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Former Rabobank traders convicted in U.S. over Libor rigging
November 9th, 2015
A federal jury found two former traders at Rabobank guilty of fraud on Thursday in the first U.S. trial arising from a global investigation into manipulation of Libor, the leading benchmark for pricing financial transactions around the world. ...
Bitcoin to be 6th largest reserve currency by 2030: Research
November 5th, 2015
Bitcoin industry insiders have issued an optimistic prediction for the cryptocurrency over the next few decades, suggesting it could be as widely used as the Swiss franc or the Australian dollar. U.K.-based Magister Advisors, which advises the technology industry ...
Worldline to join forces with Equens to strengthen its pan-European leadership in payment services
November 4th, 2015
A transformational deal for Worldline, providing the enlarged Worldline Group a highly comprehensive pan-European footprint, with leading positions and offerings in key geographies (France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, the Nordics). A transaction structured in two components: An asset/share deal in Financial Processing, by merging the processing ...
UBS’s third-quarter 2015 results
November 3rd, 2015
UBS 3Q net profit CHF 2.1bn Net profit attributable to shareholders CHF 2.1bn; diluted earnings per share CHF 0.54 Adjusted1 profit before tax CHF 1.0bn Fully applied Swiss SRB Basel III CET1 capital ratio of 14.3% Fully applied Swiss SRB ...
Bitcoin Is Suddenly Surging Again
November 3rd, 2015
And there are various theories behind the rise. Bitcoin is back in the news, but this time it seems to be for all the right reasons. After a blockbuster 2013, the digital currency tumbled throughout 2014 on negative headlines, such as the February ...
Visa Inc. to Acquire Visa Europe
November 2nd, 2015
Further to the released published today: Visa To Keep UK Presence After BoE Steps In, the company has just announced a definitive agreement for Visa Inc. to acquire Visa Europe. Strategic Acquisition to Create One Global Company That Further Extends Visa’s ...
NYDFS Announces Goldman Sachs to Pay $50 Million
October 30th, 2015
NYDFS Announces Goldman Sachs to Pay $50 Million; Accept Three-Year Regulatory Consulting Abstention; Admit Failure to Supervise For Banking Law Violations Goldman Sachs Employee Schemed to Steal Confidential Regulatory Information, and Improperly Shared that Information with Other Goldman Employees ...
Rabobank trader tells jury he ignored traders’ requests to rig Libor
October 29th, 2015
A former Rabobank trader accused of engaging in a scheme to manipulate Libor told a jury on Wednesday that he sometimes learned of improper requests from traders to rig the benchmark rate, but never acted on them. The testimony ...
Why We’re Ungovernable, Part 11: Portugal Stages A Coup
October 26th, 2015
Wow. Portugal just did something extraordinary. In its most recent election, parties of the left — anti-austerity, anti-business, mistrustful of the euro and other extra-national institutions — gained a parliamentary majority, which gives them the right to form a ...
IRS Extends FATCA IGA Compliance Deadline
October 26th, 2015
Within its Notice 2015-66, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided for a delay to the provision of information under Model 1 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) signed by other jurisdictions with the United States. ...
