Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Vitor Constancio laughed off any concern that bitcoin might challenge his institution’s control of euro-area money. Speaking on a panel that included Dutchmen Steven Maijoor, chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, and Lex Hoogduin, chairman of LCH Clearnet, the ECB official jokingly drew a parallel with a 17th-century bubble.“I’m surrounded by ...

Bloomberg Commerzbank AG may not be your first pick if you’re looking to expand in European banking. Bailed out by the government in 2009, it’s still struggling to make money in Germany’s notoriously cut-throat consumer market. Yet the Frankfurt-based company, weighed down by bad shipping loans and in the process of cutting thousands of jobs, is suddenly attracting suitors from ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visited the headquarters of the Government Accelerators at the Emirates Towers in Dubai, as well ...