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The first global exchange for virtual gaming products
December 2nd, 2016
Switex to create the first standardized and independent market for trading virtual game items Naga to manage Switex based on its technological leadership while Deutsche Börse Group to supply market expertise Hamburg-based FinTech firm Naga Group AG and Deutsche ...
The winners of British Accountancy Awards 2016
December 1st, 2016
The big winners of the British Accountancy Awards 2016 have been announced. BDO awarded as Global Firm of the Year and John Whiting awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award. Below are the winners: Individual Excellence Awards OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD Winner: ...
FC Barcelona Signs Up Rakuten in $235 Million Jersey Deal
November 17th, 2016
Four-year agreement with Japanese firm among sport’s biggest Internet company’s logo will replace Qatar Airways next season Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is paying 220 million euros ($235.4 million) to emblazon its logo on the FC Barcelona soccer team’s ...
New York’s bitcoin hub dreams fade with licensing backlog
October 31st, 2016
New York’s financial regulator had sights set on becoming a global hub for innovations like bitcoin when it adopted trailblazing virtual currency rules last year. But the state lost that momentum when the agency’s chief left, putting a licensing ...
Is this new firm the Big four challenger?
October 24th, 2016
In August there was plenty of noise around the announcement that the former boss of accounting giant Deloitte, John Connolly, was starting a new bean-counting business, Cogital. The question was whether the project, which was innovatively backed by private equity house ...
Tax Experts Wanted in U.A.E.
October 20th, 2016
U.A.E. Ministry of Finance advertising about 30 tax jobs Gulf Arab monarchies to impose value added tax by 2018 The United Arab Emirates is setting up a federal tax authority that will be in charge of collecting levies, as ...
BDO welcomes three new tax partners
September 9th, 2016
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP continues to invest in its tax offering with three new partner appointments. Last year, revenues in BDO’s tax team increased by 20%, making it the fastest growing tax practice of the ten ...
KPMG faces disciplinary formal complaints over audit concerns
September 7th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Executive Counsel has delivered disciplinary formal complaints under the Accountancy Scheme and the Actuarial Scheme in connection with the conduct of KPMG LLP, Mr Mark Taylor, Mr Anthony Hulse, members and a member firm ...
Authorities pledge support, to issue rules for fintech
August 31st, 2016
Financial regulators are readying rules that will target financial technology businesses without limiting their room for growth as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo pledges support for the infant industry. “I urge all parties to participate in fintech, IT and financial ...
Innotribe and Innovate Finance launch Global FinTech Hubs Federation initiative
August 29th, 2016
Innotribe, SWIFT’s innovation arm, and Innovate Finance, the independent membership organisation for global FinTech, today announced the launch of the Global FinTech Hubs Federation (GFHF) to help foster innovation across the world’s financial services industry. To date, more than ...
