Search Results for: Digital Asset
Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchanges
August 29th, 2016
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft — the second largest by an exchange since hackers took ...
HMRC sets rules for Worldwide Disclosure Facility on unreported offshore accounts
August 29th, 2016
The WDF will launch on 5 September 2016 and will be available to anyone who is disclosing a UK tax liability that relates wholly or in part to an offshore issue. This includes: income arising from a source outside ...
Baidu Freezes Bitcoin related promotions
August 29th, 2016
China’s leading search engine Baidu has halted—sans any warning—all bitcoin and digital currency-related advertising on its network. Chinese media outlet CnLedger broke the news on Friday, with a tweet that said Baidu “has stopped all virtual coin related keyword advertising (paid search), including bitcoin.” Local bitcoin exchanges ...
UBS wins big bank backing for Utility Settlement Coin concept
August 24th, 2016
BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Icap and Santander have joined with UBS and Clearmatics to advance the Utility Settlement Coin, an asset-backed digital cash instrument implemented on distributed ledger technology. UBS and Clearmatics floated the model in September 2015 to ...
Paysafe published Unaudited Interim Results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2016
August 12th, 2016
Paysafe Group plc, global provider of payment solutions, reports strong growth in the six months ended 30 June 2016. Reported H1 2016 revenue increased 118% to $487m (H1 2015: $223m); pro-forma constant currency revenue growth was 20%, up from ...
Broadridge Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2016 Results
August 10th, 2016
Highlights Strong fiscal year 2016 results Record closed sales Fiscal year 2017 guidance calls for continued solid organic growth and double digit Adjusted EPS growth On track to achieve three year financial objectives 10% dividend increase underscores Broadridge’s continued ...
Australia to regulate bitcoin under counter-terrorism finance laws
August 9th, 2016
Jakarta: Australia is moving to become one of the first countries to regulate e-currencies such as bitcoin under its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Bitcoin – the most prominent digital currency to emerge globally – is backed by a ...
New global tax rules are ‘just a sticking plaster’
August 5th, 2016
New international rules to tackle global tax avoidance will not work properly until tax secrecy is swept away, a report released by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on responsible tax has found. The failure to introduce full transparency ...
Could bitcoin change the game in Africa?
August 4th, 2016
In the wildest of claims, bitcoin – the virtual paperless and stateless currency transacted on the borderless internet – was going to tear apart traditional money transfer companies and help alleviate poverty. Accessing the multibillion-dollar remittance flows to Africa certainly has ...
Bitcoin Sinks After Hackers Steal $65 Million From Exchange
August 3rd, 2016
Hong Kong-based Bitfinex halts trading, deposits, withdrawals Digital currency is down almost 20 percent this week Bitcoin plunged after one of the largest exchanges halted trading because hackers stole about $65 million of the digital currency. Bitcoin slumped 5.5 ...
