June 27, 2018
Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy

Supply chains are globalizing even as rising protectionism threatens to place new challenges and barriers on those trade partnerships. Exposure to the risks of endless shifts of foreign exchange (FX)...

June 25, 2018
‘Robin Hood’ Money Transfer Tax Threatens Kenyan Financial Services

Kenyan bankers and fund managers have warned a proposed “Robin Hood” tax on many transactions will threaten the future of the country’s economy. According to the Financial Times, the finance bill...

June 18, 2018
Central Bank Eyes More Regulation For FinTech, Shadow Banks

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a forum for the world’s central banks, wants specific regulations that were introduced after the 2008 financial crisis to also be extended to shadow...

June 11, 2018
Bitcoin Investors Look More Like Traders These Days

Thanks in part to the meteoric rise and subsequent decline in the price of bitcoin, the makeup of its holders has shifted from longer-term investors to more active ones, reported the...

June 11, 2018
Data Dive: Adyen’s Big IPO Price, Apple Pay’s Festival Play...

Saturday crowned horseracing’s 13th Triple Crown Winner, with its winner, Justify, now well positioned as a cash machine for its owners. Payments saw several players jockeying for a similar place...

June 06, 2018
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Hired Ex-SEC Officials For XRP Suit, Crypto...

Send is gearing up for the pre-sale of a digital token that seeks to offer price stability, the company said in an announcement. Through a Send Consensus Network and a...

June 05, 2018
Adyen Shoots For A $1 Billion IPO

There is an official price for Adyen’s IPO scheduled for the Euronext stock market in Amsterdam.  According to reports in the Financial Times, with the pricing of Adyen’s initial public...

June 04, 2018
Biometrics Could Be The Future Of mPOS

Tap to pay. Dip to pay. Smile to pay. Forget reinventing the payments wheel — it seems many innovators are looking to replace it. As bigger names jump on board with...

May 31, 2018
Sears Plans To Close 72 More Stores

As Sears Holdings grapples with falling sales, the retailer is expecting to close an additional 72 stores. Those planned closures are in addition to the hundreds of brick-and-mortar locations the...