Britain’s top financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has widened its crackdown on unauthorized cryptocurrency ATMs. “There are currently no crypto ATM operators registered with the FCA, which they must be to operate legally,” the regulator noted. FCA Cracks Down on Illegal Crypto ATMs Britain’s top financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), announced
Illinois expects another $575 million of general fund revenues in the current fiscal year as steady income and sales tax collections through February pushed worries over an economic slowdown and the impact of a potential recession further out on the horizon. The legislature’s non-partisan Commission on Forecasting and Accountability raised its estimate for revenues
Municipals were little changed in secondary trading Wednesday amid an active primary market with two billion-dollar deals priced, although details on one were not immediately available. U.S. Treasury yields were weaker in spots and equities ended mixed. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 59%, the five-year at 61%, the 10-year at 66% and the 30-year
On March 7, United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that interest rates may remain higher for longer than previously anticipated. This boosted expectations of a 50 basis points rate hike in the Fed’s March meeting to about 70% from 30% a week earlier, FedWatch Tool data suggests. The U.S. dollar shot up and
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 3, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The latest spike in bond yields was enough to spook the stock market into a sell-off Tuesday, but there’s a silver lining for fixed income investors: Short-term Treasurys are now touting
The Stitch Fix logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earning on June 7. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/ | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. United Natural Foods — The organic food company tumbled 27%
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A “For Sale” sign outside of a home in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images After dropping to a 28-year low the previous week, mortgage demand recovered slightly, even though interest rates marched higher. Total mortgage application volume rose 7.4% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers
The head of one of Britain’s largest insurers has decried the “perpetual drift” of companies away from London’s stock market, saying that a low-growth economy and political infighting had eroded the UK’s appeal. The decisions last week by CRH, the world’s largest building materials group, and UK chip designer Arm to shun London in favour
Municipals were a little firmer in spots Tuesday, while equities and short-term U.S. Treasuries sold off after Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell suggested interest rates could be hiked higher than expected to combat inflation. The two-year UST yield rose 13 basis points, pushing it above 5% for the first time since June 2007. The
The municipality that is home to the American Dream mall in New Jersey is suing its operator, saying it failed to make agreed upon payments in lieu of taxes. East Rutherford’s lawsuit, filed Friday in New Jersey Superior Court, asserts that despite pulling in “hundreds of millions of dollars” in revenue since opening in 2019,
Bitcoin (BTC) faced a one-hour $1,420 pullback on March 3 following Silvergate Bank’s 57.7% stock crash, which was due to significant losses and “suboptimal capitalization.” The U.S. fintech-friendly bank was a key financial infrastructure provider for exchanges, institutional investors and mining companies, and some investors are worried that its potential demise could have wide-ranging negative
Since its launch in November, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has undeniably caused quite a media storm. In fact, Bloomberg estimates that mentions of Artificial Intelligence and its related phrases have already increased by 77% since last year. Whilst opinions on the topic of AI range from brazen optimism to cynicism and skepticism to down-right horror, what was
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China will overhaul supervision of its financial system and bolster science and technology to try to catch up with the west, as Xi Jinping embarks on a third term as president with one of the biggest reforms of the state apparatus in years. The changes — part of a series of ministerial reforms to China’s