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SEC Charges New York-Based Financial Advisor With Stealing $20 Million From Customers
April 17th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a New York City-based financial advisor accused of stealing at least $20 million from customers to fund his own brokerage accounts and then squandering the bulk of the money ...
CurrencyFair, World’s Leading Person-To-Person Currency Exchange Marketplace, Raises €10 Million
April 17th, 2015
The dominant person-to-person currency transfer platform operating in the £2k plus marketplace, secures €10 million round investment led by Octopus Investments. CurrencyFair has today announced it has raised a €10 million funding round, led by Octopus Investments. CurrencyFair was the first ...
Deal appears distant amid deadlock in reform talks
April 17th, 2015
With negotiations between Greece and its creditors effectively deadlocked, a potential deal that could unlock crucially needed funding appeared more distant than ever on Thursday with doubts appearing about whether an agreement can be reached in time for a ...
Fed Is Expected to Shift on Municipal Bonds
April 17th, 2015
In a change of heart, the Federal Reserve will allow big U.S. banks to use some municipal bonds to meet new rules aimed at ensuring they have enough cash during a financial-market meltdown, according to people familiar with the ...
Bitcoin moves from Commodity to Payment Currency
April 16th, 2015
Bitcoin is becoming an actual currency for everyday use among consumers more than a traded commodity, according to recently released BitPayresearch. The data indicated the total number of bitcoin transactions more than doubled last year. The value of the average bitcoin order ...
ICO probes 173 law firms over data protection breaches
April 16th, 2015
Dozens of law firms were investigated by the information commissioner for potential data breaches in 2014, new figures have revealed. A freedom of information request by Egress Software Technologies revealed that the Information Commissioner’s Office investigated 173 UK firms ...
Analysis finds AIM companies directly contribute nearly £15bn to UK economy
April 16th, 2015
More than 3,580 companies have listed on AIM market in the past 20 years; raising £39.5 billion at admission, followed by further fundraising amounting to £51 billion AIM companies directly support employment of over 430,000 people and contributed tax ...
Latest update on Alpari (UK) Limited in Special Administration
April 16th, 2015
KPMG released an update regrading Client Claims and Client Money Pool (“CMP”) of Alpari (UK) Limited. The Joint Special Administrator’s released the following: CMP Illustrative Financial Outcome as at 8 April 2015 Valuation of Swiss currency pair trades CMP ...
Talks will determine ECB’s stance
April 16th, 2015
Frankfurt extends the limit on emergency liquidity assistance for local lenders by another 800 mln euros A few hours after the European Central Bank extended the limit on the cash available to local lenders by another 800 million euros, ...
Virtu IPO Tests Perceptions of High-Speed Trading
April 16th, 2015
High-frequency trading firm prices shares at $19, high end of projected range When Virtu Financial Inc., starts trading Thursday, its performance will be a test of how markets view a firm that has been at the center of controversy ...
