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Hong Kong and Australia seal agreement on fintech cooperation
June 13th, 2017
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (‘the SFC’) and ASIC today signed an Agreement on fintech cooperation which provides a framework for cooperation to support and understand financial innovation in each economy. This Cooperation Agreement builds on the ...
BDO announced new Global CEO of the international BDO network
June 13th, 2017
BDO announced that Keith Farlinger, former CEO of BDO Canada and currently a member of the network’s Global Leadership Team in the role of CEO Americas, will succeed Martin van Roekel as CEO of the international BDO network. Martin ...
CFTC Charged a Company and its Owner in a More than $11 Million Trading Futures fraud scheme
June 9th, 2017
CFTC Charged Seattle Residents Sung Hong a/k/a Lawrence or Laurence Hong, Hyun Joo Hong a/k/a Grace Hong, and Her Company Pishon Holding LLC with Fraudulently Soliciting More than $11 Million from Customers in Connection with Trading Futures Federal Court ...
Uber fires over 20 employees after law firm probe
June 9th, 2017
Uber fires more than 20 employees after a law firm probe at the company into a number of complaints including sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination – both those in management and in lower level positions. Legal firm Perkins Coie was retained ...
The FMA warns: the number of dubious providers in the Austrian financial market remains high
June 7th, 2017
Austria’s independent, autonomous and integrated supervisory and resolution authority FMA informs in relation to Austrian financial market Investor Warnings issued. According the announcement: In 2016, the FMA initiated a total of 162 investigations in relation to the combatting of unauthorised ...
Santander acquires Banco Popular becoming the leading bank in Spain
June 7th, 2017
Banco Santander today announces that it has acquired Banco Popular. The acquisition takes place following an auction conducted by the Single Resolution Board and FROB in which Santander was selected as the successful bidder, paying a notional consideration of ...
5 Highly Respected Financial Experts That Are Warning That A Market Crash Is Imminent
June 1st, 2017
5 Highly Respected Financial Experts That Are Warning That A Market Crash Is Imminent If everything is going to be “just fine”, why are so many big names in the financial community warning about an imminent meltdown? I don’t ...
Euro to Pound: Analysts of global financial firm eye breaking of £0.90
June 1st, 2017
EUR / GBP Outlook: Morgan Stanley Eye Breaking of £0.90 Expect the Euro to make further gains against the British Pound say analysts at one of the world’s largest investment banks. “We are buyers of most EUR crosses, helped ...
Historic Banking Group replaces PwC with KPMG as external auditor
June 1st, 2017
Bank of Ireland Group ends 27-year PwC audit contract Bank of Ireland Group is to switch auditors at the end of the year naming KPMG as external auditor replacing incumbent PwC, which has held the audit for nearly three ...
Wikipedia vs. Banc De Binary: A 3-year battle against binary options ‘fake news’
June 1st, 2017
Binary options fraudsters employ experts to outwit Google, create laudatory news sites, engage on social media — anything to encourage new victims and keep the truth from coming out. One key battlefield: The online encyclopedia If you’re the strategist ...
