Money Anecdote

FXstreet.com – M4 Money Supply released by the Bank of England showed no changes in June, after it pumped out no further sterling into the market. The limited monetary expansion cools any inflationary threat.

Chinas benchmark money-market rate dropped to a 13-week low, prompting the central bank to withdraw cash from banks for a second week.

Vietnams debt rating was lowered by Fitch Ratings on concern about the nations borrowing from overseas and weaknesses in its banking system.

Here’s a story by Stephen Ohlemacher of the Associated Press on a big fund to get money to small businesses that need it. Community banks would be able tap a $30 billion government fund to help them increase lending to small businesses under a bill working its way toward a vote in the Senate.

THE insurance market will see some jostling for pole position following the 65 million acquisition by RSA Insurance of 123 Money.

A Bay Area agency approved $5 million in federal money for the final engineering and design of a steel mesh net hanging 20 feet below the span, to catch jumpers.

An Indian company that makes tiny loans to villagers aims to raise up to $354 million in an initial public offering, a move critics fear will encourage India’s largest microfinance lender to put…

Credit Suisse Group AG and Spains Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA are tapping demand for financial debt after the door for new issuance in Europe was opened by the results of the stress tests.

Credit Suisse Group AG and Spains Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA are tapping demand for financial debt after the door for new issuance in Europe was opened by the results of the stress tests.

IT’S ONLY MONEY BLOG: A New York Times columnist writes that credit scores have become the tyrant of the lending industry. Another columnist warns: Beware of factored structured settlements, or secondary-market income annuities.