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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada was persuaded to hold its key interest rate steady on Wednesday as signs of a faltering economy emerge, but with inflation still above target, the central bank is walking a tight line to avoid fuelling speculation of rate cuts.

B2C2, a prominent crypto liquidity provider catering to institutional clients worldwide and a digital asset pioneer shaping the future ecosystem, has finalized its acquisition of Woorton, a leading European entity in market making and over-the-counter transactions for the digital asset sector.

AU Small Finance Bank Ltd aims to use its premium credit card offering to attract new deposits and retain existing customers seeking more banking services. On Tuesday, the SFB introduced the Zenith+ metal card, with an annual fee of ₹4,999, excluding taxes. It offers customers complimentary rounds of golf, free movie tickets, as well as other benefits.

A number of charges, including breaches of sanctions and involvement in money laundering, have been brought against the individuals who created the cryptocurrency mixer known as Tornado Cash.

A group of high-net-worth Russian and CIS investors have filed a class action lawsuit against Atomic Wallet, a prominent cryptocurrency platform, following a security breach in June that resulted in losses of approximately $100 million.

Two former developers of Tornado Cash, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, have been indicted on charges including conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The indictment, issued by the United States Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on August 23, has raised questions in the crypto community, particularly regarding its alignment with existing Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) guidance.

₹50 crore and had brought the remaining ₹350 crore of the total ₹400 crore for the aircraft purchase. In previous proceedings, Ace Aviation had argued that the asset valuation of the parked aircraft was declining due to the ongoing deadlock between the lenders and the consortium.

covid pandemic are critical to the very future of organizations. There is a point of view that as long as the employees are completing the jobs assigned to them in time, it does not matter where they work from or whether their faces are visible at online meetings. Although there might be some small debates about the productivity of those working from home, the overall feeling is that most organizations that allow work-from-home have not reported any loss of productivity.

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday asked fintech players to set up a self-regulatory organization within a year. Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest, Das said fintech companies need an effective self-regulatory structure. “They (fintech companies) need to evolve industry best practices, privacy and data protection norms in sync with the laws of the land, set standards to avoid mis-selling, promote ethical business practices, transparency of pricing, etc.

Bank OZK had two branches in rural Arkansas when chief executive officer George Gleason bought it in 1979. The Little Rock lender today has billions of dollars in commercial real-estate loans, including for properties in Miami and Manhattan, where it is helping fund the construction of a 1,000-foot-tall office and luxury residential tower on Fifth Avenue. Regional banks across the country followed a similar playbook, gorging on commercial real-estate loans and related investments in big cities over the past decade.

Shaktikanta Das announced the launch of the products by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) at the ongoing Global Fintech Festival here. One of the products is Hello! UPI that will enable users to make voice-enabled UPI payments via apps, telecom calls, and IoT devices in Hindi and English. It will soon be available in several other regional languages also.

Princeton University takes top honors in our new ranking of the best colleges in the U.S. What makes a college like Princeton great? There are the facilities and the faculties, the coursework and the camaraderie, the skills and experiences and knowledge that prepare students for their lives and their careers. No doubt these are important.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India does not limit the number of demat accounts that an investor can open. To be sure, many investors have multiple demat accounts, usually to segregate their investments. The same goes for trading accounts but that though depends on the number of brokers they are dealing with. And most brokers won’t let you link your existing demat account to their trading account. They would rather insist you open a combined trading and demat account with them.

By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter

skipper Shakib Al Hasan (53) provided them some respite. Haris Rauf (4/19) and Naseem Shah (3/34) were the main wicket takers for Pakistan.

Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in a Super 4 match of the Asia Cup here on Wednesday.

Jeddah-bound flight of Indonesia-based Lion Air were stranded at the international airport here for around 24 hours after a technical issue was found in the aircraft when it stopped for refuelling here on Tuesday, airport sources said. An alternative aircraft of the airline arrived from Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon to take the passengers onward to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, the source said. The Lion Air flight — JT052 — with 212 passengers landed at the Thiruvananthapuram International airport at 3 pm on Tuesday for refuelling and that is when the technical issue was spotted.

online payments to its Investor Protection and Education Fund (IPEF). The use of online only mode has been made mandatory and the facility is now active under the tab «click here to make payment to Sebi IPEF» on the regulator's website. The move is aimed at streamlining the payment process and enhance accessibility for all the contributors to the fund.

Pakistani authorities closed a key border crossing with landlocked Afghanistan on Wednesday shortly after border guards from the two sides exchanged fire, officials and residents said, in a sign of increasing tensions between the two neighbors. Reasons why the two sides exchanged fire were not immediately made clear, said Nasrullah Khan, an official in Torkham, a town in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. He said Pakistani government and military officials were in contact with their Afghan counterparts to defuse tensions. Abdul Mateen Qani, the Afghan Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed the clash between Afghan and Pakistani forces. He said officials from both sides were attempting to find out what caused the clash and ways to prevent such incidents in the future. Pakistani authorities said dozens of trucks carrying perishable items, including vegetables and fruits, were waiting on both sides of the border for the reopening of the Torkham crossing, which is a vital commercial artery and trade route to Central Asian countries for Pakistan. The border closure comes two days after caretaker Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said U.S.

By Scott DiSavino and Nerijus Adomaitis

Fintech to showcase what India has actually strived on and achieved from a growth standpoint, said Transaction Sales Chief at Standard Chartered Bank said on Wednesday. «We have 100-plus countries participating. This allows India to showcase not only the talent it has but also the technology and platform that it has been able to achieve at scale to solve the problems,» Sanjeev Mehta,MD, Head of Transaction Banking (TB) sales-Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking-South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank told in an exclusive interview. Further, he said, «Other countries can just take it and follow, for example, digital payment, India took the lead.