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Inexperienced Chinese investors are getting stung by fintech scams
September 8th, 2016
China is witnessing a fintech boom. Companies providing electronic payments, cryptocurrency trading and other online financial services there are not only mushrooming, they are among the biggest and most highly rated in the world. The Fintech 100, a ranking ...
Westpac refunds $20 million in credit card foreign transaction fees
September 8th, 2016
Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has recently refunded approximately $20 million to around 820,000 customers for not clearly disclosing the types of credit card transactions that attract foreign transaction fees. Following a customer complaint, Westpac notified ASIC that customers may have been ...
FCA warns for CMS Trader been unathorised in UK
September 6th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to inform that the Authority believes that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without FCA’s authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling ...
Innovator Launches New Digital Currency eQuid with a Focus on the Money System Side of the Coin
September 6th, 2016
eQuid will launch on select cryptocurrency exchanges in late fall 2016 after running a crowdfunding campaign to build support. When the currency is active on those exchanges, anyone with an account can purchase eQuid. Garth Wells, the founder of ...
Who are the biggest investors in Dubai’s real estate market?
September 5th, 2016
It’s no secret who the top foreign investors in Dubai’s real estate market are. Time and again, Indians have emerged atop the podium as the biggest non-GCC foreign buyers of real estate in the emirate. And it’s no surprise ...
Ad-Blocking Browser Brave Launches Bitcoin Micropayments
September 2nd, 2016
Web browser developer Brave Software has a new weapon in its arsenal against third-party advertisements. While the Brave browser has been automatically blocking ads that target users based on their browsing habits since earlier this year, the beta version of Brave ...
keza app relaunched enabling bitcoin investing in us stocks
August 31st, 2016
Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has acquired the bitcoin-powered Keza app which allows users to invest in mainstream U.S. stocks, and has relaunched it. The Keza app closed in April shortly after launching, CCN reported. The project had received $357,000 in funding backed by Digital ...
Bitcoin Tipping Platform Zapchain to Shut Down
August 30th, 2016
Another bitcoin-based content monetization startup has announced it will shut down. Social network Zapchain, launched in 2014 as part of accelerator Boost VC’s fourth batch of startups, has told users that it will cease services effective 31st August. The announcement comes less than a ...
New digital currency Monero spikes after giving criminals more secrecy
August 30th, 2016
Forget Bitcoin. There’s a new digital currency that is surging as online drug-dealers begin adopting it to conduct business with more anonymity. The two-year-old currency Monero has more than quadrupled this month after gaining support from prominent websites that ...
Most Asia stocks slide on Fed officials’ rate comments, dollar firms
August 29th, 2016
Most Asian share markets tumbled on Monday while the U.S. dollar added to gains made after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated a U.S. interest rate increase remains on the cards for this year. European markets also looked set ...
