PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

China’s foreign exchange reserves have slipped below the $3 trillion mark, as measured in January. The data from the People’s Bank of China stated that the $2.99 The latest tally is the lowest in roughly six years, The Wall Street Journal reports. trillion in reserves was off $12.3

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 4.531 billion to stand at USD 629.755 billion in the week ended January 28, RBI data showed on Friday. FCAs tumbled by USD 3.504 billion to USD 566.077 billion, as per weekly data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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CFO News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

ED sought additional information from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) by individuals and companies using Paytm Payments Bank. RBI had informed ED of possible breaches in November 2023.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Ghana’s decision to exclude international banks from funding cocoa production may have opened opportunities for its domestic financiers and traders to invest in the sector, but analysts fear that the move leaves the country’s currency, the Cedi, vulnerable to weakening.

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CFO News

JUNE 9, 2023

The adjudicating authority under the Foreign Exchange Management Act has issued show-cause notices to Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited, the two executives, CITI Bank, HSBC Bank and Deutsche Bank AG, the agency said in a statement.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) defended its management of the rupee, stating its interventions in the foreign exchange market are necessary to maintain stability amidst global economic uncertainty.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

s share of the foreign exchange market has dropped, while the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reported that Asia, particularly Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, are picking up the pieces. Brexit has hit the pound hard. Financial Times reported that the U.K.’s While the value of the U.K. Here are the numbers: $2.4

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Amid persistent selling of shares in the stock market by foreign institutional investors (FII) and growing geopolitical tensions, India's foreign exchange reserves posted a $3.46 billion in the week ended October 25, data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Friday. billion drop to stand at $684.8

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Bottomline Rolls Out Open Banking Service. Airwallex Taps Deutsche Bank.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADQ) has agreed to acquire a 96% stake in Bank Audi’s loss-making Turkish subsidiary, Odeabank, as the United Arab Emirates deepens economic relations with Turkey. Lebanon’s Bank Audi is the largest Odeabank shareholder, with a 76.4% But ADQ’s banking foray may not be without issues.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

India's foreign exchange reserves decreased by $3.7 billion as of October 4, according to the Reserve Bank of India. The RBI intervenes in the forex market to manage liquidity and prevent excessive rupee depreciation, ensuring orderly market conditions without aiming for specific exchange rate targets. billion to $701.18

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Deutsche Bank announced on Tuesday (Feb. 18) that it would improve its Sri Lanka operation with the launch of a new digital foreign exchange (FX) program, reports said. In a press release, Deutsche Bank Sri Lanka Chief Country Officer Vikas Arora said that the bank wants to change with the times.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

New solutions continue to roll out as a result of open banking frameworks around the world and banks’ increasing willingness to collaborate with FinTechs. This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations reveals two new open banking initiatives from FinTechs designed to address back-office friction for banks.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Bank of America is rolling out three new application programming interfaces (APIs) as it supports the growing demand for up-to-the-moment data and processing in business treasury. The new APIs help with foreign exchange (FX) settlement, obtaining check images and retrieving reports, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 6) announcement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

European Union antitrust regulators are going to fine seven banks for manipulating the foreign exchange market, according to reports. The banks involved are Barclays, Citigroup, HSBC, JPMorgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS and a smaller Japanese bank. Collectively, the banks have been fined upwards of $2.8

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I doubt that many among our readers hold central banks in high esteem, save perhaps the researchers and data compliers who soldier away and provide useful information and even sometimes provocative analyses. Some economic historians insist it was “to promote the interests of commercial banks, rather than economic recovery”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to automate foreign exchange (FX) conversion. The solution is supported across 89 countries and can make conversion in 41 currencies, the bank noted.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

While this strategy can yield results, it can also create silos, hampering a bank’s ability to achieve one of the most vital goals of DX: seamless integration of operations that boost efficiency and improve the end-user experience. “Banks are technology companies,” Rio Tinto recently told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The platform aims to help companies get into digital banking and access benefits like collateral-free financing and flexible business management, the release stated. Key features include the aforementioned fully digital business accounts, along with quick application processing, according to the release.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Next Insurance is aiming to raise new capital that would value the FinTech startup at $2.25 billion, and FLEETCOR has come to an arrangement to purchase cross-border payment company Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX). FLEETCOR Buys AFEX To Boost Cross-Border Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America (BofA) is introducing a cross-border payment tracker and expanding SWIFT gpi to support more than 140 currencies, accessible through the integrated CashPro platform. Customers can make payments via Bank of America’s SWIFT gpi solution. 10) press release. “Our 10) press release. and Ireland at SWIFT. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) announced that it has revoked the licenses of five Russian foreign exchange (FX) trading companies. The move will give major local banks control of the market. 27, and must stop all operations and return funds to their customers by that time.

