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European stocks dragged lower
May 4th, 2016
European stocks capped their worst three-day decline since February as miners plunged and lenders fell on earnings reports. By the close in Dublin, the ISEQ Overall Index was down 1.94pc, or 119.25 points, to end the trading day at ...
Financial Services industry losing £165 million in invoice fraud
April 28th, 2016
Businesses in financial services (FS) are losing more than £165 million in invoice fraud every year. According to the new research published today by Tungsten, this amounts to £1,969 per business. Of those affected, one in five believes the ...
Artificial Intelligence seen as opportunity and threat by financial services sector
April 26th, 2016
New global survey reveals tensions between optimism and unease Majority believe AI and other fintech will make financial markets more competitive by 2018 But more than three-quarters say regulators are unable to keep pace with changing technology Sixty percent ...
BITSTAMP has been granted a license and launches BTC/EUR Trading
April 26th, 2016
BITSTAMP has issued an announcement to inform that it becomes the first nationally licensed Bitcoin Exchange and launches BTC/EUR trading. The following announcement was published: “Dear clients, partners and supporters of Bitstamp, We are very excited to share with ...
FTSE 100 in the red as mining shares slump
April 25th, 2016
U.K. shares swung lower Monday, with mining shares struggling at the start of the new trading week. The FTSE 100 UKX, -0.66% fell 0.8% to 6,258.28. All sectors declined, led by the basic materials and oil groups. The blue-chips index on Friday dropped ...
Iran Outwitting Saudis on Oil, Bloomberg Says
April 25th, 2016
Iran’s oil exports are growing much more quickly than analysts predicted back in January when sanctions were eased. If the recovery continues at the recent pace, it could raise an interesting dilemma for OPEC’s top exporter Saudi Arabia at the ...
Accountant defrauded companies and cost colleagues jobs
April 25th, 2016
Woman on six figure salary cons employers out of 1.8 million A Berkshire woman has been jailed for a catalogue of fraud against her employers in a case described by the judge as ‘about as bad a case as ...
ASIC permanently bans Sydney finance broker
April 22nd, 2016
ASIC has permanently banned Ms Giulia Penna, of Five Dock, New South Wales, from engaging in credit activities and also from providing financial services. Ms Penna was banned following an investigation by ASIC into her conduct as an agent ...
Law firm in the cloud
April 21st, 2016
With a growing remote workforce, the law firm Farrer & Co started to move its services into the cloud. Neil Davison, IT director at Farrer & Co. says: “This change brought with it huge benefits, but also significant potential ...
SEC announced penalties on two Accounting fraud cases
April 20th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a pair of financial fraud cases against companies and then-executives accused of various accounting failures that left investors without accurate depictions of company finances. In one case, technology manufacturer Logitech International agreed ...
