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SEC Charges Former Investment Bank Analyst and Two Others With Insider Trading in Advance of Client Deals
August 26th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former investment bank analyst with illegally tipping his close friend with confidential information about clients involved in impending mergers and acquisitions of technology companies. The SEC also charged his friend and ...
Former CIA employee and NSA Edward Snowden on Bitcoin
August 21st, 2015
Speaking in an interview during IETF 93 Meeting, former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden, spoke among others about Bitcoin. He focused his talk on Bitcoin’s flaws and weakness. Edward Snowden began by briefly speaking about the the ...
The Technology Behind Bitcoin Could Replace Lawyers, Too
August 20th, 2015
Smart contracts promise to relieve businesses of the costs and lag-time of corporate legal work. This software-based change could affect services firms everywhere. Everyone has heard the hype about Bitcoin, but the real promise of the technology behind cryptocurrencies ...
Selfie Payments? Verifying Payments with Facial Recognition and Fingerprint Scans
August 19th, 2015
First Tech Federal Credit Union and MasterCard announce First U.S. Biomatric Payments Pilot First Tech Federal Credit Union announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and ...
SIX and Swisscom join forces to establish a mobile payment solution
August 5th, 2015
SIX and Swisscom join forces with Swiss banks to promote Paymit and create added value for customers and retail SIX and Swisscom are working towards a strategic partnership to establish a Switzerland-wide, universal mobile payment solution in collaboration with ...
Former Libor ‘Ringmaster’ Hayes Gets 14 Years for Libor Rigging
August 4th, 2015
Former UBS Group AG and Citigroup Inc. trader Tom Hayes, the first person to stand trial for manipulating Libor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to rig the benchmark rate. After a ...
Dukascopy presents Dukascopy Payments SIA
July 31st, 2015
Dukascopy Bank SA presents a new group member – Dukascopy Payments SIA, EU licensed subsidiary specialized in mobile instant payments. Dukascopy Payments SIA is 100% owned by Dukascopy Bank SA. The company’s services are based on Dukascopy Connect mobile ...
8 Banking Giants Embracing Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
July 28th, 2015
In its relative short history, bitcoin – and its underlying technology the blockchain – have captivated thinkers around the world, but not everyone was quick to see the potential. Due in part to its initial billing as a threat ...
Huawei establishes an open platform ecosystem for finance industry with eleven world’s leading banking IT solution providers
July 27th, 2015
Huawei recently announced that it will partner with eleven of the world’s leading banking IT solution providers to establish an open platform ecosystem for the finance industry at Huawei’s Global Financial Services Industry (FSI) Summit 2015 in Beijing, China. ...
5 Ways that Cryptocurrency Improves Lives
July 23rd, 2015
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can improve lives. That’s an undisputable fact that we have seen evidence for over and over again. Below we have listed five ways cryptocurrency improves lives. Let us know in the comment field how you think ...
