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Currency Outlook – Seeing a U.S. Dollar Rebound

Analysis and Discussion with Brian Dolan of Gain Capital Group

Dollar Slide Continues

Interview and discussion with Daniel katzive of the Credit Suisse. He says that the dollar may continue to weaken but that depends on a...

How Will China’s Bitcoin Ban Impact the Cryptocurrency Market? 

Chinese regulators have always taken issue with cryptocurrency. In September, they decided to implement a comprehensive ban on financial platforms that allow people to...

The Currency Report – Dollar, Ozzie, Rupee

U.S. Dollar falls on Banking Outlook; Australian Dollar climbs to highest level since October; Indian Rupee seeing biggest gain since 1986 on ruling party...

NCR First in UAE to Introduce Bitcoin ATMs

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today announced that it has teamed-up with CoinHub, a cryptocurrency exchange in the UAE,...

Who Is Propping Up The Bitcoin Market?

In a research note published in December, Deutsche Bank Global Financial Strategist Masao Muraki outlined the typical profile of a potentially large constituency of...

Gold coins or faceless money (Part Two)

Just what do those bridges and windows on Euro banknotes mean...? So in trying to match ancient Rome's monetary reach, the Euro is running pretty...

Angela Merkel insists that the euro will remain a strong

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has insisted that the euro will remain a strong and dependable currency. She told Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton that Germany...

Cryptocurrencies See Short Term Bubble; Long Term Staying Power

The valuations and varieties of crypto-assets now available have raised fears of an overheated market However, with smart regulation and further innovation, crypto-assets...

Varengold Adds 15 Currency Pairs

Varengold Bank FX, a brand of Varengold Wertpapierhandelsbank AG, now offers trading in the South African Rand, Hungarian Forint, Polish Zloty, Czech Koruna, Norwegian...

BNP’s Thio Says Euro’s Long-Term Outlook Still `Bleak’

Thio Chin Loo, a senior currency strategist at BNP Paribas SA, talks about the outlook for the euro after the European Union unveiled...

Keeping the British Pound

To keep or to ditch the British Pound has been an ongoing debate in the UK since the introduction of the Euro, over...

Trillion is The New Billion

One Trillion Dollars Visualized from www.mint.com It's official, trillion is the new billion! No longer is government spending around the world talked about in terms of...

Markets Fear `Systematic’ Crisis in Euro Region

Thomas J. Lee, the chief U.S equity strategist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., talks with Bloombergs Margaret Brennan about the potential for Greek debt...

DIFC releases report on progress towards GCC monetary union

A new report assessing the progress being made by GCC countries to achieve the convergence criteria for a GCC Monetary Union (GMU) was...

Confirmed: Dollar Appreciation Hurts Emerging Markets

A strong dollar is not so good for emerging markets, according to new research co-authored by Valentina Bruno, an associate professor of finance at...

UAE will not be party to GCC monetray union agreement

The UAE has decided not to take part in the proposed monetary union agreement between the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, an official...

‘No Coffee for Bitcoin’ Starbucks Clarifies

Starbucks has clarified that it will not be accepting Bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrencies as payment, despite misleading reports from mainstream media. Earlier last Friday,...