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UK to introduce a faster, image-based cheque clearing system
March 23rd, 2017
New system to be introduced on 30 October 2017, when a phased roll-out begins Cheque clearing time to be reduced from ‘six weekdays’ to ‘next weekday’ Cheques to remain a key part of the payments landscape; customers will still ...
FCA UK announced appointment of a Non-Executive Director
March 21st, 2017
The appointment, made by HM Treasury, is for an initial three year term starting 1 April 2017. Welcoming the appointment, FCA Chairman John Griffith-Jones said: “One of the FCA’s key strategic objectives is to ensure we secure an appropriate ...
JP Morgan trading in SLS
March 17th, 2017
SLS is a long-standing partnership of SIX Swiss Exchange with Liquidnet and provides access to the largest pool of buy-side block liquidity in Europe. SLS will provide JP Morgan with access to genuine block liquidity with unrivalled average execution ...
Culture in financial institutions: it’s everywhere and nowhere; FCA Chief Executive
March 16th, 2017
Highlights A firm’s culture emerges in large part from inputs that are its responsibility. It is for firms to ensure that their desired culture is consistent with appropriate conduct outcomes, to identify the drivers of behaviour within the firm ...
Gulf countries companies may face challenges on VAT implepmentation
March 13th, 2017
GCC corporates could face multiple VAT challenges in the short-run The plan to introduce value-added tax in GCC states could create operational risks for companies and put pressure on Ebitda [earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortisation} and cash ...
Tax Coalition formed to help developed effective tax policies for the virtual currency markets
March 10th, 2017
The Chamber of Digital Commerce and Steptoe & Johnson LLP today announce the formation of the Digital Assets Tax Policy Coalition, a Washington, DC-based coalition created to help develop effective and efficient tax policies for the growing virtual currency ...
Plus500 informs about withholding tax on dividends
March 9th, 2017
The online service provider for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, Plus500, has issued an announcement to inform about withholding tax on dividends distributed by the Group. According the announcement, the company sets out below the process by which ...
The ‘robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees
March 9th, 2017
A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims. When Joshua Browder developed DoNotPay he called it “the world’s first robot lawyer”. It’s a chatbot – a computer program that carries out conversations ...
A beginner’s guide to Bitcoin; What it is, How it works, Where you can buy it?
March 6th, 2017
The Bitcoin is getting more and more publicity the last years as the controversial computer currency is used by many people and business in nowadays. As the bitcoin is getting “famous”, governments are increasingly looking about the its taxation ...
Qatar plans multi-billion dollar tourism investments
March 6th, 2017
Qatar plans to almost double tourism income over the next few years as visitor numbers grow and the nation hosts the 2022 Fifa World Cup. The Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) predicts the tourism sector’s total economic contribution will reach ...