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Forex News

  • Dollar set for biggest weekly gain in over a month; yen eyes worst week since May
  • Canadian dollar slips as oil retreats, Fed decision looms
  • South African rand nears 17 per dollar after rate decision
  • U.S. bond sell-off deepens as energy shock and trade friction lock in hawkish Fed
  • Sterling today: Pound steady as dollar bid dominates on Fed repricing

Federal Reserve News

  • Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former chief lending officer of Heritage State Bank
  • Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on June 8 and June 17, 2026
  • Federal Reserve announces the leadership and objectives of its task forces to advance the conduct of monetary policy
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with TS Banking Group, Inc. and TS Contrarian Bancshares, Inc.

WSJ Markets News

27 January 2025

  • Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China's DeepSeek
  • Comex Gold, Silver Settle Lower
  • DeepSeek Won't Sink U.S. AI Titans
  • Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
  • Arabica Coffee Prices Hit Record on U.S., Colombia Tariff Spat
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Challenges and Growth for ATM Operators

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: ATM

ATM’s made their debut in New York in 1960 appealing to gamblers and prostitutes who wanted to avoid tellers, but it took until the end of the 1960’s before people really began to use the technology.

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Are ATM Fees Too High? That depends on what the meaning of zero is!

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: ATM

Despite the continued push in many countries for more government oversight and new legislation aimed at reducing ATM fees, just what costs do we really face when we need to get some quick cash? With very little effort those costs can be... uh... zero!

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How Smartphones are Disrupting Traditional Branch Banking

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: Banking

According to a recent study completed by Javelin Strategy & Research (javelinstrategy.com) the banking system in the US has reached a crucial turning point. Now the number of customers performing banking services through a mobile device exceeds both in-bank branch visits and computer online access.

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An ATM -- Or an unpatched and easily hacked PC

Written by: The Register
Category: ATM

Almost any cash machine in the world could be illegally accessed and jackpotted with or without the help of malware. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab reached this conclusion after investigating real attacks on ATMs and assessments of the machines carried out for several international banks.

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Solving the Challenge of Growing ATM Costs: Managed Services or ATM Outsourcing?

Written by: Yonas Marcos
Category: ATM

Despite growth in online shopping and cashless technologies, consumers continue to love cash. According to the 2018 Diary of Payment Choice by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, cash accounts for approximately 34 percent of all payments across age groups, cementing ATMs as a vital touch point between financial institutions and their account holders – especially for younger consumers.

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Where do bankers' children bank?

Written by: Banking Exchange
Category: Banking

Much has been written about millennials and the way they bank, but what of those with a banker in the family? Does having an insider’s view change the way this select set of millennials bank? What we found after talking to several bankers with adult millennial children (and some with slightly older Gen X kids) is that the answer, in short, is “No.”

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What Happens To Your Bitcoin After You Die?

Written by: Investopedia
Category: Digital Currency

Bequeathing assets in the form of inheritance is a long standing wish for many individuals, whether it is to their children or grandchildren, to a university, or to a charity. When it comes to bank accounts, investments, or property, there are established rules, laws and protocols that are followed such as the use of wills, life insurance, trusts, and probate. How does one, then, transfer ownership of Bitcoin to their heirs?

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Bitcoin News

  • Korbit Rebrands as Digital X After Mirae Asset Closes $102 Million Takeover
  • Charles Hoskinson: Ethereum Is Copying Cardano’s EUTXO Model Without Credit
  • $1.32 to $3.75: Nine Top AI Models Predict XRP’s 2026 Finish, One Breaks Away
  • TRON Reaches $90B+ USDT on the Network, $887M+ in Crypto Card Volume in Q2, CoinDesk Data and CryptoQuant
  • SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Succeeds, but SPCX Stock Barely Moves, Still Trading at Just $115

Coin Telegraph News

  • Bitcoin advocacy group to join US State Department’s ‘digital freedom’ program
  • Wise to resubmit US charter application under GENIUS Act
  • North Korea arrests bank hacking ring tied to crypto laundering: Report
  • Here’s what happened in crypto today
  • Fidelity joins push for Senate passage of CLARITY Act

Coin Journal News

  • BitMEX sued for engineering customer liquidations to seize traders’ Bitcoin collateral
  • Ethena price prediction: can ENA hold $0.085 after $26.4M whale wallet transfer?
  • DOGE slides below $0.070 as market sentiment weakens
  • Bears maintain control for ADA as mixed derivatives signal market uncertainty
  • ZEC dips toward the 50-Day EMA as momentum softens
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