Tag: banking

T he U.S. Treasury Department has tied the North Korean hacking group Lazarus to the theft of more than $600 million in cryptocurrency from a software bridge used for the popular ... ( read original story ...)

A senior director at one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges has told Radio 4 Money Box there's a "special place in hell" for fraudsters. Curtis Ting spent eight years at the FBI before ... ( read original story ...)

The US has linked North Korea-backed hackers to a massive cryptocurrency heist worth $615m (£469m) from players of the popular online game Axie Infinity in March.The game allows to earn crypto through ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Friday, as heavyweight technology stocks tracked overnight weakness on Wall Street, but losses were limited as investors bought back stocks at a dent ahead of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 0.88 percent at 26,932.48 on Friday, while the broader Topix shed 0.91 percent at 1,890.72. nAZN02DTSR TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda faces another awkward communications challenge later this month when the central bank updates forecasts widely expected to predict the strongest annual inflation ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is preparing to attend a gathering of financial leaders from the Group of 20 economic powers next week, its finance minister said on Friday, as Western nations sought the expulsion of Russia ... ( read original story ...)

"The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is conducting monetary policy to achieve its 2% inflation target, not to manipulate currency rates," Kishida told parliament, when asked by an opposition lawmaker about ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is preparing to attend a gathering of financial leaders from the Group of 20 economic powers next week, its finance minister said on Friday, as Western nations sought the expulsion of Russia ... ( read original story ...)

Many people believe that crypto will increase access to financial services for underbanked communities.These crypto proponents say that the ... ( read original story ...)

BoJ said it won’t issue digital yen with the aim of achieving negative interest rates but is moving towards phase two of its PoC ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is not in a position to comment on each country's participation in the G20 finance ministers' meeting next week, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday, when asked about Russia's plans ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and the United States are likely to hold a bilateral finance ministers' meeting next week on the sidelines of the Group of 20 gathering to be held in Washington, Kyodo news agency reported on ... ( read original story ...)

A new survey found that a surprising amount of people would accept part or all of their paycheck in a cryptocurrency like bitcoin or ether. ( read original story ...)

Return of retail traders? Trading volume for bitcoin has been sluggish for the past few weeks, especially with those from retail traders, as the Federal Reserve tightens its easy ... ( read original story ...)

Fintech startups remain a hot commodity, the research firm CB Insights said in its State of Venture report. ( read original story ...)