(Reuters) – The U.S. central bank will launch its “FedNow” instant payment service in July, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, with certification and testing for early adopters starting in the first week of April. Announced in 2019, FedNow will allow banks to instantly transfer payments across the financial system. (Reporting by Ann Saphir, Editing …
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By Bart Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Farmers protest party BBB looked set to become one of the largest parties in the Dutch Senate, a first exit poll following regional elections held on Wednesday showed. Newcomer BoerBurgerBeweging (Farmer-Citizen Movement) was indicated to have won 15 of 75 Senate seats, at a par with the Labour/GreenLeft combination …
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By Chris Prentice and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Renewed unease gripped world markets on Wednesday as news that Credit Suisse’s largest investor said it could not provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance sent its shares and broader global equities sliding. U.S. inflation data showed signs of economic weakness and cooling inflation. …
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15 mar (Reuters) – El banco central de Estados Unidos dijo el miércoles que lanzará su servicio de pagos instantáneos “FedNow” en julio, con la certificación y las pruebas para los primeros usuarios a partir de la primera semana de abril. Anunciado en 2019, FedNow permitirá a los bancos transferir instantáneamente pagos en todo el …
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(Reuters) -The Russian and U.S. defence ministers held a phone call on Wednesday, the Russian defence ministry said, a day after a U.S. military drone crashed over the Black Sea in an incident Washington called “unsafe” and “reckless” Moscow said the request for the call came from the United States, but provided no other details …
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By Cooper Inveen and Edward McAllister DABOYA, Ghana (Reuters) – U.S. commanders leading annual counter-terrorism exercises in West Africa have urged coastal countries to depend on each other to contain a spreading Islamist insurgency, rather than non-Western powers, after Mali last year hired Russian mercenaries. Relations between Russia and the U.S. have become more hostile …
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15 mar (Reuters) – El ministro de Defensa ruso, Serguéi Shoigu, dijo el miércoles a su par estadounidense, Lloyd Austin, que los vuelos de drones cerca de Crimea eran una provocación y podían llevar a una escalada de la situación, informó su cartera. “Se señaló que los vuelos de aviones no tripulados estratégicos letales estadounidenses …
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – The U.S. consumer finance watchdog launched an inquiry on Wednesday to examine companies that track and collect personal data, requesting public feedback about the business models and practices data brokers use. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s request for information marks the latest move from the regulator to explore how …
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By Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Self-driving trucking startup Gatik will double its workforce by year end, a top executive said, after it announced a deal on Wednesday with grocer Kroger Co to transport goods within its Dallas, Texas network. Gatik, which operates traditional mid-sized trucks fitted with its autonomous technology, aimed to expand …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Steve Holland WASHINGTON/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration would subject 27 drugs to inflation penalties, a move that will reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare recipients by as much as $390 per dose, and he pledged more drug price cuts were coming. Drugmakers hiked the price …
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