August 16, 2019

President Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to help head off a feared economic slowdown, but it’s not clear the central bank has enough firepower left to do so. Besides, some economists say, there’s really not much reason for the […]

August 16, 2019

For Coinbase, the loss means it no longer has access to the UK Faster Payments Scheme (FPS), which allows customers to instantly withdraw and deposit sterling on its platform. The crypto exchange is now looking to replace Barclays with UK […]

August 15, 2019

A way for North Carolina small businesses and sole proprietorships to join together and obtain more affordable individual health insurance is heading to Governor Roy Cooper’s desk after the measure received final legislative approval. The Senate voted 32-9 on Tuesday […]

August 15, 2019

The Trump Administration gave markets an early Christmas present, when it announced Tuesday that it will delay planned tariffs on a subset of the $300 billion in imports that had been announced Aug 1. While the news caused stock markets […]

August 14, 2019

The three will work with local partners in the US, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and India on the Finance Forward coalition. Finance Forward will run nine regional accelerator programmes and bootcamps over the next two years, helping entrepreneurs […]

August 14, 2019

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. holds nearly $100 billion in financial-services stocks, underscoring the size of the billionaire investor’s ongoing bet on the future of the U.S. economy. Berkshire’s position has built up over years and includes banks, payment companies, […]

August 13, 2019

The performance gap between small caps and large caps is widening to historic lows, a trend seen during times of economic stress and investor caution, possibly signaling something worse with the economy could be coming. The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 […]

August 13, 2019

Tandem customers will be given the opportunity to sign up to be part of a new group of co-creators and the bank will feed their input into the design phase of the mortgage, serving the consumer directly. The crowd-designed mortgage […]

August 12, 2019

China’s central bank is nearly ready to issue its own sovereign digital currency, according to a senior official. Mu Changchun, deputy director of the People’s Bank of China’s payments department, said the institution’s virtual currency was “almost ready” for release, […]

August 12, 2019

It’s safe to say that mortgage rates have never been lower in Denmark. In fact, they’re now negative. Denmark’s Jyske Bank JYSKY, -20.24%, is now offering a 10-year fixed-rate mortgage at negative 0.5%. Additionally, Finland-based Nordea Bank announced Wednesday that […]