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EU insolvency law reform could boost growth and jobs across Europe, finds new AFME report
February 24th, 2016
AFME has published new research showing that European insolvency law reform could boost GDP output and create jobs across Europe. Insolvency reform is a key plank of the European Commission’s action plan on Capital Markets Union (CMU). The research, produced in ...
MasterCard contactless transactions in Europe Surpass 1 Billion; Impressive 150% year on year growth
February 19th, 2016
Impressive 150% year on year growth for MasterCard and Maestro contactless transactions, as merchants and issuers capitalize on opportunities Europeans continue to opt for contactless technology when making payments, with the total number of MasterCard and Maestro processed transactions ...
VimpelCom will pay to resolve probes in the second largest global anti-corruption settlement in history
February 19th, 2016
Amsterdam-based telecommunications operator VimpelCom Ltd on Thursday said it would pay $795 million (£555 million) to resolve U.S. and Dutch probes into a bribery scheme in Uzbekistan, in the second largest global anti-corruption settlement in history. The settlement was ...
Google Isn’t Paying the ‘Google Tax’
February 19th, 2016
Close to four years ago, Europe began to notice that some of the world’s biggest technology companies were paying minimal tax on the billions of dollars they earned across the continent. Among those the U.K. and other governments criticized ...
Amsterdam becoming “silicon valley” of fintech
February 18th, 2016
The FinTech sector is on fire in the Netherlands, to such an extent that Amsterdam may well be on its way to becoming the “Silicon Valley” of FinTech companies, according to Don Ginsel, chairman of financial startups trade association ...
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 ...
New tax scandal as Ikea ‘avoids paying £775 Million in taxes using onshore havens’
February 15th, 2016
FURNITURE giant Ikea has been accused of underpaying a staggering €1 billion (£773 million) in taxes between 2009 and 2014. The Swedish firm is under scrutiny for using “onshore European tax havens”, according to a members of the European ...
EU proposals will force multinationals to disclose tax arrangements
February 8th, 2016
Large US firms such as Google and Amazon will be required to disclose tax bills in Europe under draft legislation from European commission US multinationals such as Google, Facebook and Amazon will be forced to publicly disclose their earnings and tax ...
Euronext Amsterdam welcomes 52 UBS Asset Management ETFs
February 1st, 2016
New issuer marks strong growth of Dutch ETF market Euronext Amsterdam welcomed UBS Asset Management,a large-scale asset manager with long experience in the field of ETFs and index investing,as its new ETF issuer. UBS Asset Management listed 52 new ...
The digital revolution on the finance industries
January 29th, 2016
EU experts and stakeholders discussed the impact of the digital revolution on the finance industries, market participants and consumers at a recent event organised by ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Deloitte in Brussels Internet and digital ...
