Search Results for: Cyprus
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
February 17th, 2015
Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”. The unexpectedly rapid collapse raised doubts about Greece’s future ...
Italy’s Economy Fails to Rebound
February 13th, 2015
Italy’s economy stagnated in the three months through December, failing to rebound from its longest recession on record. Gross domestic product was unchanged from the previous quarter when it dropped 0.1 percent, national statistics institute Istat said in a ...
HSBC files: Swiss bank hid money for suspected criminals
February 13th, 2015
HSBC’s Swiss bank concealed large sums of money for people facing allegations of serious wrongdoing, including drug-running, corruption and money laundering, leaked files reveal. Despite being legally obliged since 1998 to make special checks on high-risk customers, the bank ...
Merkel Says Greek Diplomatic Offensive Is Failing
February 5th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that a diplomatic offensive by newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ease his nation’s bailout-aid requirements is failing to win over converts. “I don’t think that the positions of the member states ...
CySec fines Banc de Binary Ltd
February 4th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has notified the public that has imposed an administrative fine of €125.000 to Banc de Binary Ltd for the infringement of the Law which provides for the provision of Investment services, the ...
How Greece could accidentally stumble out of the euro
February 4th, 2015
In less than four weeks the international lifeline that has kept Greece afloat for five years is due to expire. Debt repayments are looming and the country is running out of funds. Lenders won’t forgive Greece’s huge debts so ...
Greece Asks ECB to Keep Banks Afloat, Tsipras Pitches Deal
February 2nd, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began the hunt for allies against German demands for austerity as his week-old government appealed to the European Central Bank not to shut off the money tap. Tsipras traveled to Cyprus on Monday before ...
TechFinancials intends to release an IPO on London’s Alternative Market
January 30th, 2015
TechFinancials, a software developer, supplying a simplified trading solution to online brokers through whom its software is used by traders worldwide and operates OptionFair an online regulated broker, through the Group’s fully owned subsidiary B.O TradeFinancials in Cyprus has ...
CySec’s announcement
January 28th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) wishes to bring to the attention of the supervised entities, the stakeholders and the investing public that: As a result of continuous and coordinated efforts along with other governmental departments and stakeholders, it achieved the ...
IronFX says bidding for Alpari after Swiss collapse
January 23rd, 2015
Cyprus-based online forex broker IronFX said on Thursday that it was in talks to buy Alpari UK, which went into administration earlier this week following heavy losses on the Swiss franc. “We are in the process of making a ...
