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SFC reprimands and fines two JP Morgan entities HK$5.6 million for regulatory breaches
October 20th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPMSAP) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (JPMCB), and fined them $3 million and $2.6 million respectively for regulatory breaches including disclosure failures in research ...
Oil rises on reported US crude inventory draw, expected OPEC cut
October 19th, 2016
Oil prices rose early on Wednesday, pushed up by a report of a fall in U.S. crude inventories and an OPEC statement saying a planned production cut was achievable, although analysts warned that Chinese economic data could erode the ...
China reports steadily economy growth; GDP increased
October 19th, 2016
The National Bureau of Statistics of China has issued a press release to inform that the China’s economy grew steadily with progress made and quality improved in the first Three Quarters of 2016. According to the report: In the ...
Nordic fintech company appoints Artificial Intelligence as a member of the leadership team
October 18th, 2016
Tieto the first Nordic company to appoint Artificial Intelligence to the leadership team of the new data-driven businesses unit Tieto has appointed Artificial Intelligence as a member of the leadership team of its new data-driven businesses unit. The AI, ...
The bitcoin technology to be tested to cut costs in document exchanges
October 17th, 2016
Sberbank and the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation have launched a pilot project called Digital Ecosystem for exchanging documents using blockchain technology. The goal of the project is to study the possibilities of distributed document storage, which ...
Company wants to introduce hands-free shopping in virtual reality
October 17th, 2016
Alibaba‘s finance arm is working on a technology that could potentially allow users to shop inside virtual stores without having to take off their virtual reality (VR) goggles to settle payments. On Wednesday, Ant Financial, the company behind Alipay, ...
Yuan Set for Biggest Weekly Drop Since January as Pressures Rise
October 14th, 2016
Decline in exports supports case for further depreciation: ANZ Chinese currency retreats as dollar climbs on Fed rate bets China’s yuan headed for the biggest weekly decline since January as mainland markets returned from holidays to face intensified depreciation ...
Lloyds Banking Group to introduce new state of the art fraud prevention technology
October 13th, 2016
Lloyds Banking Group is set to become the first organisation in Europe to introduce new state of the art fraud prevention technology, helping protect its 30 million customers from telephone fraudsters.The patented Phoneprinting™ technology, developed by call centre fraud ...
Facebook faces $5bn tax charge over Ireland asset transfer
October 13th, 2016
Social media giant Facebook could have to pay up to $5bn in additional taxes as a result of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation challenging the way in which it accounted for the transfer of assets to its Irish ...
ICAP acquires Abide Financial
October 13th, 2016
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired Abide Financial (Abide), a market-leading global regulatory reporting specialist. Abide will become a subsidiary of ICAP’s ...
