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Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor on Bitcoin Kazakhstan’s Finance Ministry views Bitcoin as a threat to the country’s banks.

04 February 2014

Kazakhstan Central Bank Governor on consumer loan rates and NPLs Kazakhstan Central Bank is negotiating with second-tier banks to reduce the NPLs figure down to 15% by January 1, 2015 from the current 35.8%.

03 February 2014

Kazakhstan’s Central Bank moves to reduce dollarization of economy The share of tenge-denominated deposits decreased from 70.2% back in December 2012 to 62.6% in December 2013.

03 February 2014

Israel offers $20 mn to Turkey flotilla victims: report Israel has offered Turkey $20 million in compensation to the families of those killed and wounded in its botched 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

03 February 2014

British MPs criticise Queen's household finances British lawmakers on Tuesday urged Queen Elizabeth II's royal household to do more to reduce running costs and produce clearer plans for the monarch's financial future.

28 January 2014

Microsoft tops expectations with record revenue Microsoft soared to record revenues in the last quarter, confounding Wall Street forecasts on the back of strong demand for Xbox consoles, Surface tablets and Internet "cloud" services.

24 January 2014

Kazakhstan President meets Sir Suma Chakrabarti of EBRD As of the end of 2013 the package of projects in Kazakhstan totaled about $450-500 million.

24 January 2014

Venezuela limits access to dollars at official rate Venezuela said Wednesday it would allow only importers of high priority goods like food to buy dollars at the official rate, forcing others to pay nearly twice that.

23 January 2014

Chinese leaders' kin stash riches in offshore holdings: probe Relatives of top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping and former premier Wen Jiabao have used offshore tax havens to hide their wealth.

23 January 2014

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Las Vegas casinos begin accepting Bitcoin Two Las Vegas casinos will become the city's first to accept the Bitcoin virtual currency from this week.

22 January 2014

President Nazarbayev tasks his Government with ensuring 6-7% economy growth rate in 2014 A blanket program to develop the financial sector to 2030 must be drafted by June 1, 2014: President.

17 January 2014

NBA's Kings to accept Bitcoin for tickets US basketball outfit the Sacramento Kings said Thursday they would begin accepting Bitcoin, the first professional sports team to accept the virtual currency.

17 January 2014

China and Russia to spend $400 million on Kazakhstan power plant China and Russia will provide 400 million dollars for construction of Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Plant in Kazakhstan.

16 January 2014

IDB investments to Kazakhstan stand at $500 million This year the Bank is to activate its operations involving the private sector.

16 January 2014

Fed taper poses risks to global pick-up: World Bank The World Bank on Tuesday raised its growth forecasts for the global economy, but warned of potential volatility in capital flows as the United States withdraws its stimulus.

15 January 2014

US Congress unveils $1 trillion spending bill Negotiators from the US Senate and House of Representatives unveiled a $1 trillion spending bill late Monday, eliminating the threat of another government shutdown, at least until October.

14 January 2014

Li's Power Assets to spin off HK unit Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is to spin off his electricity assets in Hong Kong through an initial public offering worth up to HK$27.9 billion ($3.6 billion) and will sell a large chunk to a Chinese state-owned power company.

13 January 2014

Singapore monitoring new forms of illicit financing Asian financial hub Singapore on Friday said it was scrutinising trade in virtual currencies such Bitcoin, precious stones and metals to forestall new forms of illicit financing by criminals and terrorists.

12 January 2014

IMF's Lagarde: uncertainty over health of European banks International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that questions marks remain over the health of Europe's banks and that coming stress tests are a chance to build confidence in them.

10 January 2014