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Wirecard launches new prepaid Visa card mycard2go
March 2nd, 2016
Visa Simply One combined card – available from many retailers A new prepaid Visa card from Wirecard is now available to consumers: mycard2go is easy to top up and can be used in a variety of scenarios, for example ...
Stocks Limp to End Weak February
March 1st, 2016
Investors remain cautious, as officials guide China’s currency to weakest level in three weeks February’s rally faded Monday, as the Dow industrials hung on to post a small gain for the month while the S&P 500 slipped into negative ...
The true role of gold
February 19th, 2016
At a time of growing concern about the global financial system, it is time to remind ourselves why physical gold is so important for the benefit of the nearly three quarters of a million BitGold and GoldMoney customers, as ...
Europe open: Stocks rally on strong Asian cues; IAG flies higher on upgrade
February 15th, 2016
European stocks kicked the week off on an upbeat note, taking their cue from a strong session in Asia, despite the release of disappointing Chinese and Japanese data. At 0840 GMT, the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 index was up ...
Gold outlook improves
February 12th, 2016
There is a conflation of three related events that materially alter the prospects in favour of a higher gold price. The change in the outlook for US interest rates has probably put an end to the dollar’s four-year bull ...
The five fears stalking the global banking industry
February 10th, 2016
China, emerging markets, the eurozone, oil and commodities all pose a threat to the banking sector this year Banking shares have come under pressure this week as investors express fears that the sector will be badly hit by a global ...
It is time for a euro zone finance ministry?
February 8th, 2016
The euro zone needs to press ahead with structural reforms and closer integration, including an euro zone finance ministry, to deliver sustainable growth, the heads of the French and German central banks wrote in a German newspaper on Monday. ...
Interview with Wall Street Journal
February 5th, 2016
Interview with Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Brian Blackstone and Tom Fairless on 1 February 2016 Over the last few months we’ve seen oil and commodity prices bringing down inflation. How worried ...
Bank of England: Oil price fall ‘good for UK economy’
February 5th, 2016
The fall in oil prices has been a “net good” for the economy, Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent has said. He told BBC Radio 5live’s Wake Up To Money that falling oil prices had helped to push ...
EU on brink of ‘terrifying crisis’ Five of Europe’s big banks are in danger, warns expert
February 4th, 2016
Some of Europe’s biggest banks are on the brink for a crisis that echoes the 2008 meltdown, a finance expert warned today, as fears over the global economy escalate. Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Santander, Barclays and RBS are among ...
