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Bank of Japan raises interest rate for second time in 17 years
AFP News via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 45 minutes agoThe Bank of Japan further unwound its massive monetary easing programme on Wednesday by hiking...
Japan yields scale 15-year peaks, bank shares surge as BOJ hikes rates
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 17 minutes agoShort-term Japanese government bond yields scaled 15-year peaks and Japanese bank shares soared on...
Metro Bank expects to return to profitability in Q4
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 13 minutes agoThe company, which was launched to challenge the dominance of Britain's big banks in the wake of the global financial crisis, now forecasts return on...
Japan hikes interest rates for second time since 2007
BBC via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 35 minutes agoThe Bank of Japan also plans to unwind its massive bond buying programme [Getty Images] Japan's...
US Fed expected to pause again and hint at September rate cut
AFP News via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 4 hours agoThe US Federal Reserve is highly unlikely to waver from its position of holding interest rates at a...
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, Hamas says
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 hours agoCAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in...
Bank of Japan raises its key interest rate, aiming to curb yen's slide against the dollar
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 3 hours agoThe Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Wednesday to about 0.25% from zero to about 0.1%,...
Swiss central bank posts loss of $2.27 billion as franc weighs
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 hour agoZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank swung to a loss of 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.27 billion)...
Yen rises after Japan hikes interest rates, eyes turn to Fed
AFP News via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 hours agoThe yen rose against the dollar Wednesday after Bank of Japan hiked interest rates for the second...
BBVA's Q2 net profit up 38% year-on-year on Spain, higher lending income
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 hour agoThe fifth-biggest bank in the euro zone by market value booked a net profit of 2.79 billion euros in...