By Anirban Sen and Michelle Price NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Capital One, a U.S. consumer lender backed by Warren Buffett, said on Monday that it will acquire credit card issuer Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion. The tie-up, which will combine two of the largest U.S. credit card companies, aims...
By Lisa Barrington, Brenda Goh and Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Tuesday kicked off Asia\'s biggest air show - the first in six years unaffected by pandemic restrictions - as the global aviation industry grapples with a full rebound in travel demand in the face of severe supply constraints. More than 1,000 companies...
By Sameer Manekar and Melanie Burton (Reuters) -BHP Group on Tuesday logged first-half underlying profit that slightly beat analyst expectations, buoyed by strong iron ore prices, and said inflationary impacts were receding. The world\'s largest listed miner was cautiously optimistic on a demand recovery in the developed world in the next 12 months but said...
By Stefanno Sulaiman, Devjyot Ghoshal and Joe Brock JAKARTA (Reuters) - When a Chinese rocket malfunctioned shortly after launch in April 2020, destroying Indonesia\'s $220 million Nusantara-2 satellite, it was a blow to the archipelago\'s efforts to strengthen its communication networks. But it presented an opportunity for one man. Elon Musk - the owner of...
Grayscale and FTSE Russell unveil an index that categorizes crypto assets into distinct sectors. Image by 24K-Production, Adobe Stock Today, Grayscale Investments announced a partnership with the UK-based global index provider FTSE Russell to introduce the FTSE Grayscale Crypto Sector Index Series. The index hopes to bring clarity to the fast-growing, yet often misunderstood crypto...
BlackRock’s SEC fine raises questions about its suitability for managing a Bitcoin ETF. Image by Sergei Tokmakov, Pixabay. According to a Tuesday release from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), BlackRock Advisors LLC has agreed to a $2.5 million penalty for failing to accurately describe investments in the entertainment industry. The development is of...
Kraken will provide user data to the IRS after a legal battle over crypto tax reporting. Image by Michael O’Keene, Adobe Stock.Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will provide limited user information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next month following a court order received in June. The data concerns specific Kraken users who conducted transactions...
The HKMA has called for additional research to assess the feasibility and impact of introducing a retail CBDC in Hong Kong. Image by MMollaretti, Adobe Stock. As financial institutions worldwide explore the adoption of digital currencies, Hong Kong’s stance on its own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), known as e-HKD, remains cautious. A recently published...
Source: SGKB Switzerland’s fifth largest cantonal bank, St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), has partnered with SEBA Bank to offer custody and trading services for Bitcoin and Ethereum. SGKB announced that the service is initially available to a select group of wealth-management clients at SGKB with future plans to expand the offering to retail customers soon. Christian Bieri,...
Mastercard’s expert Ashok Venkateswaran has expressed skepticism about the current viability of widespread central bank digital currencies (CBDC), claiming that the broad adoption of CBDC could be “difficult,” according to CNBC. Venkateswaran, Mastercard’s Blockchain and Digital Assets Lead for Asia-Pacific, discussed the complexities surrounding the implementation of CBDCs during the Singapore FinTech Festival. He pointed...