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Customers enter a Taco Bell restaurant on July 14, 2026 in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce at some Taco Bell locations may not have a significant long-term impact on the chain and other restaurant companies, according to analysts. The outbreak has currently affected more than 1,600 people across five states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The infection resembles a serious stomach bug and often begins showing up two to three weeks after people become infected by the parasite, according to the CDC. No deaths have been reported.On…

Kazakhstan scraps FX rule for state-affiliated companies – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Requirement for proceeds to be sold domestically was implemented when Ukraine war led to depreciation Kazakhstan’s central bank has said that a rule requiring quasi-public sector companies to sell 50% of their foreign exchange proceeds on the domestic market has been scrapped as of this week.In a statement provided to Central Banking on July 15, a spokesperson for the National Bank of Kazakhstan says the requirement was introduced as a “temporary anti-crisis measure” to boost the availability of foreign currency during…

Google Gemini AI predicts a Solana price target that skips the usual talking points and goes straight to a number that made us pause.Over 96% of global on-chain equity volume runs through Solana right now. That is not a growing market share story; that is a market that has already been won.From $74, Gemini puts the December 2026 target at $180 to $220. Stablecoin liquidity is doing real work here too, with Circle adding $500M in USDC to the network in a single move.Source: Gemini AI Solana Price PredictionThe forward-looking piece is the Alpenglow upgrade, aimed at pushing throughput into…

Key PointsSocial Security beneficiaries are likely to get an above-average benefit boost in January 2027, according to recent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) projections. But it’ll likely be less than what you were hoping for, especially with the high inflation we’ve seen so far this year.A big part of this is the very unintuitive way the government calculates Social Security COLAs. It has cost seniors in the past, and it probably will again in 2027.Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a “Double Down” signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in…

Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxCrypto.com has secured a US$400 million investment from global market maker Citadel Securities.The transaction values the company at US$20 billion and marks its first institutional funding round in a decade of operations.Proceeds from the investment are expected to support Crypto.com’s expansion into new asset classes, including tokenised securities and derivatives.Crypto.com said the funding will help bridge digital and traditional markets while supporting a 24/7 financial ecosystem.The deal comes as traditional financial institutions increasingly engage with blockchain infrastructure and digital assets to improve capital market efficiency.Kris Marszalek“The size of…

About three-fourths of Americans lack the wealth needed to prosper in today’s economy, according to a new benchmark developed by the Aspen Institute.

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July 2026 The Last Taxi: LCR Buffers and Bank Liquidity Provision R. Matthew Darst, Lucia Gurrieri, Arazi Lubis, and Alexandros P. Vardoulakis Abstract: This paper examines whether regulatory liquidity buffers enable banks to support corporate borrowers during financial stress. Using confidential bank-firm credit data and handcollected Liquidity Coverage Ratio regulation (LCR) disclosures during COVID-19, we find that banks with higher LCR buffers above the regulatory minimum provided significantly more credit to firms with large undrawn credit lines in March 2020. Critically, only buffers, not overall LCR levels, matter, revealing that the regulatory minimum operates as a binding constraint…

PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta discusses how the food and beverage giant is seeing massive paybacks after slashing consumer prices on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ General Mills is pulling more than 735,000 Pillsbury bread rolls from shelves due to concerns the products may contain glass. The recall affects certain frozen Pillsbury bread rolls, including “Hard Roll Dough” and “Kaiser Roll Dough” products, according to a recall report shared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The FDA classified the recall as Class II on July 13. A Class II recall means that using the product could cause “temporary or medically reversible” health consequences.…

The Bank of Canada’s head office in Ottawa The Bank of Canada (BoC) has held its policy rate at 2.25% for the sixth consecutive meeting.In a statement after the decision on July 15, the bank said growth was picking up and inflation was projected to ease gradually following a recent spike. However, it added that there were still “important risks and uncertainties” related to the war in the Middle East and US trade policy.The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the resulting spike in commodities prices contributed to annual headline Only users who have a paid subscription or are…