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Schäuble on his meeting with Varoufakis: We agreed to disagree
February 5th, 2015
February 5, Thursday – Statements of the two Finance Ministers after the conclusion of their meeting. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’ crucial meeting with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schäuble in Berlin begun at around 12.30 (Athens time) and lasted for ...
Tinubu Square Winner Of The IE Club Global 60 Trophy
February 5th, 2015
Tinubu Square, the trusted source of credit risk solutions for trade credit insurers and businesses, has today announced that it has received an award from the IE Club, which is based in Paris, Montreal, Boston and Israel, naming Tinubu ...
It Is About To Get Ugly: Oil Is Crashing And So Is Greece
February 5th, 2015
The price of oil collapsed by more than 8 percent on Wednesday, and a decision by the European Central Bank has Greece at the precipice of a complete and total financial meltdown. What a difference 24 hours can make. ...
SIX selects UnaVista as partner for its Swiss derivative trade repository solution
February 5th, 2015
In response to banks’ demand, SIX Securities Services Ltd is to establish a central trade repository for derivative transactions in Switzerland. The service from SIX will use the reporting technology of London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) UnaVista platform. The solution ...
Markets mixed as oil plunge resumes
February 5th, 2015
US stocks pulled back on Wednesday on the backdrop of resumed slide in oil prices and news that European Central Bank will no longer accept Greek bonds as collateral. Energy, utilities and health-care stocks led the losses, with six ...
Half of the world’s banks set to fall by the digital wayside – BBVA
February 5th, 2015
Up to half of the world’s banks will disappear through the cracks opened up by digital disruption of the industry, forecasts BBVA chairman and CEO Francisco Gonzalez. Speaking to the press as the bank reported a 25% uplift in ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
ICAP to fight €14.9m Brussels fine
February 5th, 2015
ICAP is to fight a €14.9m fine imposed on it by European antitrust authorities for aiding a cartel in the yen swaps markets as Brussels formally closed a portion of its long-running probe into rate manipulation. The UK interdealer broker ...
Yanis Varoufakis expresses surprise at free market endorsement
February 5th, 2015
Here’s why Adam Smith Institute agrees with Syriza The world’s most interesting finance minister has expressed his surprise at being backed one of Britain’s leading free-market think-tanks. Yanis Varoufakis, the man appointed by Greece’s radical left wing party Syriza ...
UK SMEs lack processes required to eradicate late payments, reveals Neopost survey
February 5th, 2015
New research from Neopost UK has found that – even though invoices make up nearly a third (31%) of all SMEs outgoing communications – the majority of the UK’s smaller firms are struggling to manage their invoicing processes in ...
