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EBA explores digital interfaces and crypto-technologies
May 13th, 2015
The Euro Banking Association (EBA) has published two ‘hot topic’ reports on Digital Customer Service Interfaces (DCSI) and crypto-technologies at its EBA day payments conference today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the intention of detailing the electronic payments landscape ...
Greek Banks relieved to hear their collateral is intact, as ELA grows
May 13th, 2015
The European Central Bank raised the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling for Greek banks by 1.1 billion euros on Tuesday, in the wake of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting that recorded some progress in the talks between the government and its ...
Top news of the day
May 12th, 2015
1. Greece made a repayment of 750 million euro to IMF. Progress is made but work needs to be done. The move came after a what seemed a rare good news day in terms of talks between Greece and its lenders ...
Greece clears IMF hurdle but don’t relax just yet
May 12th, 2015
With news that talks between Greece and its lenders are making slow but sure progress and Greece made a multi-million euro loan repayment to one of its lenders a day early, goodwill towards the country is hitting highs not ...
Financial transaction tax unlikely before 2017-Austria finmin
May 12th, 2015
Europe is unlikely to impose a financial transaction tax before 2017, not in 2016 as earlier planned, Austrian Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling told Reuters. The tax, first proposed in the 1970s to penalise currency speculators, was seized on ...
Gateley: Announcement of Intention to Float on AIM
May 12th, 2015
Gateley (Holdings) plc, a leading UK commercial law firm, today announces its intention to launch an initial public offering (“IPO”) and application for admission of its ordinary shares to trading on AIM (“Admission”). Cantor Fitzgerald Europe is acting as ...
Sweden Consults On New Bank Tax
May 12th, 2015
The Swedish Cabinet, on May 7, endorsed plans for a study to be undertaken on the Government’s proposal for a new tax on the financial sector. Financial services, including banking, securities trading, and insurance services, are exempt from value-added ...
Advanced Markets Launches Contracts for Difference
May 12th, 2015
Advanced Markets announces the availability of CFD trading Advanced Markets Ltd., an ASIC licensed leading Prime of Prime (PoP) brokerage and top-tier liquidity provider to institutional and retail brokerage firms, announced today the addition of 10 CFD products to ...
EU Clarifies Digital VAT Proposals
May 11th, 2015
The European Commission has released more detail on its value-added tax proposals under its new Digital Single Market Strategy. The Commission previously confirmed it will legislate in 2016 to reduce the administration burden on businesses arising from different VAT ...
BoI warns Israeli banks to keep sanctions on Russia
May 11th, 2015
Israeli banks are being required to verify that sanctions are being observed. The Bank of Israel has ordered Israeli banks to establish a policy and rules for working with companies and banks in Russia, following the sanctions imposed on ...
