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Swiss banks crack down on suspected Saudi money laundering
December 6th, 2017
Banks in Switzerland have started reporting suspicious account activities among some of their Saudi clients to the Swiss Money Laundering Reporting Office, reports the Financial Times. The regulator is reportedly reviewing data on potentially suspicious transactions linked to Saudi ...
ASIC reports on cyber resilience assessments of financial markets firms
November 30th, 2017
An ASIC report on the cyber resilience of over 100 firms operating across Australia’s financial markets has shown a growing understanding of cyber risks, but there is still some progress to be made. Report 555 Cyber resilience of firms ...
Volkswagen Financial Services Australia pays $216,000 penalty for misleading advertising
November 28th, 2017
Volkswagen Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd has paid a penalty of $216,000 after ASIC issued 20 infringement notices for alleged misleading statements made by VWFSA as part of its ‘1% you can’t ignore’ advertising campaign. VWFSA ran several advertisements ...
Joint reviews by HKMA and SFC on managing conflicts of interest in financial groups
November 28th, 2017
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular highlighting observations from their recent joint thematic reviews on the potential conflicts of interest arising from the sale of in-house products by registered institutions ...
Financial Market Supervisory Authorities Around The World Issued Warnings
November 27th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Malaysia (Securities ...
J.P. Morgan Securities fined $1.25 Million
November 22nd, 2017
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced it has fined J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC $1.25 million for failing to conduct timely or adequate background checks on approximately 8,600, or 95 percent, of its non-registered associated persons from January 2009 ...
Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
November 22nd, 2017
As the price of Bitcoin has soared, the virtual currency has edged toward the mainstream. Square, the fast-growing payments company run by the Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has begun selling Bitcoins to ordinary consumers, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ...
Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Secret a Massive Data Breach In 2016
November 22nd, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million accounts of the ride-service provider, the company said on Tuesday. Discovery of the company’s cover-up of the ...
Finance chiefs say bitcoin is ‘real’ but many think it’s in a bubble right now
November 21st, 2017
Ninety-seven chief financial officers (CFOs) on CNBC’s Global CFO Council were asked their view on bitcoin Out of the 43 that responded, 27.9 percent said the cryptocurrency is “real but in a bubble” Another 14 percent said that bitcoin ...
FCStone Financial Ordered To Pay A Penalty
November 17th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order filing and settling charges against FCStone Merchant Services LLC (FCStone Merchant) for entering into multiple noncompetitive trades and against INTL FCStone Financial Inc. (FCStone Financial), a registered Futures Commission Merchant ...
