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Financial Management

Wave Financial | April 01, 2022

Wave Financial LLC (Wave), a SEC regulated digital asset investment management company, is pleased to announce the launch of the Wave ADA Yield Fund. The fund is designed to provide liquidity with millions in line to support new decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms launched in the Cardano ecosystem starting with an initial $100M. We're thrilled to continue breaking ground in the field of cryptocurrency through the creation of innovative new funds, and t...

Reuters | January 21, 2020

Major central banks are looking at the case for issuing their own digital currencies, the Bank of England and European Central Bank said on Tuesday, amid a growing debate over the future of money and who controls it. The central banks of Britain, the euro zone, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland will share experiences in a new group headed by former European Central Bank official Benoit Coeure and assisted by the Bank of International Settlements, they said. “The group will assess ... economic,...

Goldman | July 07, 2020

Goldman Sachs sees Wall Street banks suffering from a surge in bad loan provisions and has outlined a grim estimate for a 69% drop in second-quarter earnings. Analysts at the bank wrote in a 7 July note to clients that they see $32bn in set-asides for bad loans for the largest seven American banks this quarter, an increase from about $26bn in the first three months of the year. A trading bonanza, fuelled by virus-driven volatility, has not been enough to outweigh an economic slump, the dr...

Financial Management, Payments

PRnewswire | April 26, 2023

The adoption of card payment acceptance by smartphone apps is transforming how payments are processed. Mobile payments not only benefit retailer-customer relations but open up business opportunities to innovations such as click-and-collect and mobile wallets with integrated loyalty. This is according to virtual payment card provider Lanistar. Jeremy Baber, CEO of Lanistar said: "With smartphone technologies continuing to advance, businesses can process card payments through...