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Finra arbitration panel orders UBS to pay for damages over Puerto Rico bond losses
March 28th, 2016
Damages linked to the commonwealth’s distressed debt continue to climb UBS Group AG’s wealth management business for the Americas must pay more than $470,000 to three investors who claimed damages because their accounts were over-concentrated in Puerto Rico bonds ...
Virtual Currency that is rival to Bitcoin, attracts attention and has soared in value
March 28th, 2016
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency — known as Ethereum — has soared in value, climbing 1,000 percent over the last three months. Beyond the ...
FSMA warns the public against the activities of supposed law firms
March 24th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued a press release to warn the public against the activities of the supposed law firms Cole & Rushton LLC and Ernst & Taylor LLP, which are offering to help victims ...
Broker-dealer owner indicted in $17 million pump-and-dump scheme
March 24th, 2016
Guy Gentile accusing of fraudulently inflating price of stocks Scheme involved Raven Gold Corp., Kentucky USA Energy Inc. The owner of a New York broker-dealer was charged with fraudulently inflating the price of two micro-cap stocks before selling them to ...
BMO introduces MasterCard selfie payments for corporate cardholders
March 24th, 2016
Bank of Montreal (BMO) has teamed up with MasterCard to let Canadian and US corporate cardholders authenticate online payments with their fingerprints and selfies. The phased introduction will initially see BMO employees scan their fingerprints or snap selfies to ...
LME deploys Shield repository to support Belt and Road initiative
March 23rd, 2016
The London Metal Exchange (LME) today announces a strategic alliance with Henry Bath & Son Ltd, CMST Development Co Ltd and Mercuria Energy Trading to list warehouses for the LME’s new LMEshield repository in regions along China’s ‘The Belt ...
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, ...
Sachs probed in alleged Treasury rigging
March 21st, 2016
Washington’s probe into the alleged rigging of the $13 trillion US Treasurys market by Wall Street banks has narrowed its focus to a handful of firms — including Goldman Sachs, The Post has learned. In addition, European authorities have ...
Toshiba confirms SEC investigation as accounting woes spread to US
March 18th, 2016
Securities commission and justice department examining ‘accounting problem’ at US units, says Japanese corporation, amid profit-padding crisis Toshiba has announced its US businesses are cooperating with authorities over alleged accounting irregularities and is to cut a further 3,000 jobs. The ...
Credit Suisse Accused of Money Laundering by Billionaire
March 17th, 2016
Former Georgian PM alleges bank failed to control ex-manager Geneva criminal complaint is latest to target the Zurich bank Lawyers for Georgia’s billionaire former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili accused Credit Suisse Group AG of money laundering as they step ...