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Deutsche Bank to Pay $220 Million over Libor interest rate manipulation
October 26th, 2017
Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay 45 U.S. states a combined $220 million to resolve a probe into interest-rate manipulation, more than twice the amount of Barclays Plc’s settlement last year. The states’ investigation found that the German bank’s ...
Omnislots by Dialinvest N.V. enters Paydentity contract for KYC
October 25th, 2017
Highlights: Dialinvest operates a number of sites, including Omnislots Paydentity will be enabled to verify Dialinvest customers Dialinvest will be able to meet AML requirements via Paydentity Revenue from Dialinvest to contribute to the current quarter iSignthis Ltd (ASX ...
Israel bans binary options industry; Operatives have three months to shut down
October 24th, 2017
The Knesset on Monday unanimously passed a law to ban Israel’s binary options industry, a vast, multibillion dollar scam that has defrauded millions of victims worldwide for a decade. The law, which will go into effect three months from ...
EU Council Approves VAT Derogation For Four States
October 20th, 2017
In Volume 60 of the Official Journal of the European Union (L 265), published October 14, the European Council approved four proposals for council implementing decisions in respect of derogation sought by member states from the EU VAT Directive. ...
Is Bitcoin’s price fall of nearly 9 percent a healthy pullback?
October 19th, 2017
Bitcoin fell Wednesday after indications of greater scrutiny from U.S. regulators. At one point in the day, the digital currency declined by nearly $500, or about 8.7 percent to a low of $5,109.70, before regaining some of the lost ...
Bitcoin shoots above $5,800 to record peak
October 13th, 2017
Bitcoin jumped to a fresh record high on Friday after breezing past the $5,000 mark on Thursday as the cryptocurrency rebounded after tumbling last month on increased scrutiny from regulators. Bitcoin rose as much as 7.4 per cent to ...
Breaking: Russia officially decided to regulate bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
October 12th, 2017
The Russian government has decided to officially regulate the mining and circulation of cryptocurrencies. The decision was made at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin with officials and business leaders. “We have agreed on the following: the state should ...
ISXPay: Further Australian card acquiring/processing contracts executed
October 11th, 2017
Highlights ISXPay gains further traction in Australia with customer addition Card Transactions in excess of $52m per annum to be processed, cleared and settled to Merchants bank accounts by ISXPay Average Net Margin in excess of 77 basis points ...
Investment Adviser Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Options Trading Scheme
October 6th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Westchester, New York-based investment adviser with fraud stemming from lies to retail investors about the value of their investments in a Ponzi-like scheme. The SEC alleges that, starting in approximately 2010, Michael Scronic ...
IMF Head: Cryptocurrency Could Be the Future
October 3rd, 2017
Christine Lagarde sees a path ahead for cryptocurrency. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, talked up the potential of virtual currencies to supplant traditional monies in coming decades on Friday. Cryptocurrencies, or virtual currencies, are ...
