BankingA (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB – POLITICOMay 28, 202474Racketeering Rimšēvičs: Currently fighting to get his prison sentence overruled, former Latvian central bank chief Ilmārs Rimšēvičs was found guilty last...
BankingUK inflation ‘unavoidable’ but Bank of England should revamp forecasting model, says BernankeMay 15, 202473Ben Bernanke said Bank of England should investigate forecast errors. (Andrew Harnik, Associated Press)The double digit record high inflation that...
BankingBritain’s next financial crash is coming. This time it won’t be the banks. – POLITICOMay 10, 202485Plus, the Bank is undertaking a stress test to probe how nonbanks would react to extreme potential stress in the...
MoneyHow dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions – POLITICOMay 10, 202474Centralization across the EU may sound good on paper, but Laura Aus, deputy head of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit,...
CurrenciesThe US dollar is so strong that China’s central bank, among others, just keeps loading up on goldMay 8, 202457Robust Chinese gold buying has sent prices of the precious metal to record highs.ReutersChina's economy is struggling, leading to a...
BankingEurope’s banks retreat from Moscow, with the ECB at their heels – POLITICOApril 30, 202459But the slowness of the sale process had frustrated regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. Earlier this year, Acting...
BankingUK Banks’ Responses to the Risk Landscape in 2024April 29, 2024793 By Gary Lynam, Managing Director EMEA, Protecht Protecht’s survey of UK financial-services institutions offers important...
CryptocurrencyBiden’s 2025 Budget proposal seeks to tax capital gains at 45%, eliminate crypto tax loopholesApril 24, 202458(Kitco News) – Wealthy investors could be in for an unpleasant surprise the next time they do their taxes as...
CryptocurrencyPresidential candidate RFK Jr.: ‘I’m gonna put the entire U.S. budget on blockchain’April 22, 202437(Kitco News) – United States presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. wants to bring the transparency of blockchain to the U.S....
BankingLondongrad forever? Why the UK may never seize Russian assets – POLITICOApril 15, 202474LONDON ― In politics, reality rarely matches rhetoric. And the reality is Britain will probably never seize Russia’s money. Plenty...