.81% ...
Forex Questions You Were Too Scared to Ask
December 21st, 2015
If you are just starting out as a forex trader, then the chances are your mind is full of questions. The trouble is that you’re probably reluctant to ask these questions – some seem just too obvious, while ...
Russian central bank issues new payment cards to take on Visa and MasterCard
December 21st, 2015
Thirty-five Russian banks have agreed to participate in the launch of a new national payments card intended to challenge the dominance of Visa and MasterCard. So far, seven of the banks have tested the basic functions of the new’ ...
Thomson Reuters introduce FX Monitor in Eikon Messenger
December 21st, 2015
Move gives corporate treasurers greater control by simplifying access to financial services community alongside exclusive news and analysis from Thomson Reuters Keeping in touch with the rapidly changing and time-sensitive foreign exchange markets can pose significant challenges for corporate ...
NBG absorbs Cooperative Bank of the Peloponnese
December 21st, 2015
The Cooperative Bank of the Peloponnese is heading toward a split between a “good” and “bad bank” as it is the only cooperative lender to have failed to cover its capital requirements. Its healthy side will be passed on ...
Creation of a “Bad” Bank
December 21st, 2015
The banking sector in Cyprus has gone through radical transformation in the last few years following the disastrous events of March 2013. To a large extent, the sector has regained confidence from both its domestic customers and the international ...
Israel’s Flourishing Fintech Has Many Fathers
December 21st, 2015
Israeli finance technology has taken giant leaps in the last few years. Hundreds of local startups are developing new technologies for payment and security solutions, and multinational companies and banks are flocking to Israel for a piece of the action. Much ...
Commodity losses
December 18th, 2015
Markets have been extraordinarily complacent about the bad debts building up in the financial system. In the wake of the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates this week, the effect on debt was barely mentioned in the subsequent analysis ...
BATS to expand FX offerings on Hotspot, mulls new fees
December 18th, 2015
BATS Global Markets is considering adding market data products and connectivity fees to its Hotspot FX foreign exchange trading platform to boost revenues, according to a regulatory filing. Hotspot, which institutional investors use to trade one currency against another ...
StanChart:We announced the world’s first application of distributed ledger technology for trade finance
December 18th, 2015
Standard Chartered Bank, DBS Bank and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) have successfully completed a proof of concept (PoC) delivering the world’s first application of distributed ledger technology to enhance the overall security of trade finance invoicing. Leveraging ...
