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Commonwealth Bank to launch Ripple payments between its subsidiaries
May 29th, 2015
CIO of the bank, David Whiteing, believes digital currency technology like Ripple is where the future of payments is heading The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will soon launch Ripple technology for its subsidiaries to transfer payments between them, ...
FXCM to Sell FXCM Hong Kong to Rakuten Sec
May 29th, 2015
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, announced that Forex Trading, LLC, a subsidiary of FXCM Newco, LLC (“FXCM”) has signed a definitive agreement to sell FXCM Asia Limited (“FXCM Hong Kong”) to Rakuten Securities, Inc. (“Rakuten Sec”), a ...
What Google Just Announced Is a Bombshell
May 29th, 2015
Now on Tap could change everything about your phone What Google just announced at its IO conference is a bombshell for the future of the company. For years the search giant has witnessed the chipping away of its core ...
Technology key to modern accountancy practices
May 27th, 2015
Adapting to new technologies is the most important issue facing accounting practices that wish to be successful, according to a poll of Accountancy Age readers. The poll of 109 Accountancy Age readers, based on ICAEW‘sTomorrow’s Practice initiative which outlined the key areas of change affecting the profession, ...
Top news of the day, May 26
May 26th, 2015
1. Binary options – potential changes in regulation. At present binary options are regulated by the UK’s Gambling Commission, but only if the firm has remote gambling equipment located in Britain. If this is not the case, any binary ...
Amazon pays $16 million tax in Germany, while making $11.9 billion sales
May 26th, 2015
Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc.’s (AMZN.O) main German operating unit paid just 11.9 million euros ($16 million) in tax in 2014, despite the group recording $11.9 billion in sales to German customers last year, regulatory filings show. Germany is Amazon’s ...
Charter Strikes $55 Billion Deal for Time Warner Cable
May 26th, 2015
Including debt, deal is valued at $78.7 billion Charter Communications Inc. has struck a $55 billion cash-and-stock deal for Time Warner Cable Inc., giving cable mogul John Malone the prize he has been chasing for two years. The offer is valued at about $195 a share, ...
Russia Lifts Bitcoin Ban
May 25th, 2015
Since the middle of the last year, the Russian government has been discussing the possible ban and criminalization of digital currency. Some Bitcoin related sites have even been blocked in a move that forced many of the Bitcoin Russian startups to ...
Bitcoin: A Remarkable Innovation and Its Limitations
May 20th, 2015
My own sense is that popular interest in Bitcoin peaked about 12-18 months ago. Perhaps that interest will return. But for now, my sense is that Bitcoin represents a remarkable–indeed, a breakthrough–innovation which nonetheless is beginning to show its limitations. Rainer ...
IP private wire service Trader Voice Anywhere connects voice traders to new markets faster
May 14th, 2015
Colt partners with GemaTech and TTC Solutions to deliver Trader Voice Anywhere Enables private wire service to turrets, IP phones and tablets Uses existing TDM turrets providing IP benefits without CAPEX investment Colt, GemaTech and TTC announced the launch ...
