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Five States Agree To Adopt New Tax Transparency Standard
May 19th, 2016
Bahrain, Lebanon, Nauru, Panama, and Vanuatu – five territories that were earlier criticized for not following tax transparency standards – have newly committed to sharing financial account information automatically with other countries. With these new commitments, 101 jurisdictions around ...
PAYFORT State of Payments 2016 report to reveal new insights into Arab world’s buying habits
May 12th, 2016
Report examines e-payment and e-commerce markets; adds extensive consumer survey to reveal region’s shopping behavior PAYFORT, the leading online payment service provider in the Arab world, will soon publish its third “State of Payments in the Arab World” report, ...
US Treasury rules FBME ‘still a money laundering concern’
March 28th, 2016
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a final ruling imposing prohibition on the opening or maintaining of correspondent accounts for, or on behalf of, FBME Bank Ltd, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) announced on ...
Microsoft, Google Join Rivals to Back Apple in FBI Fight
March 4th, 2016
Tech competitors argue privacy, security threatened in case San Bernardino shooting victim among those supporting Apple Tech giants including Microsoft Corp. and Google set aside often fierce rivalries to back Apple Inc. in its fight against a judge’s order ...
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 ...
Iran Nuclear Deal Stokes Anxiety Among Its Rivals
January 18th, 2016
Foes worry about how Tehran will use billions of dollars of unfrozen oil receipts Iran celebrated the removal of economic sanctions on Sunday, even as regional rivals warned that it was still out to destabilize the Middle East and ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
RAK, UAE, and traditional tax havens
September 25th, 2015
What is the difference between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other popular tax havens? Why more and more international traders and investors find the UAE to be one of the best places to incorporate offshore companies for various ...
DIFC reports impressive growth in first half of 2015
September 9th, 2015
Total number of registered companies up 8.3% to 1,327 140 new licensed companies and a combined workforce of 18,521 178,376 sq. ft. of net commercial office space leased in 2015 Ground-breaking of 11th office building in The Gate District ...
OECD updates anti-tax evasion list
August 4th, 2015
Europe’s attempts to clean up tax evasion and money laundering took a step forward yesterday when an international task group said that Austria — a eurozone nation that was until recently falling short —was almost fully compliant with new ...
