THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pushing back on Binance.US’s plan to buy bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital in a deal valued at about US$1 billion, according to a bankruptcy court filing.
GLOBAL sales of corporate bonds with environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets will rebound this year and top US$460 billion, Barclays said, after the asset class had its first setback in 2022 as higher interest rates weighed on credit markets.
US central bankers do not expect it will be “appropriate” to start cutting interest rates this year with inflation remaining high, according to minutes of the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting released Wednesday (Jan 4).
US-BASED cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global has reached a US$100 million settlement with New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), the exchange and the regulator said in statements on Wednesday (Jan 4).
CHINA’S central bank said on Wednesday (Jan 4) it will use various policy tools to keep liquidity reasonably ample in 2023 to support the economy, while fending off financial risks.
Foreign investors sold their UK government bonds at the fastest pace on record in the three months to November, despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts to stabilise the economy after a disastrous September fiscal plan.
BANK of the Philippine Islands’ (BPI) Internet and mobile banking services went offline on Wednesday (Jan 4) following double postings of some debit transactions, prompting the country’s central bank to order the lender to reverse the errors.
INDONESIA plans to set up a crypto exchange this year before it shifts regulatory powers over such assets to the Financial Services Authority (FSA), from a commodities agency.
BETS for a Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy pivot are gathering pace in the bond market, with global funds offloading a record amount of the nation’s debt in the final days of 2022.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asked a judge to keep confidential the identities of two people who will help secure his bail to protect them from public scrutiny and potential harassment.











