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Early Forex Review: Dollar advances against most currencies
August 30th, 2018
The dollar rose against most currencies on Wednesday, as optimism over a U.S.-Mexico trade deal gave way to concern that a conflict over trade between Washington and Beijing was not about to end soon. The deadline for public comment ...
Bitcoin breaks above $7,000; Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple also advance
August 29th, 2018
Bitcoin advanced for a fourth day, exceeding $7,000 in its longest winning streak in more than a month, and with momentum indicators suggesting the rally has further to run. The biggest cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.7 percent on ...
Swiss watchdog to propose looser anti-money laundering rules for fintechs
August 29th, 2018
Swiss financial regulator FINMA is planning to loosen anti-money laundering rules for smaller financial technology firms, part of a drive to boost innovation and shore up the country’s position as a leading money management hub. The revisions, prompted by ...
Moody’s credit ratings agency to pay $16.25 million in penalties to settle charges
August 29th, 2018
The U.S Regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced that Moody’s Investors Service Inc., one of the nation’s largest credit ratings agencies, has agreed to pay a total of $16.25 million in penalties to settle charges involving internal control ...
European stocks hold steady; Stocks on Wall Street extended gains
August 29th, 2018
European markets ended on a mixed note at Tuesday’s close, with risk appetite sharpened by news the U.S. and Mexico had reached a deal to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement. The pan-European STOXX 600 was off 0.03 ...
Is Tunisia the next emerging market to implode?
August 28th, 2018
Seems like every few days a new developing country discovers that it can’t pay back the dollars and/or euros it borrowed back when “external foreign currency debt” seemed like a good thing. Next up: Tunisia, apparently. From today’s ...
Enormous refund ordered to USA retail investors for being misled
August 28th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against four Transamerica entities for misconduct involving faulty investment models and ordered the entities to refund $97 million to misled retail investors. According to the SEC’s order, investors put billions of ...
Data protection complaints in UK doubled since GDPR took effect
August 28th, 2018
The number of data protection complaint reported to UK regulators has nearly doubled since the introduction of new data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. Saturday marks three months since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ...
U.K. accounting faces chaos in no-deal Brexit
August 28th, 2018
Accounting in the U.K. would be thrown into chaos if the country fails to strike a deal on how to leave the European Union, which looks increasingly likely. “Things could simply stop,” Anthony Walters, Head of Public Affairs at ...
Dollar steady against the euro and a basket of major currencies
August 28th, 2018
The dollar was steady against the euro and a basket of major currencies after the United States and Mexico agreed to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement, boosting optimism for an easing of global trade tensions. The agreement ...
