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Charges announced for a nearly billion dollar Ponzi scheme
January 30th, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that has charged a California-based couple with orchestrating a nearly billion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving alternative energy tax credits. According to the SEC’s complaint, Jeffrey and Paulette Carpoff raised approximately $910 million ...
Dollar at 2-month high, Aussie weak as virus anxiety spreads
January 30th, 2020
The dollar held near a two-month high against a basket of major currencies while the Australian dollar and the yuan were under pressure on Thursday as investors tried to shield themselves from assets that could be hit by China’s ...
Data protection fines hit £100m during first 18 months of GDPR
January 23rd, 2020
European countries have imposed approximately €114 million (£97 million) in data protection fines on businesses since revamped laws came into force in May 2018. Regulators have received 160,000 data breach reports, with UK firms third-most reported across Europe Approximately ...
iSignthis published a clarification for a claiming
January 23rd, 2020
iSignthis has published today a clarification in regards an article in today’s Age and Sydney Morning Herald claiming a “link” between iSignthis and Union Standard International Group (USGFX). Below is the iSignthis media report: As you may be aware there ...
Breaking: European Central Bank Monetary policy decision
January 23rd, 2020
The European Central Bank has issued a press release to inform that at today’s meeting the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on ...
European stocks retreat as investors cash in on rally
January 21st, 2020
European stock markets mostly retreated on Monday (Jan 20) as investors booked profits after last week’s rally awaiting some key US earnings updates. Stocks had jumped on Friday, with Wall Street indices ending at fresh record highs, as solid ...
Clients of PFX Financial Professionals Ltd to submit claims to the I.C.F
January 15th, 2020
The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform about the initiation of the compensation payment process by the Investor Compensation Fund for Clients of IFs (I.C.F). In accordance the announcement, the Board ...
Cyprus Investment Firm to pay ten thousand euro administrative fine
January 15th, 2020
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform the public that, at its meeting held on the 16th September 2019, decided to impose a total administrative fine of €10.000 to a Cyprus Investment ...
The Personal Data Commissioner in Cyprus slaps record fines for data violations
January 14th, 2020
The Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus, an independent public authority responsible for monitoring the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and other laws in Cyprus has slapped three related companies with €82,000 fines totalling ...
European Central Bank is continuing digital currency research
January 9th, 2020
ECB Prez Christine Lagarde Says Central Bank Digital Currency Could Have Major Implications for the Financial Sector In her first public remarks of the new year, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde affirms that the ECB is continuing to ...
