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Playtech buys CHF for $120m
November 14th, 2016
Playtech (LSE: PTEC) today announces it has agreed to acquire Consolidated Financial Holdings A/S (“CFH”), a technology company with products including a leading Straight Through Processing (“STP”) brokerage which provides retail brokers with multi-asset execution, prime brokerage services, liquidity ...
Bitcoin Regulation is on Swiss Government’s Fintech-Friendly Agenda
November 3rd, 2016
Switzerland’s Federal Council has called for reducing the barriers seen by Fintech firms to enter the country which could see broader implications on the country’s regulatory stance on virtual currencies like bitcoin. In a meeting today, the Swiss Federal ...
LSE listed company is seeking to acquire companies within the Forex sector
October 13th, 2016
Boston International Holdings plc, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed to undertake one or more acquisitions of target companies or businesses in the FX sector, has issued an announcement to inform that its entire issued ordinary share capital ...
Nasdaq and Hong Kong exchange sharing information on blockchain technology
October 11th, 2016
The Nasdaq stock market is hoping to bring its blockchain technology to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to its president and chief operating officer Adena Friedman. In the city on Thursday and Friday last week to meet with ...
MAS: Falcon Bank to Cease Operations due to serious failures in AML controls
October 11th, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it is withdrawing the merchant bank status of Falcon Private Bank Ltd, Singapore Branch (Falcon Bank) for serious failures in anti-money laundering (AML) controls and improper conduct by senior management ...
MAS to boost FinTech skills
October 3rd, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the five local polytechnics1 have agreed on a framework to review and enhance the polytechnics’ curricula in the next three years to prepare and equip their graduates with the skill sets necessary to ...
Low tax Zug aims to become Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’
September 8th, 2016
Zug town hall now accepts bitcoin More than a dozen crypto currency firms operating there so far Government looking at changing regulation to attract more firms The small Swiss canton of Zug, famed for the low taxes that have ...
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 ...
Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, and Israel are issuing a new series of natural gas exploration licenses
August 25th, 2016
The major natural gas reservoirs that have been discovered off the Mediterranean shores in recent years have made the region a focus of international interest. The past few months have been especially lively, with Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus, and Israel ...
MAS Singapore set up advisory panel for FinTech developments
August 3rd, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that it has set up an International Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP). The Panel will advise MAS on international developments in FinTech and how Singapore can harness new technologies to enhance the ...
