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CommSec pays $700,000 in infringement notice penalties and refunds $1.1 million in brokerage
September 2nd, 2016
Commonwealth Securities Limited (“CommSec”) has paid a total penalty of $700,000 to comply with two infringement notices given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (“MDP”), and has voluntarily refunded $1.1 million in brokerage to more than 25,000 clients. Confirmations: disclosure ...
Watch out for the Facebook Forex scam
September 1st, 2016
Facebook users have been warned to look out for scammers posing as foreign exchange traders promising lucrative returns. These ‘brokers’ are taking advantage of the rising popularity of currency exchange online trading schemes to lure victims in with fake success ...
Cashless payments get easier in the UAE
September 1st, 2016
Making payments through mobile phones is not a dream anymore, as sixteen banks have become equity partners in an entity which will own and operate mWallet platform. The mWallet or mobile wallet platform is the financial component of the UAE Government’s Smart ...
SWIFT Discloses More Cyber Thefts
August 31st, 2016
SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February’s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank. In a private letter ...
MetaTrader 4 for iOS build 975: redesigned chat interface and in-app language selection
August 29th, 2016
The latest MetaTrader 4 for iPhone/iPad features a completely new design of messages. MQL5.community messages and push notifications from the desktop platform are displayed as chats similar to those used in popular messaging apps. In addition, it is now possible to switch to ...
Asia markets mostly down; Nikkei sells off following disappointing inflation data
August 29th, 2016
Asia markets closed mostly lower on Friday, with Japanese stocks selling off more than 1 percent after soft inflation data prompted concerns over the effectiveness of government stimulus. The benchmark Nikkei 225 closed down 195.24 points, or 1.18 percent, at 16,360.71. Across the ...
Litecoin Price Spikes 10% as Coinbase Exchange Turns on Trading
August 24th, 2016
Litecoin prices rose nearly 10% today as word the digital currency would be listed on Coinbase’s GDAX exchange spread among traders. The move by the exchange to list LTC/USD and LTC/BTC currency pairs, however, was long anticipated, given that ...
The Central Bank of Russia revocated the licence of a Bank
August 22nd, 2016
The Bank of Russia has issued an announcement to inform that it has revoked the banking license of a credit institution and for the appointment of provisional administration. According the announcement, by its Order No. OD-2718, dated 22 August 2016, the ...
CBA warns for possible account fraud when sharing banking passwords with fintech start-ups
August 22nd, 2016
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has sent alarming emails to thousands of its customers who are engaging with fintech start-ups, warning that sharing internet banking passwords could invalidate the protection CBA provides from losses on accounts relating to fraud. But Acorns, which is competing with the banks’ retail wealth divisions, says CBA’s communication is ...
EuroFX: How British Firms Built a Pyramid Scheme in China That Lost Millions
August 19th, 2016
The foreign exchange fraudsters hid in the cracks between international jurisdictions. As David Byrne ate breakfast at the Tongli Lakeview Hotel outside Shanghai one Sunday in April, an angry customer was waiting for him. Byrne, 52, is a British ...
