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Australia regulates digital currencies
August 21st, 2017
The Australian government has announced plans to strengthen its anti-money laundering rules with new reforms that will include digital currencies for the first time. The plan follows the recent scandal involving its biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...
Bank of Russia reveals banking statistics
August 17th, 2017
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has issued an announcement to publish banking statistics for the first seven months of 2017. Banking sector expands loan portfolio and resource base between January and July this year Banking statistics published ...
EU customs seized over 41 million fake goods at EU borders last year
August 2nd, 2017
New figures released by the European Commission show that customs authorities detained more than 41 million fake goods and counterfeit products at the EU’s external border in 2016. The goods had a total value of over €670 million. Everyday ...
Barclays spoke to regulators about bringing bitcoin ‘into play’
June 26th, 2017
Barclays U.K. CEO Ashok Vaswani told CNBC that the bank has spoken to regulators about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Vaswani did not reveal the content of the discussions with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), but said it involved talking about ...
Global law firm combines with a Boston-based litigation investigations firm
June 16th, 2017
Hogan Lovells combines with Collora, adding Boston office Strategically bolstering the firm’s life sciences capabilities throughout the Northeastern U.S. and globally Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that it will combine with Collora, a Boston-based litigation/investigations firm with ...
LSEG to acquire leading providers of fixed income indices
June 1st, 2017
LSEG to acquire The Yield Book and Citi Fixed Income Indices from Citi, including the World Government Bond Index (WGBI), for total cash consideration of $685 million (£535 million) subject to customary adjustments The Yield Book and Citi Fixed ...
Samsung SDS joins blockchain consortium for shipping industry
May 31st, 2017
Samsung SDS is accelerating its blockchain drive by strengthening alliances both domestically and abroad. The system integrations service company said Wednesday it has launched a blockchain consortium for shipping and logistics. Public organizations and private enterprises have joined the ...
London Stock Exchange to buy Citi’s Yield Book bonds analysis business for $685 million
May 30th, 2017
London Stock Exchange (LSE)(LSE.L) has agreed to buy The Yield Book, Citigroup’s (C.N) fixed-income analytics service and also its related indexing business, for $685 million in cash, the companies said on Tuesday. LSE, which had said it would be ...
RBS shareholders urged to settle share sale legal dispute
May 30th, 2017
Former RBS boss Fred Goodwin may be spared having to defend his role in the lender’s near-collapse after investors were urged to settle their legal case against the bank. Thousands of private investors have been involved in a long-running ...
AFM warns against the business practices of Florijn Duurzaam Wonen
May 17th, 2017
The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) is issuing a warning to consumers regarding the business practices of Florijn Duurzaam Wonen B.V. Florijn Duurzaam Wonen offers bonds in the Netherlands. Based on information on its website, the AFM ...
