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The digital revolution on the finance industries
January 29th, 2016
EU experts and stakeholders discussed the impact of the digital revolution on the finance industries, market participants and consumers at a recent event organised by ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Deloitte in Brussels Internet and digital ...
Barclays faces £700m legal action
January 29th, 2016
Barclays has confirmed it is being sued for more than £700m by deal-maker Amanda Staveley in connection with its emergency fundraising in 2008. The Financial Times reported that Ms Staveley’s firm, PCP Capital Partners, had taken legal action against ...
Bitcoin technology heralds ‘smart contracts’ era
January 27th, 2016
The technology behind the Bitcoin digital currency could usher in an era of ‘smart contracts’ and enable the creation of a tamper-proof Land Registry database, legal technology experts said this week in the wake of a landmark government report. ...
Visa’s contactless payments soar by 250pc in the UK, as firm reports record revenues in Europe
January 26th, 2016
Cash is no longer king in the UK, where Visa Europe‘s contactless payments soared by 250 per cent last year. The electronic payments business said that people purchasing items by waving their Visa credit or debit cards over payment terminals ...
Global Stocks Enter Bear Market: One-Fifth Of All Worldwide Stock Market Wealth Is Already Gone
January 25th, 2016
It’s official – global stocks have entered a bear market. On Wednesday, we learned that the MSCI All-Country World Index has fallen a total of more than 20 percent from the peak of the market. So that means that ...
Convict Libor brokers only if they played ‘significant’ role, UK jury told
January 22nd, 2016
Jurors in Britain’s second Libor trial were instructed on Thursday not to convict the six former brokers in the dock unless evidence showed they played a “significant” part in an alleged plot to help convicted trader Tom Hayes rig ...
Renault recalls more than 15,000 diesel cars after emissions tests
January 20th, 2016
French carmaker acts after admission that emissions filtering system did not work in all temperatures, but denies wrongdoing Renault has recalled more than 15,000 diesel cars after an admission that its emissions filtering system does not work in all temperatures. ...
WhatsApp to Drop Subscription Fee
January 19th, 2016
WhatsApp will scrap its subscription fee and explore ways that businesses can interact with the mobile messaging service’s users to make up for the lost revenue, its co-founder said Monday. The app previously had charged an annual renewal fee ...
Emissions-Testing Probe Prompts Raid of Renault Facilities
January 15th, 2016
Antifraud officials search several French car maker’s headquarters, engineering center France’s antifraud authority has launched an emissions investigation into Renault SA and other car makers, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, deepening scrutiny of Europe’s car industry after Volkswagen AG was caught cheating on ...
imaginBank, Spain’s first mobile-only bank for millennials
January 14th, 2016
CaixaBank creates a new banking model, which can be accessed exclusively through mobile apps. The new bank emerges on the market with a complete range of commission-free products and services, including current accounts, debit cards, consumer loans, personal finance ...
