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Fintech regulation has been a key agenda item at recent meetings of peak financial regulators
April 11th, 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is talking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore about an agreement to ensure that regulation does not hinder the progress of fintech start-ups looking to operate across the countries’ borders. Fintech regulation has been a key ...
RBI:India Cuts Rates,First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17
April 5th, 2016
Part A: Monetary Policy Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 ...
Central Europe’s manufacturers maintain momentum despite German slowdown
April 1st, 2016
Central European manufacturing continued to grow in March as a jump in Polish factory activity managed to offset slower growth from Germany, the region’s main trade partner. The former communist countries of the European Union’s eastern wing rely on ...
The Rise of Robo-Advisors: Robo-advisor firm raises $100 Million in Funding
March 31st, 2016
If there was any doubt about the future of robo-advisors, the latest announcement from online advisor Betterment may quash it: The company says it has raised $100 million from investors in its latest round of funding. That’s the biggest round ...
Saudi Arabia and UAE government bank deposits fall
March 31st, 2016
Government bank deposits continued to fall in Saudi Arabia and the UAE last month, as the low oil price hits the balance sheets of lenders in both countries. In Saudi Arabia, government deposits fell 6.6 per cent in February, ...
Overall complaints fell by 1.4%, driven by a reduction in complaints related to current accounts and savings accounts. PPI complaints rise
March 31st, 2016
Financial services firms received 2.11 million new complaints between July and December 2015, according to new complaints data published today by the Financial Conduct Authority. Overall, there was a decrease of 1.4% in the number of complaints compared to ...
PwC Report: Blockchain a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity for Financial Services
March 30th, 2016
Blockchain marks the next “jump” in business process/optimization technology, according to a newly-released PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on fintech. The report, “Blurred lines: How FinTech is shaping Financial Services,” compares blockchain to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that allowed entities and functions within a ...
Will London Stock Exchange Merge With Deutsche Börse? Criticism Over Potential Deal Heats Up In UK, Germany
March 29th, 2016
Criticism of the potential sale of the London Stock Exchange Group to its German rival Deutsche Börse is heating up in both countries. Shareholders, industry veterans and politicians are split over the merger outlined this month, which would create one of the world’s largest ...
IBM blockchain leader Jerry Cuomo using ‘shadowchains’ to launch moonshots
March 28th, 2016
IBM has been building momentum behind blockchain by championing the Linux Foundation’s Hyperleder Project and creating its own Open Blockchain (OBC) among other things. IBM’s vice president of blockchain Jerry Cuomo, who recently gave testimony before US Congress about ...
Virtual Currency that is rival to Bitcoin, attracts attention and has soared in value
March 28th, 2016
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency — known as Ethereum — has soared in value, climbing 1,000 percent over the last three months. Beyond the ...
