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Hackers Breach Law Firms, Including Cravath, Weil Gotshal
March 30th, 2016
Federal investigators explore whether cybercriminals stole confidential information to be used for insider trading Hackers broke into the computer networks at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms, and federal investigators are exploring whether they stole confidential information ...
The ECB and John Law
March 21st, 2016
Last week, the ECB extended its monetary madness, pushing deposit rates further into negative figures. It is extending quantitative easing from sovereign debt into non-financial investment grade bonds, while increasing the pace of acquisition to €80bn per month. The ...
Ex-JPMorgan Broker Gets Five Years for Gambling Funds Away
March 9th, 2016
Oppenheim once had 500 clients, managed almost $90 million Broker racked up losses betting on NFL games, online sports A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. broker who said he stole millions of dollars from customers because his brain was ...
MWC 2016: Mastercard rolls out selfie ID checks
February 25th, 2016
Credit card firm Mastercard has confirmed it will accept selfie photos and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying IDs for online payments. It follows a trial of the software carried out in the US and Netherlands last ...
ESMA warns unauthorised use of ESMA’s Identity and Logo
February 22nd, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has been informed that its identity and logo have been used in communications targeting company employees in order to request the transfer of company money. In addition, ESMA has been informed that ...
FCA UK warns for a clone of Capital Markets
February 17th, 2016
FCA informs that fraudsters are using the details of firms authorised by the Authority to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. This is what FCA call a ‘clone firm’; and fraudsters usually use ...
Venezuelans Escape Currency Collapse with Bitcoin
January 11th, 2016
Cryptocurrency Users Double in One Year “Bitcoin adoption in Venezuela will explode any time now,” one early cryptocurrency adopter in the South American nation confidently predicts. Bitcoin experts argue that the worse an economy is, the more interest there ...
Spain’s Princess Cristina to go on trial for fraud
January 11th, 2016
Spain’s Princess Cristina is due to appear in court on fraud charges – the first member of the country’s royal family to be put on trial. She is charged with being an accomplice in an alleged embezzlement scam involving ...
FCA:Unauthorised Forex (FX) trading and brokerage firms
January 8th, 2016
FCA UK has issued an announcement to inform public and investors in relation to unauthorised Forex trading and brokerage firms. FCA points out that all firms offering their investment and trading services in UK must be authorised by the ...
Financial Regulators of Italy, UK and British Columbia warn in relation with investment firms
December 28th, 2015
The financial regulators of Italy Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob), UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) have issued warnings to inform public and investors regarding investment firms. CONSOB Italy ...