Last week in Zurich, Richard Clarida, vice chairman of the US Federal Reserve bank, made a speech about how monetary policy—the raising and lowering of interest rates—has become more challenging in a low inflation environment. Among the figures...
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The bank explained that the mishap happened due to a "purely accidental" glitch in a fully automatic algorithm generating passphrases for special offers for clients. It has vowed to review how the mechanism works to avoid similar incidents in the...
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The Zacks Foreign Banks Industry consists of overseas banks that also have operations in the United States. Since a foreign banking organization may have both federally and state-chartered offices in the United States, the Federal Reserve plays a...
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When the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank last week, special interests got their way in the swamp that is Washington. While advocates for the nation's official export credit agency pretend it supports small...
This report defines digital ID, discusses the technologies used to deliver the solution, and lays out why banks could be a leader in digital identity.
Pink Floyd told us there's a dark side of the moon, and according to historical anecdotes, Napoleon was short. These fun "facts" aren't actually true, but believing them shouldn't affect your bank account. Sadly, you can't say the same for myths abou
Lebanon Lost $10BN In Bank Deposits Since August; Bond Yields Soar Past 100% Into "Venezuela Territory"
Protest-racked Lebanon over the past month has seen its banks opened for only half that time. First, the deteriorating security...
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Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) says it's time for investors to buy shares of Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC). The investment bank upgraded Canopy to buy from neutral on Wednesday, prompting a 15% surge in the price of the popular cannabis stock.Bank of...
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Michael Grimes has been called “Wall Street’s Silicon Valley whisperer” for landing a seemingly endless string of coveted deals for his bank, Morgan Stanley. In more recent years, it has served as the lead underwriter for...
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Happy Wednesday and welcome back to On The Money. I'm Sylvan Lane, and here's your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line.See something I missed? Let me know at slane@thehill.com or tweet me @SylvanLane. And...
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President Trump wants the Federal Reserve to keep cutting interest rates. But the central bank has signaled it's done cutting rates for now, unless the economy takes a turn for the worse.
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Banks and hedge funds have to battle with each other as well as Silicon Valley for top talent. But there's been something of a truce, with developers from different firms working together on solving shared problems.
Once-secretive firms have...
Related topics: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Hedge Funds, Silicon Valley
As an alternative to government-issued money, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin offers relative anonymity, no sales tax and freedom from bank and government interference. But some people argue that these benefits have an enormous environmental impact,...
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The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approved the $66 billion merger between BB&T and SunTrust, which creates Truist Bank.
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"This Is An Entirely Different Bubble" - Veteran Short-Seller Warns "Central Banks Are Losing Control"
Authored by Christoph Gisiger via TheMarket.ch,
In an in-depth conversation with The Market, Kevin Duffy, the head of hedge fund...
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One of the things to clarify about right up front: it is not a bank. What started as essentially a robo-advisor for investors expanded into offering some cash management accounts, called Betterment Everyday.
The Betterment Everyday Savings account...