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CySec suspends the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
June 21st, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), has issued an announcement to inform that the Commission has decided to suspend the licence of a Cyprus Investment Firm. The authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm ‘AirFinance Pro Ltd’, with number ...
CySec decided to wholly withdraw the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
May 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) announces that, on its meeting of 25th April 2016, has decided, pursuant to sections 25(1)(b),(c) and 26(4)(b) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007, as in force (‘the Law’), to ...
Exit from the MoU: What does it mean for Cyprus?
May 12th, 2016
On March 31st, 2016 the Cyprus government has officially exited the MoU with Troika after a three-year period. During this time, Cyprus has received around €7.2 billion (out of a total of €10 billion available) with a very low ...
European Parliament special tax delegation due in Cyprus
April 13th, 2016
A delegation of members of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Corporate Taxation II – or TAXE 2 – will visit Cyprus on Friday to look into the Cypriot corporate tax practice. MEPs will meet with Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, ...
Cyprus: 86 people on ‘Lagarde List’ have been sent tax notices
April 12th, 2016
The first leg of the Tax Department’s investigation into a list of deposits in Swiss HSBC bank in 2003 has been completed, with 86 individuals sent notices, tax czar Yiannis Tsangaris said on Monday. Speaking on state radio, Tsangaris ...
Fitch reports about Cyprus’s decision to exit its three-year EU-IMF programme
March 17th, 2016
Fitch: Cash Buffer, Debt Management Support Cyprus Programme Exit Cyprus’s decision to exit its three-year EU-IMF programme ahead of schedule without a precautionary post-programme credit line reflects the sovereign’s comfortable cash position and strong debt management, which limit refinancing ...
Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
Cyprus to Exit From Bailout Program
March 8th, 2016
Country follows Ireland, Spain and Portugal, despite not completing a final task Cyprus will successfully exit from its bailout program this month despite not completing one final task required by its creditors, eurozone finance ministers said Monday. The island-state’s exit ...
Vgenopoulos: there’s no point in Cyprus continuing to investigate me
February 25th, 2016
There are no ongoing investigations in Greece into allegations of wrongdoing by former Laiki Bank strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos, and such investigations in Cyprus have no point, the embattled financier said on Wednesday. In a statement, Vgenopoulos commented on an ...
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. ...
