The Bank of England has decided to hold rates at 0.5 percent once again, a record low for seven years. All nine members of the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to hold on to low rates amid concerns over global growth and uncertainty ahead of a Brexit vote...
Supervisors monitor banks to assess the banks’ compliance with rules and regulations but also to ensure that they engage in safe and sound practices (see our earlier post What Do Banking Supervisors Do...
I wrote at the beginning of January that economic conditions this year were set to be as weak as in 2015, which was the worst year since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008...
The Bank of Japan is ready to expand its bond-buying program and cut interest rates further into negative territory as it fights to ignite growth in the country's economy, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Wednesday. The central bank "will not hesitate to take additional easing measures in terms of...
Retail Forex broker Exness has earlier today issued a statement regarding ongoing DDoS attacks causing service disruptions affecting the broker’s website and trading terminals...
While bank regulation and supervision are the two main components of banking policy, the difference between them is often overlooked and the details of supervision can appear shrouded in secrecy...
Italy's financial industry has approved a government-backed plan to set up a rescue fund to help weaker banks. The Atlante fund will be made up by private money, reportedly worth €5bn ($5.7bn; £4bn), and will buy up shares and bad debt in struggling banks...
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After a few weeks in the industry, Joshua told his wife: ‘Even if it means we’re going to starve, I can’t do this job anymore’ Since The Times of Israel’s initial investigation into “The Wolves of Tel Aviv” — the appalling forex and binary options scam in Israel — we have been contacted by dozens...
JP Morgan Chase, a major stakeholder in the London Stock Exchange (LSE)-traded UK forex broker Plus500 (LON:PLUS) announced it has reduced its share in it by almost two thirds – from 8.99% to 3.05% by selling 6 829 806 of its shares...
HotForex is proud to introduce The 1st Traders Awards 2016. Every month the Top10 traders will be featured on the HotForex traders Awards Page. This will serve as Tribute to our Top Traders...
An industry turning over hundreds of millions of dollars, employing thousands of people, is cynically cheating naive would-be investors worldwide via a range of corrupt practices. It is doing terrible harm to its victims, and it risks doing the same to Israel’s reputation...
An industry turning over hundreds of millions of dollars, employing thousands of people, is cynically cheating naive would-be investors worldwide via a range of corrupt practices...
Do you need extra protection of your deposit when the market behaves unexpectedly? Do you avoid receiving deposit bonuses, because they are cancelled if your deposit is smaller than required when you least expect it...
US forex broker Forex Capital Markets, aka FXCM (NYSE:FXCM), one of the world’s top three retail forex brokers in terms of largest trading volume, continues to top the list of forex brokers with the largest retail client assets in the US, according to data published by the US Commodity Futures Tr...
Why hasn’t Israel shut down binary options scam? A former MK describes how she tried. Five years ago, Einat Wilf realized forex/binary options was, at best, an industry founded on illegal gambling...
Dear Clients and Partners! We’re pleased to inform you that the license No. 191/13* issued to RoboForex (CY) Ltd has been expanded – the following type of activity, "Portfolio Management", has been added. As a result, our clients now can use CopyFX and RAMM investment platforms...
At the end of a tough quarter, the fraught debate over how policymakers should tackle the world's economic woes gets another airing in the coming week as central banks on both sides of the Atlantic publish minutes. Solid growth in U.S...
With most advanced economies experiencing anemic recoveries from the 2008 financial crisis, their central banks have been forced to move from conventional monetary policy – reducing policy rates via open-market purchases of short-term government bonds – to a range of unconventional policies...