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Global Finance

JULY 26, 2024

Banking Circle is the winner of our award for Best Embedded Treasury Solution, providing the core financial infrastructure that allows businesses to build and offer embedded financial solutions. Backbase is another winner of two awards, as Best Non-Bank for Treasury FX Services and for Best A/P & A/R Integrated Solution.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

No longer is open banking solely for consolidating financial information into a single platform for one end user. Acumatica Links Its ERP Into Bank Data. Integrated into its ERP solution, the new feature links electronic banking fees to corporate card spend, allowing for automated receipt creation. In the U.K.,

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CFO News

MARCH 15, 2024

India's foreign exchange reserves have risen by $6.55 billion for the week ending March 1, as per the latest data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). billion to reach $625.63 This follows a previous increase of $2.98 billion to $619.07 billion for the week ended February 23, 2024.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It may be an open road for open banking as, three years after the rollout of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), bank-FinTech collaborations and new initiatives unlocking bank account data continue to flourish. ThinCats Links Up With Open Banking FinTech Salt Edge. But it may not always be smooth sailing ahead.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

businesses are over-exposed to risks related to interest rate and foreign exchange volatility, according to new Citizens Bank research. corporates have raised concerns over the negative impact that foreign exchange volatility might have on profits, particularly as ongoing global trade disputes impact the FX markets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

The People's Bank of China criticized Ant on Sunday (Dec. The Chinese central bank's statement came after it had met with representatives of Ant and regulatory officials from the country's securities, banking and foreign exchange sectors, presented as a Q&A with PBOC vice governor Pan Gongsheng.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

In another solution aimed at bank account consolidation, Neo announced today (July 9) that it is expanding its foreign exchange services to include the launch of a multi-currency account after receiving clearance by the Bank of Spain. Open Banking Opportunity. The FX Opportunity.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 7, 2024

To aid the island republic, the State Bank of India (SBI) has subscribed to $50 million in government Treasury bills issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Maldives, rolling over a one-year T-bill following the maturity of the previous subscription on September 19. India and China are among the nation’s biggest creditors.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The business division of Western Union will work with Isabel Group , a Belgian company providing multi-bank services through its B2B network Isabel 6, to grow connectivity in Belgium, according to a press release. Now, clients will be able to connect with more resources globally, the release stated.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Meanwhile, banks in Malta are skeptical of jumping on the blockchain bandwagon, according to Cointelegraph. The banks must be convinced that this is something that can really happen; unless banks are on board it will be very difficult,” Caruana said. In other news, the U.S. customers. “It

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As banks look to streamline access to finance or make it easier to safely share financial information with apps, Barclays Business Banking and Wells Fargo are joining forces with FinTechs on digital initiatives. PYMNTS rounds up the latest partnerships and initiatives below. Barclays & Propel. SMBs] are the lifeblood of the U.K.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

​On April 28, 2022, the RBI concluded a sell-buy foreign exchange swap under which banks bought US Dollars from the central bank and simultaneously agreed to sell the same amount of dollars at the end of the swap period.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Visa has announced that it will sell cross-border payments company Earthport’s foreign exchange (FX) business to Pollen Street Capital’s Currency Holdings, according to a report. If you are a treasury bank, you have to operate in both of those spaces,” he explained. That’s B2B Connect.”. “If

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Cloud-based clearing bank ClearBank has begun offering multi-currency bank accounts using an API, according to a press release. Beginning in the fourth quarter this year, the bank will allow users to access over 30 multi-currency accounts. ClearBank's capabilities make it doable for Oxbury Bank to loop into U.K.-based

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Foreign exchange giant Travelex is pulling its offer of sale to prospective buyers after none of the buyers could offer an acceptable deal to the company’s banks and lenders, Financial Times (FT) reports.

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