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$299 million in compensation to investors; CSA published 2016 Enforcement Report
March 2nd, 2017
Canadian Securities Regulators introduce innovative initiatives and increase collaboration to deter market misconduct The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released its 2016 Enforcement Report. The ninth annual report highlights actions taken across Canada to deter and sanction wrongdoing in ...
Investment in Australian fintech reached a record level
March 2nd, 2017
Investment in Australian fintech reached a record $656 million in 2016, more than triple the $185 million invested in 2015, according to a report by professional services firm KPMG. This equates to an annual average growth rate of around ...
Israel Tax Authority probing 30,000 more Israelis’ US accounts
February 28th, 2017
Information from the IRS will be cross-checked with reports by Israelis about their overseas assets. The Israel Tax Authority today announced that in recent days, it had obtained additional information about 30,000 accounts at US financial concerns belonging to ...
Digital currency exchange Coinbase stop operation in Hawaii
February 28th, 2017
The Digital currency exchange Coinbase announces that it ceases operations in Hawaii after received a word from the Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) back in September. That time the DFI informed that Coinbase and other digital currency businesses ...
Euclid Opportunities invest in RSRCHXchange
February 23rd, 2017
Euclid Opportunities, NEX Group’s financial technology investment business, announces today that it has made a strategic investment in RSRCHXchange, a cloud-based marketplace and MiFID II workflow solution for accessing institutional research. The investment will enable RSRCHXchange to continue to ...
Two leading global law firms to merge
February 23rd, 2017
Combination brings together two leading global law firms US practice will have approximately 1,000 lawyers New York office will rank among the city’s 25 largest with more than 300 lawyers Washington, DC office will grow to more than 130 ...
China leads FinTech industry in Asia
February 21st, 2017
China is home to six of the world’s 22 venture capital-backed financial technology ‘unicorns’ — start-ups valued from US$1 billion Mega deals in China drove the total amount of funding raised by venture capital-backed financial technology start-ups in Asia to ...
How China Influences Bitcoin Price, Explained
February 17th, 2017
1.Why has Bitcoin price become volatile again? The short answer to that question is China. On Feb. 9, 2017, Bitcoin price has plunged by more than 9%. The fall took place after an extended period of growth: Bitcoin value ...
KPMG And Microsoft Announce New “Blockchain Nodes”
February 16th, 2017
First joint blockchain nodes open in Frankfurt and Singapore; will identify new applications and use cases for blockchain technology KPMG International and Microsoft Corp. have announced the launch of joint Blockchain Nodes, which are designed to create and demonstrate ...
International Compliance Association expands into US
February 15th, 2017
The International Compliance Association announced its expansion into the US, with its primary training partner, International Compliance Training (ICT). The US team, based in New York, offers programs covering Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Know Your Customer (KYC), ...
