Visa has agreed to buy BioCatch, the Israeli behavioural biometrics firm, for $2.4 billion in cash from Permira-advised funds and other shareholders, the network announced on August 3, 2026. The more revealing number sits in…
RBA Delivers the Cut, AUD slightly Higher
Asian indices finished mostly lower today as investor sentiment remains fragile amid trade war and the upcoming rate cuts from major Central Banks. The Nikkei225 finished 0.01 percent lower to 20,408 below its 100-day moving…
Reserve Bank reveals Monetary Policy Challenge 2019 finalists
The Reserve Bank’s new format Monetary Policy Challenge is shaping up to be an exciting competition, with six schools progressing to the final round of the competition. The six teams who have made it through…
Banking licence of JSC Kemsocinbank revoked and provisional…
By its Order No. OD-1224, dated 31 May 2019, the Bank of Russia revoked a banking licence from Joint-Stock Company Kemerovo Social Innovation Bank, or JSC Kemsocinbank (Registration No. 96, Kemerovo, hereinafter, Kemsocinbank). The credit institution ranked 320th by assets in the Russian banking…
Fraudulent Investment Scheme
The Bank of Canada (“Bank”) has become aware of a fraudulent investment scheme on the part of World Way Capital (“WWC”). WWC is presenting a fraudulent Deposit Guarantee/Investor Compensation sheet dated February 2019 to potential…
Federal Reserve Board announces schedule for results from…
Results from the latest supervisory stress tests conducted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act will be released on Friday, June 21, and the results from the related Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) will be…
The Next Stage in the LIBOR Transition (via…
Good morning to you all. I am sorry I cannot be present at the Alternative Reference Rates Committee's (ARRC) fourth roundtable, but I wanted to share these remarks with you at what is the start…
Dollar Weakens; US Bond Yields Extend Drop, Bullard…
Summary: The Dollar weakened for the second day running weighed by comments from St. Louis Fed Reserve Head and FOMC member James Bullard. Bullard, a noted dove, said that “an interest rate cut may be…
Investor Alert: High-Pressure Phone Calls for a B.C.…
Vancouver - The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) is warning the public to exercise extreme caution about unsolicited phone calls promoting an investment in a B.C.-based technology company. The BCSC has recently learned that several vulnerable…