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Forex News

  • USD/KRW: BofA sees Korean won pressure from rising outbound investment
  • Japanese yen firms after BOJ’s hawkish hold, dollar steady with Fed, Iran in focus
  • Dollar edges lower amid U.S.-Iran impasse; central bank decisions galore this week
  • Colombian peso drops 2.36% as leftist leads presidential polls
  • Venezuela central bank sees exchange rate stability, cooling inflation ahead

Federal Reserve News

  • Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by OceanFirst Financial Corp.
  • Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Banco de Credito del Peru
  • Agencies finalize changes to enhance community bank leverage ratio
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of First Financial Bank
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Community Bankshares, Inc.

WSJ Markets News

27 January 2025

  • Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China's DeepSeek
  • Comex Gold, Silver Settle Lower
  • DeepSeek Won't Sink U.S. AI Titans
  • Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
  • Arabica Coffee Prices Hit Record on U.S., Colombia Tariff Spat
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Is The Mobile Banking Revolution Favoring In-Store Branches?

Written by: American Banker
Category: Mobile Banking

After giving a recent speech to a large banker group, I was approached by two area branch managers. They wanted to share that, while they currently run physically distinct brick-and-mortar branches, those roles do not fully reflect their experience.

They explained that, like me, they were alumni of in-store bank branches, and they appreciated my comments during the speech about having "in-store banking DNA" in my system.

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What to Consider When Converting Bitcoin to Fiat Currency

Written by: The Merkle
Category: Currency

When people think of exchanges to sell their Bitcoin, there are a lot of caveats to take into account. First of all, it can take a while to execute these payments, albeit most services do so within 24 hours. On the other hand, international wire transfers remain very expensive. Bitcoin can’t solve that problem when users want a bank transfer in fiat.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 33 Cryptocurrencies Described In Four Words Or Less

Written by: Mr BTC
Category: Digital Currency

Cryptocurrency also termed as Digital or Virtual currency is considered as a form of asset and the currency is designed to work as an exchange medium. Crytpocurrency uses strong cryptography to secure the financial transactions. All these cryptocurrencies work on the blockchain technology which is a decentralized system.

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What Does a Little Blue Box Have to do With ATM Channel Management?

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: ATM

Do you remember the 1960's infamous little blue box? That plaything of the technically inclined from long ago was a pre-cursor to some of the security challenges faced by the ATM industry today.

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Forgery Is Still a Problem - New Bank-Note Technology Can Combat

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: Currency

With all the dollar counterfeiting going on, it's no wonder that the Secret Service is starting to up their methods of forgery prevention. Introduction of new notes, with re-designed security features, has been their primary defense. As new technologies are developed, these methods are becoming increasingly more sophisticated.

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An Explanation of What Bitcoin Is

Written by: Nasdaq
Category: Digital Currency

When most people hear about Bitcoin, whether for the first or the tenth time, they ask one simple question: “What is it?”

Like an automobile, Bitcoin is technically advanced, and it can appear complicated, depending on how much you want to know about it. But also like an automobile, it doesn’t require you to be a technical expert in order to use it—and for it to change the way you interact with the world.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 77 Facts About Cybercrime You Must Know

Written by: Best VPNs
Category: Cards & Payments

As a society, we cherish our right to privacy, maybe more than anything else. Sharing is great, and we all enjoy it, but there is another side to the story -- an unspoken side of all things personal and secret. Our friends at BestVPNs UK and the team at WebmastersJury have created a "must see" infographic that reveals facts about cybercirme - the stealing of our personal secrets - that every one of us should know.

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Bitcoin News

  • Nearly Half a Million Users Utilize Bitget’s AI-Trading Infrastructure, Messari Report Highlights
  • Memecore Drops 15.9% to $3.43 as $830M Wipeout Pushes It out of Top 20
  • Galaxy Digital Sends ETH Worth $104 Million to Bybit, Binance and OKX, Sparking Selloff Concerns
  • White House Adviser Patrick Witt Teases ‘Big Announcement’ at Bitcoin 2026
  • Aave Releases Technical Plan to Restore rsETH Backing as Defi United’s Coalition Expands

Coin Telegraph News

  • Changelly and Tonkeeper enable cross-chain deposits to TON across 13 networks
  • Bitcoin ETFs snap nine-day inflow run as BTC slips below $77K
  • Bitcoin miner Core Scientific shifts to AI with 1.5GW data center push
  • Trump changes tune on prediction markets days after saying he disliked them
  • Crypto lobby backs formal removal of ‘reputation risk’ from bank examinations

Coin Journal News

  • Pi Network price outlook amid Protocol 22 upgrade, ahead of the May Protocol 23 upgrade
  • PENGU token jumps 14% amid Pudgy Penguins floor price pump
  • Western Union CEO hints at Solana-based stablecoin USDPT launch in May
  • Hyperliquid price forecast: HYPE holds above $40 as leverage builds
  • Bitcoin’s rally stalls below $80k: Check forecast
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