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Wonga-style fake letters means headaches for in-house lawyers
July 25th, 2014
After Wonga and others were caught sending fake legal letters, what are the professional risk implications for in-house lawyers of using pseudo-solicitors to chase debts? The profession needs to grapple with serious legal and ethical issues following recent reports ...
StubHub Defrauded Of $1.6M Worth Of Tickets; 7 People Arrested Worldwide
July 24th, 2014
Seven people linked to an international cybercrime ring were arrested for defrauding online-ticketing company StubHub of about $1.6 million. The operation, which involved police forces from several countries, was tracking the cyber thieves for hacking into the online accounts ...
PayPal targets UK small businesses for cash advances
July 24th, 2014
Online payments firm PayPal is to start advancing cash to UK small businesses, the company has announced. The PayPal Working Capital fund is due to launch later this year, the firm said. The eBay-owned company said it would only ...
Bank of England unease grows despite keeping rates at 0.5%
July 23rd, 2014
Bank of England policymakers are growing increasingly uneasy at leaving interest rates at a record low of 0.5%, minutes of their latest meeting revealed. The public record of the July meeting of the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) showed ...
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) warns the public
July 21st, 2014
Today, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) issued a warning of the activities of the entities named Royal de Bank (website:www.royaldebank.com) and Futurmarket (website:www.futurmarket.com) which claim to be established at 29, rue des Bains, L-1212 Luxembourg. The CSSF informs the ...
Implementing the new European accounting directive
July 17th, 2014
In implementing the New European Accounting Directive, the Member States have choices which give them the chance to improve accounting in their country and those choices should be more evidence-based. This was the main conclusion of a roundtable facilitated ...
Indonesia Ex-Central Banker Gets Jail for Bank Bailout Graft
July 17th, 2014
Former Bank Indonesia deputy governor Budi Mulya was sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption, the latest high-profile conviction that shows how policy making in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy is undermined by graft. Mulya was handed a 500 ...
Yellen Says Restraining the Fed’s Oversight Would Be a ‘Grave Mistake’
July 17th, 2014
The Federal Reserve’s chairwoman, Janet L. Yellen, said on Wednesday that it would be a “grave mistake” for Congress to adopt legislation proposed by House Republicans constraining the Fed’s management of monetary policy. Ms. Yellen and Republican lawmakers traded ...
Handful of non-EU banks to make European stress tests debut
July 16th, 2014
A handful of global banks are bracing themselves for their first results from Europe’s bank stress-testing regime, which will tell them in October whether they have enough capital to withstand future crises. Banks outside the European Union have traditionally ...
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise as Apple, IBM Rally on Deal
July 16th, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures advanced as China’s second-quarter economic growth topped estimates and as Apple Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. rallied after announcing a partnership. Apple and IBM rose at least 2 percent each in early New York trading ...
