Google and Mastercard have secret deal to track users’ offline spending in stores
September 3rd, 2018
Google has reportedly bought Mastercard credit card data in the US to help it track users’ offline spending in stores. The two firms had not made the deal public but it was discovered by Bloomberg. Mastercard denied suggestions that ...
More Emerging Market Chaos – How Long Before It Spreads To The Developed World?
August 31st, 2018
Emerging market chaos is now front page news. Let’s start with Argentina, where the peso has resumed its plunge: In response: “Argentina Central Bank hikes interest rate to 60 percent (AP) — Argentina’s Central Bank has increased its ...
BNP Paribas ordered to pay $90 Million penalty; The reason?
August 31st, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against BNP Paribas Securities Corp. (BNP Paribas or the Bank) for attempted manipulation of the ISDAFIX benchmark and requiring BNP Paribas to pay a $90 million ...
Grant Thornton fined £3m by a watchdog for misconduct over audits
August 30th, 2018
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the independent, investigative and disciplinary body for accountants and actuaries in the UK, has issued an announcement to inform that has fined and reprimanded Grant Thornton UK LLP and three senior statutory auditors. According the ...
Is Tunisia the next emerging market to implode?
August 28th, 2018
Seems like every few days a new developing country discovers that it can’t pay back the dollars and/or euros it borrowed back when “external foreign currency debt” seemed like a good thing. Next up: Tunisia, apparently. From today’s ...
U.K. accounting faces chaos in no-deal Brexit
August 28th, 2018
Accounting in the U.K. would be thrown into chaos if the country fails to strike a deal on how to leave the European Union, which looks increasingly likely. “Things could simply stop,” Anthony Walters, Head of Public Affairs at ...
International Administrator
August 21st, 2018
International Administrator Reference Number: INA1118 The position: We are looking for energetic, high-calibre and self-motivated professionals to join our International Administration team. The main responsibilities of the position include: Handling client inquiries and ensuring that high level services are ...
Worried about non-EU investor, Germany may see a new law on foreign takeovers
August 13th, 2018
The German government is mulling over a proposal to change the country’s Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance. The proposal has been sent to various ministries, and according to the Welt newspaper, a law granting the government more control could ...
CySEC informs Market Participants for the timely request of authorisation following Brexit
August 10th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to draw the attention of all Market Participants to the Public Statement issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), with reference n. ESMA 42-110-998, in relation ...
Consumers choose cheaper, faster ‘lawbots’ over expensive, slow lawyers
August 6th, 2018
New research into the use of digital technology in the UK legal sector has revealed that seven out of 10 consumers would choose a ‘lawbot,’ a customer facing, automated online system to handle their legal affairs over a human ...
