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ECB on pan-European instant payment solutions
January 11th, 2017
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a Keynote speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the French Payments Committee conference on “Technological innovations in payments and beyond”, Banque de France, Paris, 6 ...
Investing in Gold? What year 2017 shows
January 9th, 2017
Should you invest in gold in 2017? Gold investment demand tends to go up when the world economy is uncertain and volatile. 2016 was an archetypal game of two halves for gold investors. From January up until early June, ...
US arrests VW executive on fraud charges
January 9th, 2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Volkswagen executive who faces charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, two people with knowledge of the arrest said on Sunday, marking an escalation of the criminal investigation into the ...
AMF warns about proposals to invest in diamonds
January 9th, 2017
The AMF is warning the public about proposals to invest in diamonds. Seemingly highly attractive, and often presented as a safe investment, these proposals make glowing promises of exceptional and even unrealistic returns. The AMF is calling on individual ...
ICM Capital Offers £1,000,000 Insurance for FX and CFD Traders
January 6th, 2017
ICM Capital today announces it has enhanced its client-fund protection to cover £1,000,000. This new insurance is available to all ICM Capital live account holders at no additional cost and is underwritten by QBE Underwriting Limited and other participating ...
The Federal Reserve Board permanently prohibited former Forex (FX) trader
January 5th, 2017
The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced it is permanently prohibiting Jason Katz, a former foreign exchange (FX) trader at Barclays PLC and later at BNP Paribas SA, from participating in the banking industry, because of his actions to ...
When Assets (Such as Real Estate) Become Liabilities
December 29th, 2016
It will be the middle class that accepted the notion that “real estate is the foundation of family wealth” that will be stripmined by higher taxes on immobile assets such as real estate. Correspondent Joel M. submitted an article ...
Bitcoin Ends 2016 as the Top Currency as It Nears $1,000
December 29th, 2016
Raise your hand if you saw this coming: Bitcoin not only bounced back from its 2015 doldrums, but went on a tear that saw it climb around 120% from the start of the year. As of Wednesday afternoon, the ...
Blackwell Global Acquires Double SFC Licences to Offer Securities and Futures Trading Services
December 28th, 2016
International forex and CFDs brokerage Blackwell Global announces today the acquisition of 2 new licences issued by the Security and Futures Commission (SFC; Securities Licence No. BGX296 and Futures Licence No. BGX460.) in Hong Kong, permitting the brokerage to ...
China regulator busts illegal forex transactions worth $2.7 billion in Shanghai
December 28th, 2016
China regulator busts illegal forex transactions worth $2.7 billion in Shanghai China’s foreign exchange regulator said on Wednesday it busted illegal transactions totalling $2.7 billion in Shanghai in cooperation with the police in 2016, and suspended three unnamed banks ...