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Volkswagen Settles U.S. Emissions Lawsuit Just Before Trial
February 26th, 2018
Volkswagen AG came to an agreement to settle a lawsuit over the company’s marketing of clean-emissions vehicles, resolving a contentious fight over consumer fraud claims just before it was about to go to trial. The suit was dismissed on ...
Government officials fired when caught mining bitcoin using government computers
October 5th, 2017
Two government officials of the Crimean Council of Ministers were caught mining bitcoin using government computers and were subsequently fired. They reportedly installed “malicious software” on the government’s server and programmed over a dozen computers to mine bitcoin. The ...
Russia has plans to introduce its own digital currency
August 25th, 2017
Russia has plans to introduce its own digital currency running on blockchain technology, according to First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. The FSB “is actively working at the international level and wants to ensure that security issues are solved ...
Why free trade and open markets in financial services matter; Andrew Bailey, FCA Chief Executive
July 11th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has released a speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, at Reuters Newsmaker event. According the release: Note: this ...
The Russian “Laundromat” exposed; how the complex money laundering scheme worked
March 23rd, 2017
Three years after the “Laundromat” was exposed as a criminal financial vehicle to move vast sums of money out of Russia, journalists now know how the complex scheme worked – including who ended up with the $20.8 billion and ...
IOSCO: Harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier (UTI) to OTC derivatives transactions
February 28th, 2017
A new report provides technical guidance to authorities to enable them to set rules on assigning uniform global Unique Transaction Identifiers (UTIs) to over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions. The report, entitled Harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier, is a joint ...
VW sued by first German customer
February 7th, 2017
Deutsche See, an environmentally conscious fish distributor, became Volkswagen’s first major German customer to sue VW over misrepresenting their vehicles as being environmentally friendly. Deutsche See’s complaint alleged “malicious deception” and was filed at the ...
First legal test case against Volkswagen raising pressure to compensate customers in Europe
January 4th, 2017
German consumer rights champion myRight filed the first legal test case against Volkswagen in Germany on Tuesday (3 January), raising pressure on the carmaker to compensate customers in Europe over the emissions scandal. Europe’s largest automaker has pledged billions ...
VW Buys Mobile-Payment Provider PayByPhone for Parking Services
December 29th, 2016
Move follows establishment of carmaker’s Moia mobility brand Deal adds to purchase of Sunhill Technologies last year Volkswagen AG bought North American parking-payment operator PayByPhone in the latest move by Europe’s biggest carmaker to expand from manufacturing into mobility ...
VW Said to Cut 23,000 Jobs, Save $3.9 Billion With Labor Pact
November 18th, 2016
Savings deal aimed at boosting the VW brand’s margin to 4% Volkswagen agrees to refrain from forced layoffs until 2025 Volkswagen AG reached a landmark agreement with workers to cut as many as 30,000 jobs globally and save 3.7 ...
