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AICPA urges FAF to maintain momentum on private company issues
May 13th, 2015
The AICPA is encouraging the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) to maintain the commitment to private company accounting that it has displayed through the work of the Private Company Council (PCC) along with FASB. The board of trustees of FAF, ...
Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited goes live with Fidessa
May 13th, 2015
Selects advanced trading platform to benefit from expanded capabilities Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) announced that Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (“Guotai Junan”), the Hong Kong brokerage arm of one of China’s largest securities firms, has gone live ...
EBA explores digital interfaces and crypto-technologies
May 13th, 2015
The Euro Banking Association (EBA) has published two ‘hot topic’ reports on Digital Customer Service Interfaces (DCSI) and crypto-technologies at its EBA day payments conference today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the intention of detailing the electronic payments landscape ...
Sweden Consults On New Bank Tax
May 12th, 2015
The Swedish Cabinet, on May 7, endorsed plans for a study to be undertaken on the Government’s proposal for a new tax on the financial sector. Financial services, including banking, securities trading, and insurance services, are exempt from value-added ...
Bank parents or main units seen pleading guilty over FX: sources
May 12th, 2015
The parent companies or main banking units of as many as five major banks, rather than their smaller subsidiaries, are expected to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges over manipulation of foreign exchange rates, people familiar with the matter ...
BoI warns Israeli banks to keep sanctions on Russia
May 11th, 2015
Israeli banks are being required to verify that sanctions are being observed. The Bank of Israel has ordered Israeli banks to establish a policy and rules for working with companies and banks in Russia, following the sanctions imposed on ...
CRYEX announces new institutional FX and digital currency marketplace and clearing house
May 8th, 2015
10 M USD funding led by White Star Capital and Northzone CRYEX today announced the filing of an application with the Swedish Finansinspektionen (SFSA) to become a regulated clearing organization and create a member-only marketplace with clearing and settlement ...
ACPR and AMF warn the public against unauthorized websites and entities proposing Forex investments
May 7th, 2015
The Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) are publishing a new updated list of websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without ...
CEX.IO Bitcoin Exchange Officially Enters the USA Market
May 5th, 2015
CEX.IO is glad to announce the official launch of the operation in the USA. Now, US customers from certain states are able to deposit and withdraw fiat money. CEX.IO has obtained an MSB (Money Services Business) status in FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. ...
Four HKEx Clearing Houses Receive Third-country CCP Recognition from ESMA
May 4th, 2015
The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on 27 April 2015 adopted a decision to recognise all of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited’s (HKEx) clearing houses (CCPs) for securities, stock options, futures and ...
