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Australian Banks Close Bitcoin Exchange Accounts
October 7th, 2015
Banks and businesses in Australia are shunning virtual currency Bitcoin. Thirteen leading banks have simultaneously frozen or closed Bitcoin exchange current accounts effectively closing off the banking system to users of the currency. Businesses have also turned their backs ...
China’s Foreign Reserves Post Record Quarterly Drop on Yuan
October 7th, 2015
Stockpile shrinks $180 billion as PBOC props up currency Decline in September less than expected, boosting yuan China’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by a record in the third quarter as the central bank sold dollars to support the yuan after ...
Millenium Capital Exchange CEO Sentenced to Federal Prison for Running Forex Ponzi Scheme
September 3rd, 2015
Stafford S. Maxwell, the former owner and Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Capital Exchange, Inc., was sentenced to three years, nine months years in prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar foreign exchange market Ponzi scheme. “With false promises of ...
Japan Exchange Group will strenght Market Monitoring of Cross-border Transactions
August 31st, 2015
Japan Exchange Regulation (JPX-R) has issued a press release to announce that it will establish an International Surveillance Office to Strengthen Market Monitoring of Cross-border Transactions. The office will also study regulations and trends outside Japan regarding unfair trading ...
Federal Court Enters Judgment against Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew in Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme
August 31st, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Senior Judge James C. Fox of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered a default judgment Order against Defendants Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew, both from ...
SEC Charges BNY Mellon With Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations
August 19th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that BNY Mellon has agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by providing valuable student internships to family members of foreign government officials ...
The PBC Spokesman Answered More Press Questions on the RMB Exchange Rate
August 12th, 2015
1. Why does the central parity of RMB exchange rate against US dollar change nearly 1.6% on 12 August from that of 11 August? The central parity of RMB exchange rate against US dollar changed nearly 1.6% (in depreciation ...
China stock exchanges step up crackdown on short-selling
August 4th, 2015
China stepped up its crackdown on short-selling of shares on Tuesday, unveiling rules that make it harder for speculators to profit from hourly price changes, as some of the nation’s major brokerages suspended their short-selling businesses. China’s stock exchanges ...
China makes FX rules ready for foreigners to trade its commodity futures
August 3rd, 2015
Foreign investors will be allowed to transfer either foreign currency or yuan funds into China to trade in the country’s commodity futures markets, the foreign exchange regulator said on Friday. The imminent opening of its booming commodity futures market ...
Bank of Russia Halts Foreign-Currency Purchases, as Ruble Hits Five-Month Lows
July 30th, 2015
Central bank stops buying U.S. dollars for reserves in bid to balance inflation and growth measures Russia’s central bank, whose credibility has been tested over the past year by runaway inflation and a volatile currency, is coming sharply into ...
