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$175 Million Penalty for Citibank
May 26th, 2016
CFTC Orders Citibank, N.A. and Japanese Affiliates to Pay $175 Million Penalty for Attempted Manipulation of Yen LIBOR and Euroyen TIBOR, and False Reporting of Euroyen TIBOR and U.S. Dollar LIBOR Citibank, N.A. Has Been Subject to Three CFTC ...
Commodities Brokers Marex Spectron reports $22.7M Operating Profit for 2015
May 25th, 2016
Marex Spectron Group Ltd (‘Marex Spectron’), the global commodities broker, has posted a record Operating Profit of $23 million for the year ended 31 December 2015, up from $15 million in 2014. EBITDA increased to $31 million from $25 ...
Marks & Spencer is going downmarket to try and rescue its clothing business
May 25th, 2016
Marks & Spencer put out another bad set of results on Wednesday— something that has become a tradition for the struggling retailer. Annual sales at M&S were up 2.4% to £10.4 billion ($15.2 billion) but pre-tax profit collapsed by 19.5% ...
Ethereum, explained: why Bitcoin’s stranger cousin is now worth $1 billion
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded its emergence into the mainstream three years ago. Despite more than a billion dollars of venture capital funding, Bitcoin startups have failed to develop applications that appeal to mainstream customers. ...
UAE’s First Bitcoin Startup Shuts Down
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin payments firm YellowPay, by some accounts the first industry startup in the Middle East, has shut down for undisclosed reasons according to members of its founding team. Forming in 2014, YellowPay had sought to promote bitcoin as an e-commerce solution in ...
MAS directs Swiss Bank “BSI Bank” to shut down in Singapore
May 24th, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has served BSI Bank Limited (BSI Bank) notice of intention to withdraw its status as a merchant bank in Singapore for serious breaches of anti-money laundering requirements, poor management ...
Arrests And Prosecutions Reveal Big Vagaries In Bitcoin Selling Regulations
May 23rd, 2016
U.S. laws governing bitcoin trading are vague and sometimes lead to complicated law enforcement actions, according to an article in Fast Company magazine. Anti-money laundering laws require exchanges to verify customers’ identities, but what constitutes an exchange can sometimes be unclear. ...
Eurozone finance ministers are set to discuss easing Greece’s debt burden
May 23rd, 2016
Greek lawmakers on Sunday (22 May) adopted another batch of controversial spending cuts and tax hikes, two days before a crunch eurozone meeting expected to unlock the next tranche of much-needed bailout funds for the debt-ridden nation. The 7,000-page ...
invest.com launches “hedge fund for the people”
May 23rd, 2016
invest.com is the first online investment company in the UK to specialise in alternative investments; It has received $20m investment from a number of global investors including tech VC fund, Singulariteam; invest.com domain name ranks as one of the ...
Forex Brokers in Philipines try to stop Metrobank from closing their accounts
May 23rd, 2016
AMID a clampdown by banks on ties with money changers and remittance firms, a group representing local foreign exchange dealers is pushing back and challenging what it describes as a unilateral action of local banks to end its business ...