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Payday lenders fined $730,000 for diamond trading ‘sham’

10/03/2017(0)
Following ASIC action, the Federal Court has today fined payday lenders Fast Access Finance Pty Ltd, Fast Access Finance (Beenleigh) Pty Ltd and Fast Access Finance (Burleigh Heads) Pty ... Read More
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ASIC and ASBFEO join forces to ensure bank lenders meet unfair contract laws

09/03/2017(0)
Australian lenders including the country’s big four banks have substantial work to do to eliminate unfair terms from their loan agreements, a joint review of small business standard form ... Read More
CySEC

CySec warns regarding individuals impersonating CySec representatives

08/03/2017(0)
Following up on its announcements dated 27 November 2015, 10 June 2016 and 19 October 2016 and 17 November 2016, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) would like ... Read More
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The Autorité des marchés Financiers (AMF) annonces the new composition of the Financial Skills Certification Board

08/03/2017(0)
The mechanism for verifying the level of knowledge of employees of investment services providers relies on the services of the AMF and the Financial Skills Certification Board. The Certification ... Read More
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Israel Securities Authority announced exams will also be held in English language

08/03/2017(0)
The Israel Securities Authority will, in addition to the exam in Hebrew, conduct the Securities Laws and Professional Ethics exam in English during the 2017 Summer session The Securities ... Read More
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NFA barred commodity trading advisor Samico Worldwide Markets

08/03/2017(0)
National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred Redding, Calif. commodity trading advisor Samico Worldwide Markets, Inc. (Samico) and its principal and sole associated person, Thomas Gasparini, from membership and ... Read More
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SFC added Apuro Forex and Apuro Holdings to its Alert list

07/03/2017(0)
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong financial regulator, has updated its “Alert List” adding Apuro Forex and Apuro Holdings Limited. SFC released the below details for the ... Read More
CNMV

Spanish regulator warns for unauthorised Forex and Binary providers

07/03/2017(0)
The Spanish regulator Comisión Nacional de Mercado de Valores (CNMV) has issued announcements to warn investors and public in relation to unauthorized Forex and Binary Options providers. According the ... Read More
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FCA publishes Insurance Distribution Directive consultation

07/03/2017(0)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the first of its two consultation papers on the implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). The Insurance Mediation Directive (IMD) was ... Read More
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SFC Hong Kong fined $3 million a security brokerage company

06/03/2017(0)
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Guangdong Securities Limited (GSL), now known as Sinolink Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (Sinolink), and fined it $3 million for failures ... Read More
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