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IFSC removed the license of Banc De Binary
October 18th, 2016
The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC) has issued an announcement to inform that: BDB Services (Belize) Limited of domain name, Banc De Binary with its registered office at No. 5 Cork Street, Belize City, Belize, C.A., is ...
CySec fined Bank of Cyprus and Members of its Board and General Manager in the relevant period
October 17th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) wishes to inform the public that it has investigated the compliance of: Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd, its Board of Director Members’ and its General Manager with the ...
Deutsche Bank Is Said to Begin Companywide Hiring Freeze
October 14th, 2016
Deutsche Bank has instituted a company wide hiring freeze as the embattled lender looks to speed up efforts to reduce costs and regain the confidence of investors as concerns mount about the progress of its turnaround, according to a person ...
FINRA advice to read your brokerage account statement
October 14th, 2016
Recently, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) imposed a fine of $850,000 on a firm with thousands of employees for failing to detect for two years that a single broker had taken more than $370,000 from five customer brokerage ...
CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and the Commodity Exchange, Inc.
October 14th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) announced today that it has issued the results of a rule enforcement review of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange (NYMEX and COMEX or ...
FCA cancels payday lender’s interim permission, bans director and refuses application to conduct regulated business
October 13th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Andrew Barry Hart, the sole director, controller and ultimate owner of Wage Payment and Payday Loans Limited (WPPL), from performing any role in regulated financial services. The FCA has also cancelled WPPL’s ...
SFC commences cybersecurity review on brokers’ internet and mobile trading systems
October 13th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has launched a review to assess the cybersecurity preparedness, compliance and resilience of brokers’ internet and mobile trading systems (Note 1). The review followed a number of reports from securities brokers that the ...
LSE listed company is seeking to acquire companies within the Forex sector
October 13th, 2016
Boston International Holdings plc, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed to undertake one or more acquisitions of target companies or businesses in the FX sector, has issued an announcement to inform that its entire issued ordinary share capital ...
FCA fines Sonali Bank for serious anti-money laundering systems failings
October 12th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sonali Bank (UK) Limited (SBUK) £3,250,600 and has imposed a restriction, preventing it from accepting deposits from new customers for 168 days. It has also fined the bank’s former money laundering reporting ...
Thomson Reuters Launches TRAC to Combat Trade Based Money Laundering
October 12th, 2016
Thomson Reuters announces today the launch of TRAC, its new anti-money laundering solution to combat trade based money laundering (TBML) and drive transparency and efficiency across trade finance. TBML is the use of international trade as a channel for ...
