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MFSA warns that Alphacmarkets falsely stating that is licensed by the Malta Financial Services Authority
May 17th, 2016
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a warning to inform investors and public regarding Alphacmarkets Europe. According to MFSA, the Authority has become aware of the website http://alphacmarkets.com/single_new/en/404?Why%20Trade%20with%20alphacmarkets which is falsely stating that Alphacmarkets Europe is licensed by the ...
CMA publishes issues statement in Ladbrokes/Coral merger
February 5th, 2016
The UK’s primary competition and consumer authority, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has issued a press release to make publish the issues statement as part of its investigation into the anticipated merger between Ladbrokes and certain businesses of ...
ICMA creates centralised source for comparison of fixed income trading platforms in Europe
October 8th, 2015
ICMA has launched a comparative mapping study of electronic fixed income platforms in Europe. The ICMA Electronic Platform Mapping Study compares the key features and capabilities of 22 electronic trading platforms (ETPs) and information networks that are currently available ...
The ECB’s financial suttee
March 22nd, 2021
The European Commission is failing. Its response to Brexit and the pandemic, where it is now threatening emergency powers in order to secure vaccines is a latest throw of the political dice. Even before this development markets were getting ...
iSignthis announced European patent for PSD2 strong customer authentication & KYC
September 16th, 2019
European Patent Office (EPO) has issued notice of intention to grant patent across more than 38 countries Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2) Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) compliance day was 14th September 2019 Patent includes methods for SCA and Know ...
Beware of unauthorised companies offering investment and financial services
June 19th, 2019
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Austria (Financial Market Autority – FMA), Malta (Malta Financial Services ...
ACCA Research: 48% of public believe auditors ‘could prevent company failures’
November 23rd, 2018
A survey of 1,000 members of the general public by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) reveals auditors are expected to play a crucial role in company safeguarding. 48% of the UK public believe it is auditors who ...
The psychology of systemic consensus
November 16th, 2018
We are all too familiar with established views rejecting change. It has nothing to do with the facts. Officialdom’s mind is often firmly closed to all reason on the big issues. To appreciate why we must understand the ...
Beware of unauthorised companies offering financial services
October 26th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA) and Italy (Consob) report the companies and websites offering investment, financial and insurance services without the ...
Supervisory authorities around the world warn for unauthorised financial services firms
April 13th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), France (Autoritè des Marches Financiers ...
