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cTrader Web Update February 2016
February 3rd, 2016
Spotware Systems announce the completion of cTrader Web updates for all supporting brokers. These exciting features are now available to all traders inside cTrader Web next time they visit the application. “We are very excited to announce our first ...
Cypriot bank deposits rise in December 2015
February 1st, 2016
Total deposits in Cypriot banks recorded in December 2015 a net increase of €203,0 mln, compared with a net decrease of €67,9 mln in November 2015. According to data by the Central Bank of Cyprus, the annual growth rate ...
Bank of America is going big on blockchain
February 1st, 2016
Bank of America is trying to steal a march on the latest developments in the technology behind digital currency bitcoin by loading up on blockchain-related patents. Blockchain works like a huge, decentralized ledger for the digital currency bitcoin which ...
Deloitte UK launches a new regulatory and investor reporting managed service
February 1st, 2016
Deloitte UK launches Prisma, a new regulatory and investor reporting managed service The service supports global regulatory requirements, including new PRIIPs regulation. Deloitte, the business advisory firm, today launches Prisma, which helps investment managers, banks and insurance firms to ...
Asia trades mixed after data shows January fall in China factory activity
February 1st, 2016
Asia markets traded mixed Monday afternoon, with major indexes in Australia, Japan and South Korea extending gains after the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) surprise move into negative interest rates on Friday sent stocks higher from Tokyo to New York. ...
Poland may water down FX loans conversion plan if costs too high
January 27th, 2016
A Polish minister signalled on Wednesday the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party may water down the president’s plan to convert Swiss franc mortgages into zlotys if it is too expensive for banks. President Andrzej Duda has set out ...
China shares tumble again, taking 2016 losses to $2 trillion
January 27th, 2016
Chinese shares fell sharply again on Wednesday after plunging in the previous session, taking losses in 2016 to nearly 25 percent or 13 trillion yuan ($2 trillion). The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index SSEC was down 3 percent in afternoon ...
Euclid Opportunities invests in Digital Asset Holdings
January 25th, 2016
ICAP plc (IAP.L), announced that it has invested in Digital Asset Holdings LLC, a developer of Distributed Ledger Technology for the financial services industry. The investment was made through Euclid Opportunities, ICAP’s early stage fintech investment business, and forms ...
Saudi Arabia Said to Ban Betting Against Its Currency
January 21st, 2016
Central bank said to give directive at Jan. 18 Riyadh meeting Riyal forwards jump to highest in at least 2 decades in Jan. Pressured by plunging oil prices and costly wars in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia moved to ...
R3 brings eleven major global financial institutions together on a cloud based distributed ledger
January 21st, 2016
Financial technology innovation company, R3 CEV, today announced the successful completion of a ground breaking distributed ledger experiment involving eleven of the world’s largest financial institutions. R3 and consortium member banks Barclays, BMO Financial Group, Credit Suisse, Commonwealth Bank of ...
