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Blockchain Smart Contracts Startup Selected By BNP Paribas Accelerator
March 29th, 2016
CommonAccord, a blockchain-based startup for legal documentation, is one of eight startups selected for BNP Paribas‘ new FinTech accelerator, L’Atelier. CommonAccord’s goal is to create global codes for transferring legal documents like contracts, consents and permits. The startup wants ...
Greece Economic Crisis Enters Year 9
March 28th, 2016
Greece’s fledgling economy fell back into recession in the fourth quarter of 2015, as the combination of sky-high unemployment, weak inflation and a shaky financial sector ended a turbulent year defined by political crisis and uncertainty. Gross domestic product ...
US Treasury rules FBME ‘still a money laundering concern’
March 28th, 2016
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a final ruling imposing prohibition on the opening or maintaining of correspondent accounts for, or on behalf of, FBME Bank Ltd, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) announced on ...
Italian police open money laundering investigation of broker linked to HSBC
March 23rd, 2016
An Italian financial broker who worked on behalf of HSBC in the Swiss town of Lugano is under investigation for possible money laundering in a probe linked to a wider tax evasion case, an Italian finance police colonel told ...
Credit Suisse accelerates its restructuring
March 23rd, 2016
Tidjane Thiam, Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse, commented: “Our recent performance has highlighted further two key areas of challenge for Credit Suisse: – Our fixed cost base, and – Our scale in Global Markets in the Americas and ...
HMRC Welcomes Bank Bonus Tax Scheme Ruling
March 22nd, 2016
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has welcomed a court ruling against a major tax avoidance scheme used by banking giants UBS and Deutsche Bank, in which the agency successfully argued that the scheme had been designed to avoid around ...
FINRA and Nasdaq Fine Wedbush Securities Inc. $675,000 For Supervisory Violations Relating to Chronic Fails to Deliver by a Client in Multiple Exchange-Traded Funds
March 22nd, 2016
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) announced today that they jointly censured and fined Wedbush Securities Inc. $675,000 for supervisory violations in connection with its handling of a client’s redemption activity and ...
Bitcoin surveillance startup Elliptic raises $5m Series A funding
March 21st, 2016
Elliptic has today announced a $5 million Series A funding round led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler, Digital Currency Group, and existing investor, Octopus Ventures. Christopher Steed, Managing Director of Paladin Capital Group, ...
FINMA reduces obstacles to FinTech
March 18th, 2016
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has published a new circular facilitating video and online client identification. In addition to removing a number of unnecessary obstacles from its regulations, FINMA also supports the introduction of a new licensing ...
UBS Securities automates risk and surveillance with Eventus
March 17th, 2016
Eventus Systems, a US-based provider of data processing and analysis solutions, has signed UBS Securities for its flagship Validus risk and surveillance platform. Mark Holder, global co-head of electronic trading at UBS, says Eventus and Validus offered “impressive capabilities ...
