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MWC 2016: Mastercard rolls out selfie ID checks
February 25th, 2016
Credit card firm Mastercard has confirmed it will accept selfie photos and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying IDs for online payments. It follows a trial of the software carried out in the US and Netherlands last ...
CFTC charged Asset Management firm and its owners
February 24th, 2016
CFTC Charges Florida-Based North American Asset Management, LLC, Alexi Bethel, and Steven Labadie with Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil injunctive enforcement action in the ...
Fighting tax evasion: The European Union and the Principality of Monaco initial new tax transparency agreement
February 24th, 2016
The EU and Monaco have today initialled a new tax transparency agreement marking another major step forward in the fight against tax evasion. The agreement provides that Monaco and EU Member States will automatically exchange information on the financial accounts of ...
FINRA Bars Broker for Market Manipulation
February 23rd, 2016
Supervisor Barred from Supervising, Suspended and Fined; Additional Broker Sanctioned The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has barred broker George Johnson from the securities industry for engaging in a manipulative trading scheme to artificially inflate the ...
Credit Suisse Said to Face Money-Laundering Probe in Italy
February 23rd, 2016
Bank also said to be probed for tax evasion in Milan case Bank says business has clear rules, focused on declared assets Milan prosecutors are investigating Credit Suisse Group AG on suspicion of money laundering and tax evasion over ...
ESMA warns unauthorised use of ESMA’s Identity and Logo
February 22nd, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has been informed that its identity and logo have been used in communications targeting company employees in order to request the transfer of company money. In addition, ESMA has been informed that ...
The true role of gold
February 19th, 2016
At a time of growing concern about the global financial system, it is time to remind ourselves why physical gold is so important for the benefit of the nearly three quarters of a million BitGold and GoldMoney customers, as ...
China’s top bank raided in Spain over money laundering
February 18th, 2016
Five employees of China’s biggest bank have been arrested in Spain on suspicion of laundering money across Europe. Police made the arrests Wednesday after raiding the offices of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Madrid. One of ...
FCA UK warns for a clone of Capital Markets
February 17th, 2016
FCA informs that fraudsters are using the details of firms authorised by the Authority to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. This is what FCA call a ‘clone firm’; and fraudsters usually use ...
Visa Europe expands tokenisation service
February 16th, 2016
Visa Europe is opening up its tokenisation service, letting banks, retailers and tech firms use the technology for a host of new payment options. Tokenisation replaces the traditional 16-digit Visa account number with a unique series of numbers, helping ...
