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Interdealer Broker ordered to Pay $13 million
September 17th, 2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued two orders filing and settling charges against Tullett Prebon Americas Inc., an interdealer broker and CFTC-registered introducing broker headquartered in New Jersey. The combined orders require Tullett to pay a total of $13 ...
Alert! CySEC warns for a webite using a CIF license number illegally
August 30th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a warning to inform investors that the website epoxtrade.com does not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance ...
The authorisation of four Cyprus Investment Firms is withdrawn by CySEC
August 7th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued announcements to inform that at its meetings of 24th June 2019, of 22 July 2019 and of 29th July 2019 has decided, pursuant to section 8(1)(a) of the Investment Services ...
Facebook to pay $5 billion over the company’s privacy policies
July 29th, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission approved a record $5 billion settlement Wednesday with Facebook over the company’s privacy policies. Shares of Facebook were down slightly following the announcement, but turned positive in the afternoon, up about 1.1% by the end ...
CySEC suspended the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
July 22nd, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission announces that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm AFX Capital Markets Ltd (‘the Company’), number 119/10, is suspended in whole, pursuant to section 71(6)(c) of Τhe Investment Services and Activities and Regulated ...
Bitcoin vs Libra
July 22nd, 2019
Bitcoin vs Libra: Here are the key differences between the two cryptocurrencies Libra and bitcoin are different in a lot of ways, from the technology behind them to the way they’re used. CNBC runs through the key differences between ...
KPMG to settle charges by paying a $50 million penalty
June 19th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged KPMG LLP with altering past audit work after receiving stolen information about inspections of the firm that would be conducted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The SEC’s order also ...
Issuer charged with Conducting $100 Million Unregistered Initial Coin Offering
June 12th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting an illegal $100 million securities offering of digital tokens. The SEC charges that Kik sold the tokens to U.S. investors without registering their offer and sale as required ...
Alert! CySEC warns for unauthorised investment firms
May 27th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued announcements to inform investors that the following websites do not belong to entities which have been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance of investment activities, ...
Beware: Emergency Order against Ponzi scheme targeting hundreds of investors
May 23rd, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing $30 million Ponzi scheme targeting more than 300 investors in the U.S. and Canada. The SEC complaint ...
