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Arrests in Europe and Asia for a Credit Card fraud spread into 14 European countries
July 11th, 2016
A total of 105 suspects have been arrested as the result of a complex investigation run simultaneously in Europe and Asia with the support of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). During the operation led against an organised criminal group ...
Ex-Barclays traders jailed over Libor rigging
July 8th, 2016
A London court has sentenced four former Barclays traders to prison. They were found guilty of Libor manipulation between 2005 and 2007. Jay Merchant received six-and-a-half years in prison, Jonathan Mathew and Peter Johnson were each jailed for four ...
The Swiss Council adopts dispatch on automatic exchange of tax information with eight states and territories
July 8th, 2016
The Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the introduction of the automatic exchange of financial account information with Iceland, Norway, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Japan, Canada and the Republic of Korea, and submitted it to Parliament for ...
International law firm Taylor Wessing announced global revenues increase
July 8th, 2016
International law firm Taylor Wessing has today announced a 4.4% increase in UK revenues to £126.6m. Global revenues have also increased to £254.5m at constant exchange rates. In addition, the firm has reported an increase in UK PEP, up from ...
Could Berlin Steal London’s FinTech Capital Throne?
July 8th, 2016
As the Brexit fallout continues, it looks as though Berlin may be stepping up to replace London as Europe’s top FinTech capital. With the U.K. making its monumental decision to exit the European Union last week, The Financial Times reported today (July 7) that Germany ...
So how big are Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves, really?
July 7th, 2016
“How much oil lies beneath the desert sands of Saudi Arabia and how long will it last before running out?” is a question that has intrigued and confounded oil experts for five decades. The kingdom has proven reserves of ...
VW Will Spend $14.7 Billion to Settle emissions scandal;the largest settlement ever paid by an automaker
July 7th, 2016
Volkswagen will spend $10 billion on affected car buybacks, $4.7 billion to “mitigate pollution” in the TDI emissions settlement. The estimated cost of Volkswagen’s U.S. diesel emissions cheating just rose by half—to nearly $15 billion, the largest settlement ever paid by ...
Swiss bank Vontobel offers bitcoin trading
July 7th, 2016
Vontobel has become the first Swiss issuer to offer a tracker certificate on bitcoins for subscription. Investors who expect a positive development in the bitcoin price can now for the first time participate in this performance with a product ...
CFTC Orders Barclays Bank PLC to Pay a $560,000 Penalty
July 7th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) for failing to submit accurate large trader reports (LTRs) for physical commodity swap positions, in violation of Section 4s(f) of ...
INTL FCStone Inc. completes an acquisition
July 6th, 2016
INTL FCStone Inc. Substantially Completes the Acquisition of the Correspondent Clearing and Independent Wealth Management Businesses from Sterne Agee LLC INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) (“INTL”) announced that it has substantially completed, effective July 1, 2016, its acquisition of the ...
