Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan’s large banks to look at building settlement system for small payments
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's three biggest banks and two smaller banks are starting talks on building a common settlement infrastructure for small payments, with the aim of cutting interbank fees, they a...
Aug 06, 2020
Negative rates in the toolbox, no plans to use them for now-BoE’s Bailey
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said negative rates were part of the central bank's stimulus options but they were not about to be used to steer Britain's economy through the...
Aug 06, 2020
Head for the hills: Virus clampdowns crush Swiss city hotels
By Cecile Mantovani LA TOUR-DE-PEILZ, Switzerland (Reuters) - For Frenchwoman Annick Weber, the Swiss shores of Lake Geneva were just the place for a getaway during the coronavirus pandemic. Eager for...
Aug 06, 2020
South Africa’s funeral parlours turn to makeshift mortuaries as virus deaths rise
By Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Behind Monageng Legae's funeral parlour in the South African township of Soweto sits a refrigerated shipping container made to store chilled goods. Now it store...
Aug 06, 2020
Windsor Castle opens terrace garden for first time in 40 years
By Hanna Rantala WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, is to open its East Terrace Garden to the public for the first time in more t...
Aug 06, 2020
Indonesia’s COVID-19 infections rise by 1,882, deaths by 69
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 1,882 new coronavirus infections and 69 additional deaths on Thursday, data from government's COVID-19 task force showed. Those brought the total number of cases...
Aug 06, 2020
Buy now, pay later firm Sezzle tests the waters in India for year-end launch
By Nikhil Nainan BENGALURU (Reuters) - Sezzle Inc is testing its buy-now-pay-later service in India for a potential launch at the end of the year, its chief executive officer said, capitalising on rap...
Aug 06, 2020
Gambia records biggest jump in daily coronavirus cases
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia reported a 17% rise in coronavirus cases on Thursday, its biggest ever daily jump, data from the health ministry showed. The ministry said 136 new infections were recorded, a...
Aug 06, 2020
Slovakia daily coronavirus case hits highest since April
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia, which has one of Europe's lowest COVID-19 death tolls, reported its biggest daily rise in new cases in more than three months, saying it had recorded 63 on Wednesday. The ...
Aug 06, 2020
Deutsche Bank ups 2020 GDP outlook on faster COVID-19 recovery
(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Thursday it had revised up its GDP forecasts for 2020, noting that recovery from the coronavirus-induced plunge in economic activity was progressing faster than it ha...
Aug 06, 2020
