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Forex News

  • USD/JPY and USD/CAD lead G10 FX volatility as yen hits 40-year low
  • Dollar rises slightly as traders eye crucial Fed decision later in the week
  • Global yields retreat as crude slide eases inflation fears ahead of Fed, BOE calls
  • Sterling today: Pound edges lower against dollar ahead of Fed, BoE meetings
  • BofA says yen defense needs hawkish BoJ as USD/JPY tops 163

Federal Reserve News

  • Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former chief lending officer of Heritage State Bank
  • Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on June 8 and June 17, 2026
  • Federal Reserve announces the leadership and objectives of its task forces to advance the conduct of monetary policy
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with TS Banking Group, Inc. and TS Contrarian Bancshares, 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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Are ATM Fees Too High? That depends on what the meaning of zero is!

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: ATM

Despite the continued push in many countries for more government oversight and new legislation aimed at reducing ATM fees, just what costs do we really face when we need to get some quick cash? With very little effort those costs can be... uh... zero!

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Identifying limits associated with branch cash management

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: Banking

Over the past few years, industry experts have predicted the end of physical branches and that customers would progressively move away from cash transactions. However, in an article that was published in 2012, McKinsley & Co. showed that the share of cash in all American retail payments was still nearly one-third. This has forced financial institutions to re-think their models to better predict the amount of cash they’ll need to accommodate their account holders.

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Bitcoin: Why It Now Belongs in Every Portfolio

Written by: Nasdaq
Category: Digital Currency

A technology is called “disruptive” if it creates a new market that first disturbs and then displaces an earlier technology. Bitcoin is potentially such a technology and much more.

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Bad Time to Be a US Bank

Written by: CNN
Category: Markets & Metals

U.S. bank stocks are getting dumped like it's 2011. Shares of Bank of America and Morgan Stanley plummeted by 13% apiece in the two days after the shocking Brexit vote. Even though banks and the broader markets are rallying on Tuesday, Goldman Sachs is still down 22% this year. That makes the elite investment bank the worst Dow stock in 2016.

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Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf predicts demise of user names and passwords

Written by: Biz Journals
Category: Banking

It's been a long time since a big bank CEO discussing the state of his industry sparked spontaneous applause. But that's what happened when Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf talked technology to those attending the Bay Area Council's 2016 Economic Outlook Conference in San Francisco May 17.

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Four ways to dodge cybercrime when banking, shopping on mobile phones

Written by: USA Today
Category: Mobile Banking

The nature of identity fraud is changing. With the rollout of smart chips in credit and debit cards making it more difficult to steal using cards themselves, thieves have their eyes on your data instead.

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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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Bitcoin News

  • Pennsylvania Bill Could Shut Sportsbooks Out of Prediction-Market Making
  • Less Than 2 Weeks Left — Bitcoin’s BIP-110 Clock Starts Ticking as Miner Support Creeps Higher Before Showdown
  • Liquid Staking Giant Lido Moves 8 Million ETH Onto New Validators to Ease Ethereum Network Load
  • Bitcoin Traders Face $75M in Liquidations After Three Failed Attempts to Clear $65,600
  • Citadel Securities-Backed Crypto.com Brings XYO and XL1 Into Regulated Custody

Coin Telegraph News

  • Bitmine keeps buying Ether as ETH outperforms Bitcoin
  • Here’s what happened in crypto today
  • Securitize Capital becomes SEC-registered investment adviser
  • Tether’s XAUt gold token receives Shariah certification to expand Islamic finance access
  • Kraken parent Payward acquires Magic Labs’ wallet business

Coin Journal News

  • Ethereum outperforms Bitcoin as Bitmine buys 9,946 ETH
  • Pump.fun price climbs as BOOST buybacks absorb vesting supply
  • BitMEX sued for engineering customer liquidations to seize traders’ Bitcoin collateral
  • Ethena price prediction: can ENA hold $0.085 after $26.4M whale wallet transfer?
  • DOGE slides below $0.070 as market sentiment weakens
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