Bloomberg Latvia’s political parties are discussing four candidates to lead the central bank after IlmarsRimsevics’s term ends in December, Latvia’s LatvijasAvize newspaper reported. Under consideration are Roberts Zile, a member of the European Parliament, Martins Kazaks, a central bank board member, UldisCerps, a former director of the banking regulator, and KarlisBauze, who previously headed monetary policy at the central bank, ...

Bloomberg Four payments companies that have joined Facebook Inc as founding members of the Libra Association are wavering over whether to officially sign on to the cryptocurrency project, according to people familiar with the matter. Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc, PayPal Holdings Inc and Stripe Inc are undecided about formally signing onto Libra’s organising charter because they’re concerned about maintaining positive ...

WASHINGTON, DC / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien in Washington DC, and other senior US officials. In separate meetings, Sheikh Abdullah and the officials discussed bilateral cooperation between the UAE and the US to ensure security ...