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Company to pay millions in penalty for unregistered initial coin offering
October 8th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against blockchain technology company Block.one for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering of digital tokens (ICO) that raised the equivalent of several billion dollars over approximately one year. The company agreed ...
Lab-grown diamonds shaking up the industry
October 8th, 2019
Young consumers in China are taking a growing interest in cheaper, more accessible alternatives to mined gems. It sparkles and shines like a diamond from the Earth’s mantle, but it’s grown in a laboratory. Lab-grown diamonds, which have been ...
Google fined nearly €1 billion in ‘historic’ tax fraud ruling
September 23rd, 2019
Google has been ordered to pay nearly €1 billion to the French government over allegations of tax fraud. The ruling comes as European authorities are exploring new ways to clamp down on digital tax evasion. The French government and ...
Facial recognition use triggers GDPR fine
August 30th, 2019
Sweden’s Data Protection Authority has issued its first fine for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection regulation after a school launched a facial recognition pilot program to track students’ attendance without proper consent. The country’s privacy authority ...
UK is higher than most among EU jurisdictions in notifying regulator on GDPR breaches
June 14th, 2019
UK is higher than most among EU jurisdictions in notifying regulator on GDPR breaches, but “just in case” says law firm. The first year of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) together with the narrow reporting window, lack of detailed ...
Emerging Currencies Review: Currencies and stocks gain, led by Chinese markets
June 12th, 2019
Emerging markets gained on Tuesday as the Chinese government moved to support its stocks and currency, but new tariff threats in the U.S-China trade war kept risk appetite subdued. MSCI’s emerging-market shares index rose to its highest in nearly ...
European markets opened higher Monday; Stocks in Asia traded higher Monday
June 10th, 2019
European markets opened higher Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that proposed tariffs on Mexican imports would be suspended indefinitely. The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.4% in early trade, basic resources leading gains with a 1.3% rise. Trump ...
iSignthis announced the appointment of a new board member to iSignthis eMoney
May 21st, 2019
Highlights Appoints new board member to iSignthis eMoney Ltd board Dr George Theocharides experience includes o CySec Board (Cypriot Securities sector regulator) o Bank of Cyprus & Centre for Blockchain technologies o Associate Professor at Cyprus International Institute of ...
Wrong handling of user data may cost up to $5B for Facebook
April 25th, 2019
Facebook said Wednesday it expects to shell out between $3 billion and $5 billion to settle the FTC’s ongoing investigation into its handling of user data, foreshadowing a potentially massive penalty from the nation’s top consumer protection agency. The ...
iSignthis announces Baltic Banking and Probanx integrate CorePlus and CoreConnect for Ibanera
March 6th, 2019
Highlights Ibanera & Probanx sign agreement for CorePlus Core Banking System Baltic Banking Service also sign for CoreConnect interbank Gateway services Probanx and BBS to integrate products to deliver seamless customer solution Vilnius & Nicosia, 6th March 2019: iSignthis ...
