Capital Directors

Reuters | March 04, 2020

The interest rate on U.S. overnight repurchase agreements slipped on Friday after an operation conducted by the New York Federal Reserve that parked $75 billion in temporary cash in the U.S. banking system. The overnight repurchases agreement (repo) rate was last USONRP= 1.85%-1.95%, compared with 1.90%-2.00% before the latest repo operation. They ended at 1.75% late on Thursday after hitting 10% on Tuesday, according to Refinitiv data. The U.S. central bank has conducted a series of cash-adding...

Citi | February 18, 2020

Citi has become the latest banking giant to take a stake in Contour, the blockchain-based trade finance platform which made its commercial launch last month. Set up by eight banks, including ING, BNP Paribas and HSBC in 2018, Contour has seen its ranks swell over the last two years, with Citi Ventures the latest to invest in the network. Formally known as Voltron, Contour uses R3’s Corda blockchain platform for a global network designed to digitise and modernise the $18 trillion trade fina...

PAYMENTS

daVinci Payments, North lane | December 10, 2020

daVinci Payments and North Lane Technologies, today reported they have completed their merger, formally making a high-development, premier payment company with inventive technology and solutions. The joined organizations currently operate under the brand umbrella of Syncapay, through a holding company framed along with another lion's share value investment from reserves prompted by Centerbridge Partners, L.P, a leading private investment management firm with broad experience in supporting de...

Wells Fargo | March 05, 2020

Wells Fargo is not complying with the terms of multiple settlements related to its sales scandal, according to a Congressional report released on Wednesday that also faulted regulators for failing to aggressively enforce the agreements. The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee released the findings of its year-long probe into the bank ahead of hearings next week that will see its new chief executive, Charles Scharf, and its chair, Betsy Duke, testify before the committee fo...