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Robo financial advising on the rise, but gen Xers still prefer the human touch
February 18th, 2016
Despite the growing popularity of online financial advice (known as robo-advisors), personal relationships with human advisors remain important for many Americans, according to Generations Apart – a recent study from Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life) ...
FCA UK warns for a clone of Capital Markets
February 17th, 2016
FCA informs that fraudsters are using the details of firms authorised by the Authority to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. This is what FCA call a ‘clone firm’; and fraudsters usually use ...
Password cracking attacks on Bitcoin wallets net $103,000
February 16th, 2016
Hackers have siphoned about $103,000 out of Bitcoin accounts that were protected with an alternative security measure, according to research that tracked six years’ worth of transactions. Account-holders used easy-to-remember passwords to protect their accounts instead of the long cryptographic ...
Online platform facilitates legal work
February 16th, 2016
A pioneering Internet platform that allows lawyers to file cases and pay legal fees online has been embraced by Shanghai’s lawyers. More than 1,300 of the city’s 1,413 law firms have used the website, passport.lawyers.org.cn, since its launch in ...
Europe feels pain from olive oil crisis
February 15th, 2016
Europe’s consumers are facing a 20 per cent rise in the price of olive oil after bad weather and disease devastated the continent’s olive harvest. Olive farmers in Spain and Italy, meanwhile, have seen their leading position as exporters ...
The Schism Over Bitcoin Is How Bitcoin Is Supposed to Work
February 12th, 2016
THE BITCOIN COMMUNITY can’t even agree on whether it’s breaking up. Last month, Mike Hearn—an ex-Googler and one of the biggest names working on the software underpinning bitcoin—made more than a few headlines when he called the digital currency “a failed ...
RiksBank:Repo rate cut to –0.50 per cent
February 11th, 2016
The economy continues to strengthen but inflation is expected to be lower during 2016 than previously forecast. The period of low inflation will therefore be longer. This increases the risk of weakening confidence in the inflation target and of ...
Facebook ‘colonialism’ row stokes distrust in Zuckerberg
February 11th, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg has moved quickly to put a digital bargepole between himself and one of Facebook‘s influential and well-regarded board members. He was attempting to limit the damage caused by a tweet that could have far-reaching consequences as he continues to ...
Japan’s Fsa Warns Against Unauthorized Optionrally, Two Other Binary Options Brokers
February 11th, 2016
Japan’s financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), included on Wednesday into its alert list binary options brokers LFG Investment, trading as OptionRally, and WorldOptionner Management Office and BizOption Management Office, trading as Bizoption and Worldoption, respectively. The three companies have been providing financial services in the ...
Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) warns for two financial services firms
February 11th, 2016
The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has issued a press release to inform that by publication in the official gazette “Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung” of 11 February 2016 the below providers of the websites is not entitled to provide ...
