Category: News

February 27, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

AWS plans for an infrastructure region in Mexico

This AWS Mexico Region will allow businesses, the government, education facilities and nonprofits more flexibility in app usage and data storage. This latest initiative from Amazon aims to offer updated and secure cloud computing. Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, Raquel Buenrostro, said: Cloud services are an essential part of everyday life, helping us to digitally and…

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February 26, 2024 BY Simon Mugo

EU Approves Instant Euro Payments To Compete With Visa, Mastercard

The groundbreaking regulation enables the swift transfer of funds denominated in euros, allowing transactions to be completed within a mere 10 seconds, irrespective of the time or whether it involves transfers within a single country or across EU member states. Traditionally, transaction processes through conventional card payments and banking deposits have been slow, often extending…

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February 26, 2024 BY Simon Mugo

Citi Appoints JPMorgan’s Raghavan as Banking Head, Says CEO

Raghavan, who recently held the position of head of global investment banking at JPMorgan, is slated to commence his new role at Citigroup during the summer. Peter Babej, who has been serving as the interim banking head at Citi, will continue in his role until his retirement later in the year. In the memo, Jane…

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February 26, 2024 BY PureContent

NVIDIA Sets Single-Day Record for Market Value Increase

This massive gain overtook the previous best day of trading set by Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. (META) when it added $196bn to its value on February 2 this year. Analysts had hotly tipped NVDA to make huge profits thanks to its groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) technologies; however, even those analysts were taken aback by…

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February 26, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

US judge accepts Binance’s $4.3bn guilty plea

The penalty includes $1.81bn criminal and $2.51bn forfeiture fines. Binance already submitted its guilty plea in November 2023 and this legal approval, which was given on Friday, 23 February 2024, brings the matter to a close. According to Reuters, the plea resolved an extensive probe that investigated Binance’s failure to report over 100,000 transactions attached…

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Exness best place to work 2024
February 23, 2024 BY PureContent

Exness celebrates global recognition as a Best Place to Work in 2024

This acknowledgement underscores the exceptional work environment and remarkable levels of employee satisfaction maintained by the company. This global recognition is a crowning achievement following three consecutive years of obtaining the certificate in Cyprus, between 2021 and 2023. The awarded certificate is based on a rigorous evaluation of a multi-disciplinary range of criteria, such as…

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February 23, 2024 BY Simon Mugo

ECB Chief Lagarde Says Q4 Wage Data Is Not Enough for Rate Cuts

Lagarde's comments underscored the delicate balance the ECB aims to maintain in its fight against inflation, which has been a significant concern for economies worldwide. "The Q4 wage numbers are obviously encouraging numbers," she remarked, pointing out that these figures offer a glimmer of hope. However, she quickly added a note of caution, stating, "The…

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February 23, 2024 BY PureContent

Tools for Brokers introduces AI assistant for Trade Processor

Trade Processor is a liquidity bridge connecting users to liquidity providers, allowing for handling risks and collecting statistics from several trading servers. Clients can also switch orders between liquidity providers and set up a backup liquidity provider. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter The AI-powered assistant aims to offer daily users…

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February 23, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

January US property sales achieve a five-month high

The year-on-year comparison, however, shows a 1.7% decline. Based on Reuters data, January sales predictions came to 3.97 million units as opposed to the realised 4.00 million units. As residential resales are only valid after finalising agreements, these totals most likely reflect deals in the two months preceding January 2024. In December 2023, the average…

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