Junior Compliance Officer
April 4th, 2017
Junior Compliance Officer Reference Number: JCO2017 With over 1,000,000 clients since it was founded in 2009, XM has grown to a large and well established international investment firm and has become a true industry leader. With a workforce of ...
Credit Swiss is mired in an international tax evasion probe
April 3rd, 2017
Credit Swiss is mired in an international tax evasion probe into thousands of suspect bank accounts. A tip off to the Dutch police prompted raids in The Netherlands, Britain,Germany, France and Australia. The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs confirmed ...
ESMA published update on marketing and sale of CFDs, Forex and Binary Options
March 31st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an updated version of its question and answer document (Q&A) on the application of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) to the marketing and sale of financial contracts ...
AMF and SIGNAL SPAM sign investor protection partnership agreement
March 30th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is working on various initiatives aimed at offering better protection for investors. One such initiative is today’s signature of a partnership agreement with Signal Spam, the French national spam reporting platform. Signal Spam ...
Gaming Firms Flee Poland’s Gambling Tax
March 28th, 2017
UK-based bookmaker William Hill has become the latest company in the gambling sector to withdraw from the Polish market ahead of the introduction of a new regulatory and tax regime for the industry. William Hill has reportedly informed customers ...
Singapore and France bolster FinTech ties with cooperation agreements
March 28th, 2017
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement ...
European banks stashing billions in tax havens
March 27th, 2017
Europe’s largest banks are draining public coffers by stashing billions of profits offshore. A 52-page report, by international aid agency Oxfam out on Monday (27 March), estimates €25 billion of banker money ended up in tax havens in 2015. ...
European Commission published consultation on FinTech
March 24th, 2017
Consumer Financial Services Action Plan: Better products and more choice for European consumers The European Commission is today presenting an Action Plan that sets out ways to provide European consumers with greater choice and better access to financial services ...
ESMA reports about Central Securities Depositary Regulation
March 24th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued final reports on two sets of guidelines regarding the implementation of the Central Securities Depositary Regulation (CSDR). The CSDR harmonises the settlement of securities by providing a set of common ...
E-commerce: EU-wide rules to protect consumers better and stop rogue traders
March 23rd, 2017
New powers for national authorities to check whether e-commerce websites geo-block consumers, track down rogue traders or even, subject to safeguards inserted by MEPs, order that websites hosting scams be shut down, were approved by the Internal Market and ...
