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China antitrust probes hit concerns over European firms
August 13th, 2014
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Wednesday expressed concern over a recent series of antitrust investigations, saying China was using strong-arm tactics and appeared to be unfairly targeting foreign firms. An array of industries have been ...
Royal Bank of Scotland to offload global Coutts arm
August 12th, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland said it planned to sell the international operations of Coutts, its private bank for wealthy clients including Queen Elizabeth II and David Beckham, just months before the unit is expected to be fined for helping ...
Mauritius urge for transparency to have Africa Investment
August 12th, 2014
Navinchandra Ramgoolam, The Prime Minister of Mauritius has highlighted the importance that African leaders should establish transparent legal structures for having foreign investment. Ramgoolam was speaking at the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington, chaired by US President Barack Obama. ...
American taxpayers abandon U.S. before register to FATCA
August 11th, 2014
The U.S. Treasury Department has published indicative numbers illustrating the number of 1 577 United States taxpayers giving up their passports or their green cards in the first half of this year. The increasing number of individuals doing so, ...
ASIC imposes new AFS licence conditions on two Commonwealth Bank
August 8th, 2014
The AFS licensees, the Australian financial services (AFS) licences of two of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)’s financial planning arms, Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom Limited (FWL), have consented to new conditions. ASIC took this action after CBA ...
Arab Bank Plc in trial in the U.S. for financing Hamas
August 8th, 2014
Arab Bank Plc ARBK.AM faces accusations that it provided material support to the Palestinian group Hamas. The bank will go under trial next week in New York making it the first financing case in the United States. The Jordan-based ...
FCA sets out its approach to financial promotions in social media
August 6th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation which is intended to clarify its approach to the supervision of financial promotions in social media. The FCA’s overall approach is that the financial promotion rules are intended to ...
Free, Unlimited, Forever – BitPay’s New Pricing Plan
August 6th, 2014
BitPay continues to break down barriers for merchants looking to accept Bitcoin. The payment processor launched an exciting new pricing plan for businesses that will ultimately eliminate every hesitation for whether a company should accept Bitcoin as payment for ...
Germany Brings FATCA Law Into Force
August 6th, 2014
Germany’s Ministry of Finance announced that a law enabling the implementation of the United States’ Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has come into force. The ministry said that the FATCA-USA Implementation Regulation, known in German as FATCA-USA-Umsetzungsverordnung or ...
China Anti-Trust Regulator Conducts New Raids on Microsoft and Accenture
August 6th, 2014
A Chinese anti-trust regulator conducted new raids on Microsoft Corp and partner in China Accenture PLC, the agency said on its website on Wednesday, after saying last week Microsoft is under investigation for anti-trust violations. The State Administration for ...
