Philippines Eyes Rules for Coin Offerings as Bitcoin Use Surges

The Philippines is looking at regulating so-called initial coin offerings, as the use of cryptocurrencies gains ground in the Southeast Asian nation. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Nestor Espenilla said the central bank is in talks with the nation's Securities and Exchange Commission on ways to
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Not much time passes these days between so-called major advancements in artificial intelligence. Yet researchers are not much closer than they were decades ago to the big goal: actually replicating human intelligence. That's the most surprising revelation by a team of eminent scholars who just
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — China Rapid Finance Limited (“China Rapid Finance” or the “Company”) (NYSE: XRF), a leading online consumer lending marketplace, today announced that it believes the long term impact of the principles outlined in the Notice on the Rectification of Cash
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Central banks must be ready to provide an official alternative to bitcoin in order to maintain control over the money supply and preserve trust in their legal tenders. This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. To contact the author of this story:
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Property stocks have been on a tear this year, lifted by low starting valuations and growing signs that a recovery in the property market was unfolding. And, boosting their landbanks through en bloc deals was viewed positively by the market, even if the sites were being acquired at lofty prices. Among the
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With rebel National Party members of his own Liberal-National coalition government threatening to force legislation through parliament, Turnbull had no choice but to announce a royal commission — a formal public inquiry generally headed by a judge — into misconduct in the banking and financial
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We are aligned with the vision of Infrastructure & Real Estate Excellence Awards, in recognizing the true pioneers who have made UAE the beautiful country it is today.” The awards will firmly establish a benchmark to recognise and reward enterprises that have contributed to nation building. Nominees
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GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The press conference of the Fortune Global Forum (FGF) 2017 was held in Guangzhou on Dec. 3. With the theme of “Openness and Innovation: Shaping the Global Economy”, the forum attracted 152 of the Fortune 500 enterprises and over 1,000
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'Employment growth will push up demand for offices and will lead to rental growth,' said Guy-Young Lame´, director of European research at Invesco Real Estate. 'We are already seeing real rental growth in the Western Crescent in Paris. It also helps that vacancy rates are very low in the capital and
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On Saturday, President Donald Trump appeared to tweet what some characterized as a self-incriminating admission of obstructing justice. Now one of his lawyers, John Dowd, has claimed that he, not the president, wrote the tweet—but a lot of people, including other lawyers, aren't convinced. The tweet
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Shelley Whiteside has been promoted to regional marketing director of the Sarasota region at Premier Sotheby's International Realty. In this new role, she will be leading the development and execution of regional marketing plans, media buying and corporate training for the areas she serves. Whiteside
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Capstead Mortgage logo Headlines about Capstead Mortgage (NYSE:CMO) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded
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NATIONWIDE'S internet banking and app services have crashed with frustrated customers turning to Twitter to rage at the bank. Several customers complained that the service has regularly goes down describing the bank as “dire”. Many Twitter users reported being unable to access the app, while
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Swiss banks have begun reporting suspicious account activity from some of their Saudi clients to the Swiss Money Laundering Reporting Office, according to a report in the Financial Times. Quoting unnamed sources close to the situation, the newspaper is reporting that lawyers working on behalf of the
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The reassessment for 2018 is the first one in six years, and the president of the firm who conducted the required process said he sees no trends as far as overall property values are concerned. “We don't have any real run-up or decreasing (value) trends going on,” said Don Thomas, president of Wingate
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To anchor reliance on market transactions by calculating Sibor using the following waterfall methodology: (a) transactions in the underlying market, (b) transactions in related markets, and (c) expert judgement. This will provide greater clarity and facilitate consistency across panel banks that submit input
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“It's a way to purchase illicit goods, it's a way to launder illicit income, it's a way to develop and pay for cybercrimes and it's a pure empty commodity,” Robert Ophele, chairman of the Autorite des Marches Financiers, said in a Bloomberg Television interview from Tokyo Monday. “If it were a currency,
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They added it was hard to assess the impact since a large chunk of clients such as central banks, sovereign wealth funds and certain pension funds will not have to pay under the new rules. There were also some concerns about the implications for the thousands of analyst jobs in a banking sector
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8 The fortune-teller Claire met back in Edinburgh, Margaret, is in Geillis' service. Now we know why Geillis wants that final sapphire. There's a prophecy about when the new Scottish king will rise, and Margaret needs all three to divine it. She's a political fanatic, which we already knew—she killed her
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