Search Results for: UBS Group
Cayman Islands plans to broaden regulatory regime for securities and investments
May 8th, 2019
The Cayman Islands plans to broaden the territory’s regulatory regime for securities and investments. The territory launched a consultation on The Securities Investment Business (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on April 16, and parliament will discuss the bill at its next ...
Cyber wars and all that
May 3rd, 2019
Behind the Huawei story, we must not forget there is a wider financial war being waged by America against China and Russia. Stories about China’s banks being short of dollars are incorrect: the shortage is of inward capital ...
Standard Chartered Bank fined for poor AML controls
April 25th, 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Standard Chartered Bank (Standard Chartered) £102,163,200 for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) breaches in two higher risk areas of its business. This is the second largest financial penalty for AML controls failings ever imposed ...
iSignthis announces Baltic Banking and Probanx integrate CorePlus and CoreConnect for Ibanera
March 6th, 2019
Highlights Ibanera & Probanx sign agreement for CorePlus Core Banking System Baltic Banking Service also sign for CoreConnect interbank Gateway services Probanx and BBS to integrate products to deliver seamless customer solution Vilnius & Nicosia, 6th March 2019: iSignthis ...
iSignthis announces: Windsor Brokers has gone live with ISXPay® and Paydentity™
February 25th, 2019
Highlights Windsor Brokers Ltd, a long-established EU Forex Broker, is now being processed via ISXPay’s principal Tier 1 connections to Visa, Mastercard & JCB. Patented Paydentity™ platform enabled to verify Windsor Brokers’ customers iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX | FRA: ...
Baltic Banking Service 100% acquired by iSignthis
February 15th, 2019
Highlights BBS expected to contribute positively to 2019 EBIT Acquires SEPA CORE and INSTANT network capabilities Lithuanian based core banking and central bank connectivity provider BBS develops document management system with electronic signature capabilities iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX | ...
Currencies threatened by a credit crisis
February 15th, 2019
In this article I draw attention to the similarities between the current economic situation and that of 1929, and the threat to today’s unbacked currencies. There is the coincidence of trade protectionism with the top of the credit cycle, ...
Contingent liabilities and non-performing loans in the EU Member States
January 31st, 2019
Data on contingent liabilities and non-performing loans of EU governments for the year 2017 have been published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This publication includes data on government guarantees, liabilities related to public-private partnerships recorded off-balance ...
Ponzi Scheme ordered to pay $1 billion in penalties
January 30th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal court in Florida ordered Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC and its former owner to pay $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme that targeted retail investors. ...
The Arrival Of The Credit Crisis
January 2nd, 2019
Those of us who closely follow the credit cycle should not be surprised by the current slide in equity markets. It was going to happen anyway. The timing had recently become apparent as well, and in early August I ...
