IBM Debuts Blockchain Ecosystem
December 9th, 2016
IBM Debuts Blockchain Ecosystem To Help Accelerate Growth of Networks on Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain has the potential to transform the way industries conduct business transactions. This will require a complete ecosystem of industry players working together, allowing businesses to ...
Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney to Leave SEC
December 9th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will leave the agency by the end of the year. During his nearly four years as head of the agency’s largest division, Mr. Ceresney implemented approaches ...
RUSSIAN CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICER
December 7th, 2016
Industry: Financial Services Description: XTrade is an award-winning provider of desktop and mobile trading services, featuring CFD trading on stocks, national stock indices, commodities, and currencies. The brokerage’s financial technology includes five digital trading platforms, all of which are ...
Alibaba Financial Affiliate Seals Bank Deals for Alipay Expansion in Europe
December 7th, 2016
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s financial affiliate said it would collaborate with three banks and a payments company in Europe as the Chinese company seeks to expand its presence there. Ant Financial Services Group, which operates the Alipay online-payments platform, ...
The Asia-Pacific FinTech landscape is witnessing unprecedented growth
December 5th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific Financial Technology (Fintech) landscape is witnessing unprecedented growth with Fintech solutions and services expected to gross more than US$70 billion in revenue by 2020, with a CAGR of 72.5 percent. Singapore, Hong Kong, and Sydney are innovation ...
Football Leaks: Corruption of the game
December 5th, 2016
From where did the largest dataset leak in the history of sports come? And who is the man who exposed the corruption and tax scheming – the individual who is now being hunted down by the giants of the ...
The Central Bank of Finland explores possibilities of blockchain
December 2nd, 2016
The Bank of Finland organised today, in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, a seminar on the possibilities offered by blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in various sectors of society. Seminar participants included leading researchers in the field and ...
The Winners of the British Legal Awards 2016
November 28th, 2016
City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award Margaret Chamberlain Law Firm of the Year Pinsent Masons Editor’s Award: Law Firm Leader of the Year Quentin Poole Legal Services Innovation Award Hogan Lovells Legal Week Intelligence Client Partner of ...
PwC comments on EU’s proposed changes to finalise Basel III and start implementing Basel IV
November 25th, 2016
Earlier this week , the European Commission published its first proposals for revised rules to calibrate capital and liquidity requirements – in the form of a Directive and a Regulation (“CRD V”& “CRR II”), as well as amendments to ...
Symantec to Acquire Lifelock for $2.3 Billion to Form World’s Largest Digital Safety Platform for Consumers and Families
November 21st, 2016
Combines Norton, the #1 Consumer Security brand, and LifeLock, a leading Identity Protection provider Combination will expand addressable market, broaden value proposition, and enable sustainable consumer segment revenue and profit growth Company reaffirms fiscal year 2017 non-GAAP financial guidance ...
