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Malaysia and Australia seal agreement on fintech cooperation
June 29th, 2017
On 27 June 2017 the Malaysia Securities Commission (‘SC’) and ASIC signed a Co-operation Agreement which provides a framework for cooperation to support and understand financial innovation in each economy. Malaysia is a vibrant fintech destination. In 2015, Malaysia ...
Barclays spoke to regulators about bringing bitcoin ‘into play’
June 26th, 2017
Barclays U.K. CEO Ashok Vaswani told CNBC that the bank has spoken to regulators about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Vaswani did not reveal the content of the discussions with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), but said it involved talking about ...
FCA UK issued an update on regulatory sandbox
June 15th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority of UK (FCA UK) today provides an update on its regulatory sandbox and unveils the list of firms that were successful in their applications to begin testing in the second cohort of the sandbox. The ...
Hong Kong and Australia seal agreement on fintech cooperation
June 13th, 2017
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (‘the SFC’) and ASIC today signed an Agreement on fintech cooperation which provides a framework for cooperation to support and understand financial innovation in each economy. This Cooperation Agreement builds on the ...
The regulatory authorities of Hong Kong and UK sign Fintech cooperation agreement
May 15th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today entered into a cooperation agreement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to foster collaboration in support of financial technology (Fintech) innovation (Note 1). Under the agreement, the SFC and the FCA ...
FCA warns about ExxonFX
May 11th, 2017
The FCA UK has issued a press release to inform that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without its authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or ...
FCA UK warns: Beware from fake FCA emails
May 10th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of UK has issued a notice to warn that the Authority is aware that fraudsters are sending emails that appear to be from an FCA email address or refer to the FCA in the ...
FCA UK reports number of complaints higher for last reporting period
April 27th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published data on the number of complaints reported by firms under new rules which came into force on 30 June 2016. The total number of complaints reported by firms in the second half ...
Plus500 announced new Chairman and released Q1 Trading update
April 26th, 2017
Plus500 today announced a new Chairman of its Board of Directors and released trading update for the three months ended 31 March 2017. According the first announcement, Plus500 informs that Penelope Judd, currently a Non-Executive Director of the Company, will become ...
FCA warns for a clone of ADS Securities
April 26th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning about a clone of ADS Securities and informs investors and public that fraudsters are using the details of firms the FCA authorises to try to convince people that they work ...
