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Binary Options Brokers Accepting Bitcoin Payments
September 10th, 2015
According to one of the Juniper Research’s reports, Bitcoin cryptocurrency ecosystem will have nearly 5 million active users by 2019; chiefs of some of the world’s leading finance organizations, including Nasdaq and Westpac, believe Bitcoin technology will be a ...
Former Citi FX trader set to challenge dismissal in London court
September 8th, 2015
A former Citigroup foreign exchange trader is to challenge his dismissal at a London court on Tuesday, potentially the first of many such cases in the wake of the currency market rigging scandal. Perry Stimpson, who was an FX ...
Credit Suisse Ordered to Pay Highland Capital $287.5 Million
September 7th, 2015
Credit Suisse Group AG was ordered by a Texas judge to pay Highland Capital Management LP $287.5 million for losses on a $540 million refinancing of a shaky real estate development. Highland had sought $377 million in damages in ...
U.S. sanctions against Chinese firms could be next week
September 4th, 2015
The United States is preparing to sanction Chinese companies connected to the cyber theft of U.S. intellectual property as early as next week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The FT cited three U.S. officials as saying the sanctions ...
What Gigantic natural gas discovery in Egypt’s coast promises means
September 3rd, 2015
Huge offshore gas field could end Egypt’s fuel crisis, but will take years to develop The discovery of a huge gas field off Egypt’s coast promises to ease a long-running fuel crisis and boost the economy after years of ...
UBS Unit to Pay More Than $2.9 Million to Investors in Puerto Rico
September 2nd, 2015
Bank’s wealth-management unit ordered to pay two investors for losses tied to island’s municipal bonds UBS AG’s wealth-management unit was ordered to pay more than $2.9 million to two investors in Puerto Rico for losses tied to funds holding ...
U.S. Currency Probe Expands to Russia, Brazil Trades
September 1st, 2015
U.S. prosecutors have expanded their probe of currency-market manipulation by some of the world’s largest banks to include the Russian ruble and Brazilian real, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department is using cooperation agreements ...
China state media announces confessions in probes into stocks plunge
August 31st, 2015
Chinese state media announced a slew of confessions on Monday following investigations into recent stock market gyrations, including from a detained reporter who admitted to spreading false information that caused “panic and disorder”. An official from China‘s securities regulator ...
UBS to pay $1.7 mln settlement over sanctions case – U.S. Treasury
August 28th, 2015
The U.S. Treasury on Thursday said it had reached an agreement with UBS for the Swiss bank to pay a $1.7 million settlement for “apparent violations” to U.S. sanctions. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in ...
Ex-Merrill Lynch Broker Ordered to Pay Restitution for Insider Trading
August 26th, 2015
Scheme used offshore brokerage account to make trades based on Qualcomm inside information A former Merrill Lynch broker was ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution to the brokerage on Tuesday for his role in an insider-trading scheme involving ...