OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
January results of the Bank Lending Survey in…
In Germany, banks tightened the terms and conditions for loans to enterprises and to households for house purchase by widening margins. Credit standards for loans to enterprises and for loans to households for house purchase…
François Villeroy de Galhau: The future of the…
I am very pleased to be here with you and talking about European Monetary Union and wish to thank you for your invitation . It's almost like a home from home for me here: I…
Jens Weidmann: United in diversity
Introduction Dear Chancellor Bierlein, dear Vice-Chancellor Jabloner, dear Finance Minister Müller, dear President Mahrer, dear Governor Holzmann, dear Ewald, ladies and gentlemen, Joseph Schumpeter once said that to realise the relative validity of one's convictions…
Claudia Buch: Digitalization, competition, and financial stability
I would like to thank Fabian Bichlmeier, Manuel Buchholz, Ulf von Kalckreuth, Matthias Köhler, Stephan Müller, Jens Reich, Joerg Stephan, Benjamin Weigert, Matthias Weiß, and Grit Winkler for their most helpful contributions and comments on…
Growth of cashless payments continues into 2018 –…
The use of cashless payment instruments gained further ground in 2018, as evidenced by the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Statistics on Payments and Securities Trading, Clearing and Settlement. Just under 23 billion cashless transactions (up by 1.2 billion or…
CFTC Staff Acts to Expand U.S. Customer Options…
Washington, DC — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) staff today issued permission to Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex) to begin clearing swap transactions on behalf of customers of futures commission merchants (FCMs), providing U.S. customers…
Bundesbank’s June Monthly Report published
[caption id="attachment_310408" align="alignleft" width="281"] Jens Weidmann , Bundesbank President[/caption] The June 2018 edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy on the basis of macroeconomic projections for 2018 and 2019,…