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Dirty Dealing: China and International Money Laundering
July 13th, 2015
In the midst of turmoil in the Chinese stock markets, one serious problem that may appear is increased currency outflows created by current and potential investors who would rather move their assets to foreign countries viewed as safer havens. Money laundering should be under close surveillance. ...
The Neo-Marxist Threat to National Economies
July 10th, 2015
The theatricals and melodrama of the current Greek crisis mask a far more serious issue than mere political entertainment. The self-created sequence of threats to Greece i.e. sovereign debt default, bankruptcy, Eurozone exit and relegation to the status of ...
Greece Enters Its Crack-Up Boom
July 9th, 2015
The Austrian School of economics has a concept called a “crack-up boom” in which a critical mass of people conclude that their government is actively trying to devalue its currency. Consumers respond by front-running the government, spending their paychecks ...
YES BANK Allies with Taisys, Leading Digital Empowerment of Mobile Banking for India
July 9th, 2015
As India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announced ‘Digital India Program’ aimed to transformIndia into a digitally empowered society, Taisys Technologies declared its strategic partnership with YES BANK, India’s 5th largest private sector bank and collaboration with NPCI to enter into the Indian market. Taisys India ...
Westpac VC invests in Bitcoin player Coinbase
July 8th, 2015
In a deal that will put Westpac Banking Corp in the box seat as cryptocurrencies develop, the bank’s venture capital fund, Reinventure Group, has invested in Coinbase, one of the world’s pre-eminent Bitcoin companies. In the first deal involving ...
Leading Global Banks, Service Providers and Market Infrastructures Create New Hub for End-to-End Margin Processing
July 8th, 2015
Goal is to facilitate compliance with new margin regulations for non-cleared derivatives effective in 2016 Thirteen major global banks, ICAP plc and market infrastructures The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear have joined forces with AcadiaSoft, Inc. ...
ICAP announces further investment in AcadiaSoft
July 8th, 2015
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has made a further investment in AcadiaSoft, Inc, a provider of electronic margining for over the counter (OTC) ...
SEC Charges Oil Company and CEO in Scheme Targeting Chinese-Americans and EB-5 Investors
July 7th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Bay Area oil and gas company and its CEO with running a $68 million Ponzi-like scheme and affinity fraud that targeted the Chinese-American community in California and investors in Asia, including ...
UBS signs whistleblower deal with Brazil to avoid punishments in Forex rigging case
July 7th, 2015
Swiss bank UBS has signed a leniency agreement with Brazilian authorities to avoid punishment in the alleged rigging of the country’s currency market. Local newspaper Valor Econômico reported that UBS signed an agreement with Brazil’s antitrust watchdog, the Council ...
Samsung forecasts profit fall as S6 sales disappoint
July 7th, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co. forecast a fall in second quarter profit in a sign that sales of its much anticipated Galaxy S6 smartphones failed to meet expectations. Samsung on Tuesday estimated its second quarter operating profit at 6.9 trillion won ...
