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Listed venture company H2Ocean launched
September 12th, 2016
H2 Ventures has announced the launch of H2Ocean, a listed venture company investing in early and growth stage fintech businesses. H2Ocean is expected to begin trading on the ASX on a normal settlement basis on 19 October 2016, and ...
MasterCard sued for £14bn in largest ever British legal claim
September 9th, 2016
MasterCard ‘firmly disagree’ with allegations in landmark case of overcharging 46m UK customers for card fees Credit card group MasterCard is being sued for £14bn, the largest legal claim in British history, in a landmark lawsuit over allegations that ...
ASIC cancels AFS licence of The Sharemarket College
September 8th, 2016
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Brisbane-based education and training business, The Sharemarket College Pty Ltd (AFS licence No 331635). ASIC has also banned the Responsible Managers of The Sharemarket College, Mr Graeme Allan Rogers ...
Middle East investment in global real estate reaches $10b
September 8th, 2016
Middle East outbound capital flows into global commercial real estate touched $10 billion in the first half of 2016, with international market destinations becoming more diverse, according to CBRE’s Middle East ‘In and Out’ 2016 report. Investors from the ...
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 ...
G20 summit concludes with historic consensus on world growth
September 6th, 2016
The 11th summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies concluded in Hangzhou on Monday, reaching extensive consensus on pursuing innovative, invigorated, interconnected and inclusive world economic growth. “Held at a critical time for world economic growth and ...
Northzone raises €300m fund and is eyeing London fintech startups
September 5th, 2016
A European venture capital firm which has previously backed Spotify, iZettle and London fintech startup MarketInvoice, has launched a new multi-million pound fund to plough into tech startups across Europe, including the UK in another vote of confidence in the ...
Asian Shares Weaker, With All Eyes on U.S. Jobs Report
September 1st, 2016
Asian shares were broadly weaker Thursday as investors cautiously await the release of U.S. jobs data on Friday that could jolt markets out of their summer malaise. Official Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers’ index data for August came in at 50.4, ...
Apple should repay Ireland €13bn, European Commission rules
August 30th, 2016
Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a three-year investigation, it has concluded that the US firm’s Irish tax benefits are illegal. The Commission said Ireland enabled the company ...
Baidu Freezes Bitcoin related promotions
August 29th, 2016
China’s leading search engine Baidu has halted—sans any warning—all bitcoin and digital currency-related advertising on its network. Chinese media outlet CnLedger broke the news on Friday, with a tweet that said Baidu “has stopped all virtual coin related keyword advertising (paid search), including bitcoin.” Local bitcoin exchanges ...
