Category: News

  • The Bank Of Spain Has Issued Guidelines For Crypto Service Registration

    Spanish banks are ready to provide crypto assets to their consumers directly. Banks are making the necessary preparations to fulfill the future standards. Following months of anticipation, the Bank of Spain has given instructions on how to register with the central bank in order to provide cryptocurrency-related services in the country. Spain’s central bank originally…

  • Yellen Forecasts High Inflation Till Mid-2022

    Secretary Of the treasury Janet Yellen stated she anticipates strong price increases over the first half of 2022, but dismissed claims that the US is losing control of inflation. Inflation is likely to drop in the second half as supply constraints, a tight labor market, and other pandemic-related variables improve, according to Yellen on CNN’s…

  • HSBC Shocks With A 74% Increase In Q3 Profit And A $2 Billion Buyback Programme

    As concerns about pandemic-related bad loans faded, HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L) announced a surprise 74 percent increase in third-quarter profit, allowing it to launch a $2 billion share repurchase. However, due to inflationary pressures, HSBC boosted their cost predictions for 2022 to $32 billion from $31 billion. Chief Executive Neil Quinn said in a statement released…

  • Nordea Initiates Share Buybacks As The Nordic Banking Sector Recovers

    Nordea (NDAFI.HE) of Finland and Swedbank (SWEDa.ST) of Sweden both reported increased third-quarter earnings on Thursday, as banks throughout the region recovered quickly from the pandemic’s impact and moved extra capital to shareholders. Nordic banks, like their European counterparts, have profited from increased corporate and consumer activity, as well as a glut of mergers and…

  • Barclays Profits Boosted From Investment Banking

    On Thursday, Barclays announced better-than-expected third-quarter profits, following in the footsteps of its Wall Street peers and benefiting significantly from its investment banking sector. The British bank recorded a profit before tax of 2 billion pounds in the July-September period, above analysts’ expectations of 1.6 billion pounds and more than doubling the 1.1 billion pounds…