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Company charged in $147 million fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme
June 19th, 2019
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action (Complaint) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against defendants Control-Finance Limited (Control-Finance), a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, ...
Beware of unauthorised companies offering investment and financial services
June 19th, 2019
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Austria (Financial Market Autority – FMA), Malta (Malta Financial Services ...
iSignthis announced: Paydentity KYC continues to drive applications
June 18th, 2019
Highlights Company’s patented AML KYCC system continues to drive applications More than 150 applications now approved and reportable1 Paydentity also used to identify directors and beneficial owners for KYB iSignthis Ltd (“the Company”), is pleased to announce that it ...
Swiss regulator fines banks for fixing forex trading
June 14th, 2019
Five banks have been fined a total of 90 million Swiss francs ($90.5 million) for colluding to rig the multi-trillion dollar foreign exchange market, Switzerland’s competition authority said on Thursday. The Swiss fines come on top of 1.07 billion ...
UK is higher than most among EU jurisdictions in notifying regulator on GDPR breaches
June 14th, 2019
UK is higher than most among EU jurisdictions in notifying regulator on GDPR breaches, but “just in case” says law firm. The first year of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) together with the narrow reporting window, lack of detailed ...
EU removes three territories from tax blacklist
June 14th, 2019
The European Council has confirmed that Aruba, Barbados, and Bermuda are to be removed from the EU’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. The original list was announced in December 2017 and contained 17 jurisdictions. A number of amendments to ...
The Terrifying Truth About Negative Interest Rates
May 29th, 2019
Pushing interest rates below zero is both an act of desperation and something that in theory should have a huge, immediate impact of the behavior of borrowers and savers. The fact that negative rates have become the new normal ...
The EU countries that granted the most residence permits for non-EU citizens
May 29th, 2019
At the end of 2017, there were 20.3 million valid residence permits granted to non-EU citizens permitting them to reside in one of the European Union (EU) Member States. Germany (23%), Italy (18%), France (14%), Spain (13%) and the ...
Early Monday Review: Euro little moved as EU vote shows limited gains by nationalists
May 27th, 2019
Asia stocks edged up early on Monday, and the euro was confined to a narrow range after the weekend’s European Parliament elections highlighted the deepening political fragmentation of the 28-country bloc. The euro was a shade higher at $1.1211, ...
iSignthis announced the appointment of a new board member to iSignthis eMoney
May 21st, 2019
Highlights Appoints new board member to iSignthis eMoney Ltd board Dr George Theocharides experience includes o CySec Board (Cypriot Securities sector regulator) o Bank of Cyprus & Centre for Blockchain technologies o Associate Professor at Cyprus International Institute of ...
