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Asia mostly lower as oil retreats further; BOK keeps rates steady
August 11th, 2016
Asia markets were mostly lower on Thursday following U.S. losses, with sentiment likely driven by Wednesday’s oil price falls and anticipation of another data deluge from China on Friday. In Australia, the benchmark ASX 200 slid 35.71 points, or 0.64 percent, ...
Asian Shares Retreat Amid Earnings as Yen Gains; Oil, Won Drop
May 13th, 2016
Aussie pressured as CBA forecasts two more rate cuts this year Crude slips from six-month high as copper slides in Shanghai Asian stocks fell, set for a third weekly loss, as lackluster corporate earnings gave little cause for cheer ...
RBC tests distributed ledger for remittances and loyalty programme
February 26th, 2016
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border payments and experimenting with a blockchain-based loyalty platform. RBC, which ...
Nikkei extends losses with banks, commodities stocks under pressure
February 10th, 2016
Monkeys threw a wrench into Asian markets in the Lunar New Year’s first week of trading, with sharp sell-offs in Japan, Singapore, and Down Under on Wednesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 56.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at ...
January 1, 2016: The New Bank Bail-In System Goes Into Effect In Europe
December 30th, 2015
If you have a bank account anywhere in Europe, you need to read this article. On January 1st, 2016, a new bail-in system will go into effect for all European banks. This new system is based on the Cyprus ...
Accounting firms have pushed into legal but will law push back?
December 28th, 2015
While big-four accounting firms have bulked up their legal services this year, law firms have missed the opportunity to diversify, says an analyst at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Marc Totaro, the national manager of professional services at ...
Commonwealth Bank Increases support for Australian leadership in Quantum Computing
December 9th, 2015
Commonwealth Bank has provided in-principle commitment for an additional $10 million to support Australian researchers who are well advanced in their efforts to build the world’s first silicon-based quantum computer in Sydney. CBA welcomes the Australian Government’s decision to ...
Commonwealth Bank Seeks Leading Blockchain Role with Sydney Conference
November 20th, 2015
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia will host a two-day blockchain conference in Sydney next month in an attempt to explore the technology’s potential. According to a Computerworld report, the bank – which recently partnered with distributed ledger startup R3CEV and has experimented ...
Cyprus Bar Association face price-fixing challenge following a formal legal complaint
October 27th, 2015
A formal legal complaint against the Cyprus Bar Association at the European Competition Commission is planned by an organisation that is challenging the price-fixing of lawyers’ fees in Cyprus for out-of-court cases. A NEW organisation calling itself ‘Fairness in ...
GP Global announces AML Seminar – 22 September 2015
July 23rd, 2015
G.P. GLOBAL LTD has issued a press release to inform for: AML Seminar – 22 September 2015: From Theory to Practice – A practical approach to: KYC/CDD – Monitoring – AML Risk Assessment – Risk Scoring and much ...
