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Bank of America escapes $1.3bn fine after court declines to go back on decision
August 23rd, 2016
Bank of America has dodged a $1.3bn (£990m) fine, after a US court decided to drop the issue. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York opted not to reconsider its previous decision to overturn the bumper ...
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 ...
Rabobank staff paid settlements for manipulating Euribor interest rates
August 18th, 2016
Four Rabobank staff and one former colleague have paid settlements of up to €3,000 for their role in manipulating internal interest rates. Three of the four workers held senior positions at the bank, the Financieele Dagblad reported. It is ...
Ex-JPMorgan vice president guilty on 9 counts of insider trading
August 18th, 2016
Ex-JPMorgan Chase V.P. guilty on 9 counts of insider trading in father’s $1M windfall Sean Stewart, a former investment vice president at JPMorgan Chase, helped his father and others make more than $1 million in illegal trades from 2011 ...
ECommPay begins processing payments for Wargaming
August 18th, 2016
In August 2016, payment service provider ECommPay began processing transactions on behalf of Wargaming.net, one of the market leaders in the sphere of online gaming. The strategic partnership promises Wargaming customers an assortment of enhanced capabilities and additional services. ...
Bitcoin Exchange OKCoin Fined in Money Laundering Case
August 16th, 2016
Chinese Bitcoin exchange OKCoin was recently fined for unknowingly aiding money laundering operations on its platform. The Beijing-based company, which records the maximum daily Bitcoin volume, has been ordered by the Heilongjiang Provincial Court to cough up 627,569 Yuan ...
Barclays reaches $100M Libor settlement
August 9th, 2016
Barclays Bank PLC (BCS) has agreed to pay $100 million to settle allegations that its manipulation of a global financial benchmark defrauded government entities and non-profit groups across the U.S. Announced Monday, the settlement includes $93.35 million for restitution to victimized groups that agree to opt in and issue releases ...
Israeli Man Charged With Operating FOREX Ponzi Scheme
August 4th, 2016
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that FADI EWIESS, a/k/a “Fadi ...
EY looks to face a renewed investigation by Irish regulator
August 3rd, 2016
EY looks set to face a renewed investigation by the Irish accountancy regulator into its role as the former auditor of Anglo Irish Bank (AIB), following the conclusion of a lengthy trial of three executives at the bank and ...
Barclays launches voice security customer identification
August 2nd, 2016
Barclays is offering voice security technology to all of its customers Passwords will no longer be needed because each voice is as unique as fingerprint Barclays has today announced that it is introducing voice security technology to all customers, ...