Turkey coup attempt: No immediate impact on oil and gas flows, but long-term concerns raised
July 18th, 2016
A failed coup attempt launched late Friday by Turkish army officers has had little or no impact on oil and gas flows through Turkey, industry officials told Platts. Some 265 people were killed in the violence. A spokesman for ...
CySec commences its Web Portal for submission of digitally signed documents to the Commission
July 14th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a circular to inform regarding the commencement of its Web Portal. According to CySec’s release, through the Commission’s Web Portal, the Regulated Entities can submit digitally signed documents/forms/letters to the Commission. ...
Lebanon is the new rival seen in Mediterranean Gas race
July 7th, 2016
Lebanon parliament likely to pass energy bills soon: lawmaker Dispute ended over offshore energy blocks to be awarded Lebanon may soon approve measures to push ahead with a stalled first auction of offshore oil and natural gas rights, ending ...
Romanian police reveal Israel links to illegal binary options firms
July 7th, 2016
Romanian prosecutors are set to try at least 10 individuals involved in alleged forex and binary options fraud who were operating illegally on Romanian soil, the country’s Police Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes told The Times of ...
ASIC crackdown on 40 unlicensed retail Binary Options and FX providers
July 6th, 2016
ASIC has warned of a dramatic increase in the extent of unlicensed conduct by retail OTC derivative providers seeking to expand their market with new customers for their complex and risky products such as binary options. The recent Report ...
Fitch: These are the EU countries most affected by Brexit
July 4th, 2016
Fitch outlines EU countries most hurt by Brexit The Fitch international rating agency has compiled a list of EU countries that will be most affected by Britain’s exit from the European Union. Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Malta, Cyprus and ...
TeleTradeBel, MTBank pass requirements for forex trading software, MTBank to apply for forex broker registration
July 4th, 2016
TeleTradeBel, the Belarusian arm of forex brokerage TeleTrade Group, and lender MTBank have become the first entities to pass the requirements of the Belarusian Currency Stock Exchange (BCSE) regarding financial software for forex trading on the over-the-counter (OTC) market, according to a ...
Europol: Searches, seizures and arrests were carried out in eight EU countries against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering
June 30th, 2016
Yesterday, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, Europol supported an international action day against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering defrauding EU citizens of approximately EUR 57 million in tax revenues via companies selling ...
Possible Consequences of Brexit on the FinTech Industry
June 29th, 2016
Financial Technology (FinTech) is an economic ecosystem or industry consisting of companies, mainly startups, that employ technology in an innovative way in order to improve the way that financial services operate, e.g. payments and transfers, auditing, contracts, policy enforcement, ...
Dr Theodosis Mourouzis
June 29th, 2016
Dr Theodosis Mourouzis serves as Executive Manager at Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM), Limassol Branch, and as Lecturer of Information Management at CIIM. He is also an active member of the Limassol Hackerspace, a non-profit organisation. ...
