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The Financial Regulator of Malta warns for a Forex broker provider
October 31st, 2016
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a warning to inform investors and public that the Authority has become aware of an entity operating under the name of MXTrade. MXTrade is a brand owned and operated by or associated ...
Swiss Government Makes Case For Corporate Tax Reform
October 31st, 2016
The Swiss Federal Council has announced its support for the proposed changes to Switzerland’s corporate tax framework, known as Corporate Tax Reform III (CTR III), ahead of a referendum on the issue due to take place early next year. ...
New York’s bitcoin hub dreams fade with licensing backlog
October 31st, 2016
New York’s financial regulator had sights set on becoming a global hub for innovations like bitcoin when it adopted trailblazing virtual currency rules last year. But the state lost that momentum when the agency’s chief left, putting a licensing ...
EU-Canada trade deal in shambles with Belgium’s arbitration revision demand
October 31st, 2016
The crumbling free trade deal between the European Union and Canada may hit another roadblock, even though Brussels managed to find a way out of an impasse with its regions. The Belgian government admitted on Friday that the Comprehensive ...
Asian Energy Stocks Fall as OPEC Split Hits Oil; Dollar Gains
October 31st, 2016
Crude drops after OPEC talks end without individual quotas Gold rises after FBI reopens probe of Clinton’s emails Asian energy stocks fell with oil after the world’s biggest crude producers failed to agree on supply cuts, while rising metals prices ...
FINMA added a Binary Options provider in its Warning List
October 27th, 2016
FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, has updated its Warning List adding a Binary Options Provider suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market. FINMA added on October 25 the below company in its Warning list: Swiss ...
LinkedIn could soon be banned in Russia
October 27th, 2016
The world’s largest professional network LinkedIn could soon be blocked in Russia. The company has failed to comply with a law that obliges companies to keep data on Russian users in the country. Apart from not moving servers to ...
Israeli regulator seeks binary options global sales ban
October 27th, 2016
Global estimates are that 90% of binary options firms are Israeli and Securities Authority head Shmuel Hauser wants all marketing worldwide banned. Last March, the Israel Securities Authority, headed by Prof. Shmuel Hauser, banned the marketing of binary options ...
Middle East economies rise in doing business rankings; UAE and Bahrain among top 10 improvers
October 27th, 2016
A record 137 economies around the world have adopted key reforms that make it easier to start and operate small and medium-sized businesses, says Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, the World Bank Group’s annual report on the ...
Robot judges: Artificial Intelligence predicts judicial outcomes
October 27th, 2016
Advances in artificial intelligence have some envisioning a future in which machines could be entrusted to dispense justice. While the idea of robot judges may never move beyond science fiction, computer scientists are getting better at using algorithms to predict judicial ...
