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ESAs publish responses to consultation on Guidelines for cross-selling practices
May 14th, 2015
These Guidelines developed by the Joint Committee of the ESAs further develop how EU firms engaged in cross-selling practices in the financial sector should comply with the general conduct of business standards expected towards customers. Their aim is to ...
Top stories of the day
May 13th, 2015
1. The European Central Bank raised the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling for Greek banks by 1.1 billion euros on Tuesday, in the wake of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting that recorded some progress in the talks between the government and its ...
AMF updates the list of unauthorised websites offering binary options trading
May 13th, 2015
The AMF is publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is once again warning retail investors against aggressive ...
BitGold platform enables people to use Gold as a store of value and medium of payments
May 6th, 2015
BitGold Inc. has issued a press release to announce the public launch of the BitGold platform. BitGold is inviting people everywhere to open free accounts, build savings, and make payments with securely vaulted gold – fully insured with no ...
Tax rulings: “We need a common corporate tax base”, says Commissioner Vestager
May 6th, 2015
Why did the EU Commission take so long to launch investigations into member states’ tax rulings? Is its strategy to go only after small countries, such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Ireland? Will the instruments available to it ...
BP first quarter 2015 results
April 28th, 2015
Underlying replacement cost profit 20% down on year earlier, 15% higher than previous quarter Focus on rebalancing BP – resetting capital expenditure, managing cost, delivering divestments BP today reported its results for first quarter of 2015. Underlying replacement cost ...
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal
April 28th, 2015
Weak renewable energy goals for 2030 originated with Shell pitch for gas as a key technology for Europe to cut its carbon emissions in an affordable way Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a ...
Allen & Overy announces 33 Counsel promotions
April 27th, 2015
Allen & Overy today announces that 33 lawyers have been promoted to Counsel across the global network. The promotions are in 15 offices across Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region and include lawyers in the Banking, ...
Lifting potential growth in the euro area
April 23rd, 2015
Speech by Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Welt-Währungskonferenz Potential growth and monetary policy The euro area economy seems now to be turning the corner. Both the hard and soft data suggest that ...
Coinzone Opens for Business in Czech Republic
April 22nd, 2015
Fully localised Bitcoin payment gateway solution for the Czech market makes it easy for merchants and individuals to participate in the country’s flourishing Bitcoin ecosystem Coinzone, a leading Bitcoin payment solution provider dedicated to making it easy for European ...
