London Stock Exchange

CoinDesk | May 02, 2019

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to blockchain, according to its CEO. Nikhil Rathi told CNBC in an interview published Thursday that the LSE has noticed several “interesting” ideas from rival stock exchanges and will see which ones “gain market traction” before making any moves in the space itself. Other stock exchanges have been more proactive with the technology to date. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is notably r...

coindesk | March 11, 2019

Investment management company Invesco is launching a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the London Stock Exchange today. For the effort, Invesco has partnered with London-based Elwood Asset Management, an investment firm specializing in digital assets, to launch the product called the “Invesco Elwood Global Blockchain UCITS ETF.”Elwood announced the news Monday, saying the ETF is designed to target companies with the potential to generate “real earnings” from blockc...

Investing.Com | July 26, 2019

The London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE) (L:LSE) is in talks to combine with financial data analytics and trading platform Refinitiv, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the matter. A deal could be announced as soon as next week, the Financial Times reported, adding that it could not learn the terms of the transaction. A deal for Refinitiv would come less than a year after private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc (N:BX) bought a majority stake in the business from T...

PayPal | January 16, 2020

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced that it processed a record $10.3 billion in donations to charities around the world in 2019, and more than $1 billion in the month of December alone, as mobile and other digital channels continue to change how donors engage with nonprofit organizations. Twenty-one percent of all donations processed by PayPal in 2019 were made through mobile devices. "Our efforts to drive social impact and create value for all of our stakeholders continue ...