Search Results for: Bank of Cyprus
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
CySec warns that individuals are falsely presenting themselves as CySec officers
June 13th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a warning to inform investors and the general public regarding individuals impersonating CySec officers : According to CySec’s warning: Following up on the relevant Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) announcement ...
What happens next if Britain votes to leave the EU?
June 2nd, 2016
The first hours By the early hours of Friday 24 June, it will be clear if the UK has defied the experts and pollsters by voting to leave the European Union. If that happens, a shattered David Cameron, his leadership ...
ECommPay: Regulations of FOREX industry
May 18th, 2016
Forex (FX) regulation is crucial to both security and mutual trust between traders and operators. Companies operating from jurisdictions lacking in regulatory supervision are able to do so in an unfair and illegal manner without facing serious repercussions. Moreover, ...
Time for Debt Reduction in Greece
April 25th, 2016
Once again, Greece is at an inflection point. With its cash balances severely stressed, it seems unlikely to be able to pay the cascading debt payments that are falling due over the next few months. So yet another round ...
Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin
April 4th, 2016
A network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. An unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin’s close circle fabulously wealthy. Though the ...
CySec fines CommexFX Ltd
March 11th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has imposed an administrative fine of €50.000 on the Cypriot Investment Firm (CIF) CommexFX Ltd for violation of the section 139(2) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007, ...
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 ...
