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Banc de Binary Reaches $11 Million Settlement with U.S. Authorities
February 26th, 2016
Company alleged to have illegally signed up U.S. investors to binary options trading platform Banc de Binary Ltd., a financial trading company and a sponsor of Liverpool Football Club, has agreed to an $11 million settlement with U.S. authorities ...
Single market: Commission urges four Member States to comply with the Services Directive in the area of regulated professions
February 26th, 2016
The European Commission is taking further steps in its infringement procedures against Austria, Cyprus, Germany, and Poland on the grounds that their national rules include excessive and unjustified obstacles in the area of professional services. Despite the exchanges held with the four Member ...
Imposition of an administrative fine to CommexFX Ltd
February 25th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) wishes to inform investors that, at the meeting held on December 14th, 2015, decided to impose an administrative fine of €100.000 on the CIF CommexFX Ltd for non-compliance with Section ...
Gold outlook improves
February 12th, 2016
There is a conflation of three related events that materially alter the prospects in favour of a higher gold price. The change in the outlook for US interest rates has probably put an end to the dollar’s four-year bull ...
A Dysfunctional EU: What Future?
February 12th, 2016
Many believe that the European Union is, and can only ever be, a force for good and that the 500-plus million citizens of its 28 Member States should be eternally grateful for all the myriad of benefits that they ...
Japan’s Fsa Warns Against Unauthorized Optionrally, Two Other Binary Options Brokers
February 11th, 2016
Japan’s financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), included on Wednesday into its alert list binary options brokers LFG Investment, trading as OptionRally, and WorldOptionner Management Office and BizOption Management Office, trading as Bizoption and Worldoption, respectively. The three companies have been providing financial services in the ...
Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran
February 8th, 2016
Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this paper, Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how it works and why it matters. It has been ...
CySec announced that a new firm obtained the CIF license
February 8th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has announced that “G.S.E Golden Sky Europe Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision ...
Laiki Bank case: Vgenopoulos rubbishes claim of Laiki ignorance of loan exchange
February 4th, 2016
Embattled former Laiki Bank boss Andreas Vgenopoulos insisted on Wednesday that a loan exchange worth $217 million must have been approved by Laiki’s board of directors, especially when such a decision required approval from the Central Bank of Cyprus. ...
Cypriot bank deposits rise in December 2015
February 1st, 2016
Total deposits in Cypriot banks recorded in December 2015 a net increase of €203,0 mln, compared with a net decrease of €67,9 mln in November 2015. According to data by the Central Bank of Cyprus, the annual growth rate ...
