Tag: finance

Teleco Giant Telstra Announces Next Step in Restructuring Plan

Telstra is taking the next steps in its proposed corporate restructure with the telecommunications giant set to split into four branches under the new holding company, Telstra Group. The process is part of Telstra’s T22 strategy—a strategy started in 2018 to simplify operations and reduce costs by 2022. Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said in a market…


Telco Giant Telstra Announces Next Step in Restructuring Plan

Telstra is taking the next steps in its proposed corporate restructure with the telecommunications giant set to split into four branches under the new holding company, Telstra Group. The process is part of Telstra’s T22 strategy—a strategy started in 2018 to simplify operations and reduce costs by 2022. Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said in a market…


Payments Standard System SWIFT Forms Joint Venture in China

News Analysis Financial messaging and international payments leader SWIFT has set up a joint venture with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital currency arm. The move offers SWIFT a product to comply with China’s local laws, legitimizes China’s digital yuan to an extent, and removes some risk of the yuan being cut off from…


Payment Standards System SWIFT Forms Joint Venture in China

News Analysis Financial messaging and international payments leader SWIFT has set up a joint venture with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital currency arm to create a product to comply with China’s local laws, legitimize China’s digital yuan to an extent, and remove some risk of the yuan being cut off from the SWIFT…


China Insider: Defense Bill Orders U.S. Treasury to Probe Chinese Money Laundering

The U.S. Treasury Department will investigate the risks posed by China’s money laundering and develop a strategy to defend against it, as required by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021.


China Insider: Ant Group Subjected to CCP’s Financial Regulation

Ant Group, a subsidiary of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, has recently been repeatedly summoned to a meeting with the four major financial regulators of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The central bank of the CCP has also come forward to accuse Ant Group of arbitrage violations and asked the group to rectify them. The central…