Friday, Nov 22, 2024

International Finance

Category : Fintech

£6bn in revenue left on the table by mobile businesses last year

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Survey reveals that more than half of UK smartphone users have abandoned their transaction August 20, 2015 London: Jumio Inc. on Thursday released results from the company’s latest Mobile Consumer Insights study, which looks at user behaviour and transactions on mobile. Conducted online by Harris Interactive, the study identifies the driving forces of purchase and...
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Did China just float the yuan?

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Sort of… People’s Bank of China announced a significant liberalisation of the yuan’s exchange rate regime John J Hardy August 14, 2015: The People’s Bank of China devalued the Chinese yuan overnight by almost 2% and announced a significant liberalisation of the yuan’s exchange rate regime, a move that has roiled currency and asset markets...
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Forex with insurance

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Unlimited income without the risk August 11, 2015: Free insurance against losses when trading with currencies and metals? An impossible dream for a trader. But experts at FBS brokerage company insist that it is possible. Forex has never been so advantageous and profitable. Forex trading is an extremely profitable way to earn money, but also...
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‘Turkish people love trading and they want to take risks’

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Okan Boke, the General Coordinator of ATIG, tells IFM why the company sees big potential in the forex business IFM Correspondent July 29, 2015: ATIG Investment and Securities provides professional services, such as Forex and CFD Trading, Equity Trading, Futures and Options Trading, Portfolio Management and Corporate Finance. The forex business has been growing in...
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M-commerce set to leave e-commerce behind

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
However, companies need to invest more in mobile commerce to make the experience seamless for consumers Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya July 22, 2015: In the last decade, the one revolution that has taken everybody by storm is probably the evolution of mobile phones. From a device meant for making and accepting calls to a multipurpose gadget,...
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Top 10 most epic trades of all time

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Every day, thousands of trades are conducted between traders around the world, but most of them will never be remembered TeleTrade July 21, 2015: Every day, thousands of trades are conducted between traders around the world, but – let’s face it – most of them will never be remembered. The trades that stay in history...
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Opportunities on the new Silk Road

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
A lot depends on the way China executes the project and the cooperation extended by other nations Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya May 29,2015: China wants to recreate history. The erstwhile Silk Road, a network of trade routes that allowed exchange of goods and services between Asia and Europe, is getting rebuilt and China’s President Xi Jinping...
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Changing the rules of the game

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
A look at the laws governing tax residency in India Pallavi Singhal May 28, 2015: Tax residency is at the core of any taxation system as it determines the sovereign right of a country to tax income. The tax residency determines whether a tax payer is liable to pay tax on global income or source...
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IT, mobile to drive growth in retail

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
For retailers, factors like reduced time to market, less inaccuracies, no manual latency will be the differentiators Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya May 26, 2015: A couple of months ago, Tesco hit the headlines when it opened the world’s first virtual supermarket store in South Korea’s Seoul subway station. The pillars and platform screen doors of the...
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WhoTrades turnover in Latin America touches $10 billion in 6 months

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The client base stands at 8,500 people and is doubling each month May 26, 2015: International Finance Magazine has recognized licensed US brokerage WhoTrades as the fastest growing brokerage in Latin America in 2015. After six months of working in the region, the company’s turnover reached USD 10 bn, while its client base, which currently...
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