Tag: banking

Japanese shares ticked up on Friday after signs of progress in U.S. stimulus talks helped Wall Street finish higher overnight, while some investors refrained from making big bets ahead of a string of ... ( read original story ...)

PayPal Holdings Inc. is exploring acquisitions of cryptocurrency companies including Bitcoin custodian BitGo Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would expand its embrace of ... ( read original story ...)

Trade talks with the EU remain uncertain, with negotiations focused on issues like fishing that have little bearing for the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Financial Services Agency began an onsite inspection at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday to investigate the causes behind a full-day trading halt earlier this month, Finance Minister Taro ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's financial regulator is conducting an on-site inspection of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on Friday to investigate the causes behind a full-day trading halt earlier this month, Finance ... ( read original story ...)

There are those in the cryptocurrency space who believe that excessive red tape is hampering innovation. If these entities had their way, financial task forces would take a hands-off approach, leaving ... ( read original story ...)

PayPal Holdings Inc's decision to open its network to bitcoin and its rivals was hailed by virtual coin enthusiasts as a watershed moment for cryptocurrencies and their path towards becoming a ... ( read original story ...)

PayPal is allowing customers to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies and use crypto balances to make payments across its global merchant partners. ( read original story ...)

Digital Currency Group (DCG), a global enterprise that builds, buys, and invests in blockchain companies, today released its latest ‘State of Crypto’ Report, which offers insight into the most salient ... ( read original story ...)

Institutional users of cryptocurrency exchange giant OKEx can now get their holdings out, though it will cost them to do so. ( read original story ...)

Businesses that make use of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are also cyclical; however, since revenue-generating organizations are not the same as a raw asset, they have a different cycle ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent crypto enforcement framework is a threat to digital privacy rights, according to an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). “It was a ... ( read original story ...)

The 2020 election is less than two weeks out with both sides bracing. But no matter who wins, today’s Icons chose to back our democracy. ( read original story ...)

Crypto prime broker Bequant is offering separately managed accounts (SMAs) so its institutional clients can manage investment strategies in one place, the company announced Thursday.  SMAs as a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Post plans to break up and sell parts of Toll Group, the Australian logistics business it bought in an ill-fated $5bn acquisition in 2015, according to people with direct knowledge of the talks. ( read original story ...)

Prolonged battle with pandemic could hurt banking system (Recasts with details of report, stress test results and estimates on relief impact) ... ( read original story ...)