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Commerzbank Decides to Lift Loan Provisions due to ‘worsening’ Economic Conditions
8.8.2019
The German economy, which is the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world, has been going through growing pains over the past few quarters. In such a situation, the country biggest banks have also had to go through their share of pain, and in this regard, banking giant Commerzbank...
Standard Chartered Completes First Transaction on Oil Industry Blockchain Platform Voltron
7.8.2019
Standard Chartered Bank has completed the first international letter of credit transaction on the oil industry blockchain platform Voltron
Currency War Erupts as US and China Bring Out the Big Guns
6.8.2019
What started out as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies is now a full-blown currency war as the U.S. and China bring their big guns to the battlefield. The impact on the global financial markets was immediate and severe, driving up safe-haven assets as ordinary people...
Experts Say Mexico’s Regulations Raise the Bar ‘Too High’ for Crypto Entrepreneurs
5.8.2019
New laws are strangling crypto startups before they can begin to trade
How Governments Steal Your Money and Conceal It Through Inflation
5.8.2019
Dozens of countries all over the world have used the same trick called redenomination to hide how they have stolen their own citizens’ money through inflation or hyperinflation. The next nation to try this economic sleight of hand is the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also Read:...
UK Bank Standard Chartered Uses Blockchain for Supply Chain Finance
5.8.2019
Standard Chartered completed its first joint blockchain-based supply chain financing transaction in cooperation with Linklogis
Goldman-Backed Apple Card Restricts Cryptocurrency Purchases
4.8.2019
Cryptocurrencies cannot be purchased with the new Apple credit card according to the American multinational technology company’s recently published customer agreement guidelines. The Apple card’s restrictions indicate that the company’s partner, Goldman Sachs, is leery toward...
More Signs the Next Big Financial Crisis May Begin in Germany
3.8.2019
Germany, the locomotive of Europe’s huge economy, is entering a difficult period, various indicators suggest. And when the Federal Republic sneezes, the Old Continent usually catches cold. This time, Germany may infect the rest of the world as well. An economic and financial crisis there...
The Modern Era of Free Range Slaves: How Bitcoin Breaks the Mold
3.8.2019
In a string of recent Tweets, 2020 Libertarian presidential candidate and fugitive from the law John McAfee has been talking about slavery. Urging people to “wake up” and assuring them that neither compliance with the status quo, nor stacks of riches, can set them free. Indeed, when...
Banks Stopped Walmart Bank – Now the Retail Giant Hits Back With Crypto
2.8.2019
On August 1, it was discovered that the giant retail corporation Walmart has patented plans for a stablecoin that’s backed by U.S. dollars. If released into the wild, the USD-based cryptocurrency would be issued to select Walmart retailers and partners while the patent’s description...
Liquidity Difficulties in China: Second Bank Bail-Out Now Reality
1.8.2019
Although it has its peculiarities, the Chinese banking sector now faces similar challenges to the west’s financial system. Dozens of small banks have been experiencing liquidity difficulties in the past few months. Observers believe the expanding problem has the potential to trigger...
Blockchain Ticketing Platform From Top Russian Airline Took $1 Million in July
31.7.2019
Russia's second largest airline is touting the benefits of blockchain after a ticketing platform it developed raked in over $1 million in a month
Philippines’ UnionBank Launches Stablecoin, Conducts the Country’s First Bank Blockchain Transaction
30.7.2019
The group ran its first transaction between three rural banks in an effort to improve its remittance offerings
Former Brazilian Central Bank Chief Praises Bitcoin, Libra
30.7.2019
Gustavo Franco. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Canal UM BRASIL
The former governor of the Central Bank of Brazil has heaped praise on Bitcoin – and suggested that McDonalds and Starbucks follow suit with Facebook, and consider launching cryptocurrencies of their own.
In an editorial piece...
Philippines’ Biggest Bank has Unveiled its Own Digital Currency
29.7.2019
According to the latest reports, one of the biggest banks in the Philippines, called the Union Bank of the Philippines Inc., has introduced its digital currency. Thus, the bank which is more commonly referred to as UnionBank has now become the nation’s first bank to have conducted transactions...
Unbanked for Buying Bitcoin: How the Financial System Criminalizes Crypto
28.7.2019
When we think of the unbanked, we envisage citizens of developing nations who lack the means and documentation to obtain access. But you don’t have to be a Mongolian goat herder to find yourself financially excluded. In the West, relatively affluent citizens are having their banking services...
Microsoft and Apple Join Second Vision Fund of SoftBank
26.7.2019
SoftBank Group has probably been the biggest driver of growth in the tech space over the past decade or so. It has backed some of the most interesting startups all over the world and has managed to grow them into behemoths. The company had made investments in companies like Uber and We work among...
Ripple CEO Expresses His Surprise at Bank of America’s Patent Application Referencing Ripple’s Technology
25.7.2019
According to the latest reports, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, has expressed his surprise at reports suggesting that a patent application has been filed by the Bank of America which references Ripple’s DLT more than one time. In his interview with Bloomberg, the CEO has stated that he...
US, EU and Japan Could Trigger ‘Cold Currency War’ by Debasing Fiat
24.7.2019
The world’s major central banks are waging war to determine who can make their respective fiat currency weaker. With the likelihood of even more money printing and negative interest rates ahead, people need to be ready to see the value of their money evaporate and the price of everything else...
Bank of America To Utilize Ripple Blockchain For Interbank Communication Application
22.7.2019
Bank of America has been among the leading holders of blockchain patents in the United States and has just registered one more. As per the new patent filing on Google Patents, BOA will use the Ripple Blockchain for a new interbank communication and settlement system. Ripple has been among the helm...