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Central Bank of Kenya says Bitcoin and similar products are not legal tender in Kenya
December 16th, 2015
Central Bank of Kenya says that public should desist from transacting in Bitcoin and similar products. According to the CBK’s release: The attention of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been drawn to media reports on the use, holding and ...
Shares climb, dollar dips as Fed prepares to lift rates
December 16th, 2015
Shares and bond markets rose and the dollar dipped on Wednesday, as investors readied for what is expected to be the first rise in U.S. interest rates in almost a decade. After more than a year of posturing and ...
‘Fintech 100’ – Announcing the world’s leading fintech innovators for 2015
December 15th, 2015
China fintech on the rise as ZhongAn tops listtop fintech companies closes 31 October; Overall fintech investment expected to jump 66% to over US$20bn in 2015. Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, today ...
Dubai economy picks up with tourist activity on the rise
December 14th, 2015
Dubai’s economy picked up in November as tourist activity increased against the previous month, an economic survey of the emirate shows. The Dubai economy tracker, a survey of business conditions in the emirate, rose to 53.4 in November, up ...
Russia to launch own crude benchmark in 2016
December 14th, 2015
Russia wants to see its domestic oil blends compete with Brent and WTI as primary global crude benchmarks, according to an official from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX). “Our goal is to take a place among the ...
Asian stocks trade lower, China bucks trend
December 14th, 2015
Asian equities traded mostly lower on Monday, as investors remain focused on the mid-week decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Chinese market bucked trends and traded up, boosted by upticks in shares of brokerages and banks. Kathy Matsui, managing ...
The Launch of RMB Index Helps to Guide Public View of RMB Exchange Rate
December 14th, 2015
Guest Commentator of CFETS, Dec 11th, 2015 The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (also known as CFETS) has published CFETS exchange rate index on its website on December 11th. This will help bring about a shift in how the ...
Russia’s Biggest Bank Wants To Adopt Blockchain. Not Bitcoin
December 11th, 2015
Sberbank, the biggest bank in Russia might adopt blockchain technology in the future. The bank plans to join the international consortium R3 and develop blockchain based services. However, as in the case of other international big banks, it doesn’t plan to use ...
SGX announces successful launch of SGX Bond Pro
December 10th, 2015
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced the successful launch of SGX Bond Pro, the first Over-The-Counter (OTC) trading venue dedicated to Asian bonds. SGX Bond Pro has been established under SGX’s subsidiary, SGX Bond Trading (“SGX BT”), a licenced Recognised ...
Swiss National Bank released: Monetary policy remains expansionary
December 10th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank has issued today a press release to inform in relation to its monetary policy assessment. Monetary policy remains expansionary The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is maintaining its expansionary monetary policy. The target range for the ...
