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Alert! CySEC issued a warning for unregulated entities
February 20th, 2020
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform investors that the following websites do not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance ...
EU puts Cayman Islands on tax haven blacklist
February 19th, 2020
The European Union has added the Cayman Islands, a UK overseas territory, to its tax havens blacklist. It joins Oman, Fiji and Vanuatu, which have also been accused of failing to crack down on tax abuse. Oxfam, which lobbies ...
Coronavirus and credit – a perfect storm
February 19th, 2020
This article posits that the spread of the coronavirus coincides with the downturn in the global credit cycle, with potentially catastrophic results. At the time of writing, analysts are still trying to get to grips with the virus’s ...
From now on crypto firms in Singapore have to be licensed
February 7th, 2020
With the new payments law, all crypto businesses and brokers operating in Singapore should be licensed. The Payment Services Act was passed back in January 2019 and was implemented this Tuesday, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). ...
iSignthis: ASIC’s win today is a win for the sector and ISX
February 5th, 2020
iSignthis has issued an announcement and informs that: ISX has made it clear multiple times that we do not offer services to unlicensed binary operators who target Australians. ASIC’s win today is a win for the sector and ISX, ...
Charges announced for a nearly billion dollar Ponzi scheme
January 30th, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that has charged a California-based couple with orchestrating a nearly billion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving alternative energy tax credits. According to the SEC’s complaint, Jeffrey and Paulette Carpoff raised approximately $910 million ...
CySEC suspends the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
January 23rd, 2020
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC‘), an independent public supervisory Authority with mission to exercise effective supervision to ensure investor protection and the healthy development of the securities market in Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform abut ...
Data protection fines hit £100m during first 18 months of GDPR
January 23rd, 2020
European countries have imposed approximately €114 million (£97 million) in data protection fines on businesses since revamped laws came into force in May 2018. Regulators have received 160,000 data breach reports, with UK firms third-most reported across Europe Approximately ...
iSignthis published a clarification for a claiming
January 23rd, 2020
iSignthis has published today a clarification in regards an article in today’s Age and Sydney Morning Herald claiming a “link” between iSignthis and Union Standard International Group (USGFX). Below is the iSignthis media report: As you may be aware there ...
Clients of PFX Financial Professionals Ltd to submit claims to the I.C.F
January 15th, 2020
The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform about the initiation of the compensation payment process by the Investor Compensation Fund for Clients of IFs (I.C.F). In accordance the announcement, the Board ...
