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Financial adviser banned for price manipulation of MINI warrants issued by Credit Suisse
November 10th, 2016
On 8 September 2016, ASIC banned Michael Spencer, formerly a financial adviser, from providing financial services for three years. ASIC found that Mr Spencer engaged in manipulation of the price of three types of MINI warrants issued by Credit ...
Guernsey Regulator informs on License fee increase
November 9th, 2016
Guernsey Regulator has issued a press release to inform for the Commission’s 2017 Licence Fees. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has confirmed that it will apply a blended rate increase of 2%, including anomalies, to the fees charged to licensees ...
Tesco Bank refunded all customer accounts affected by cyber fraud; resume service
November 9th, 2016
Following the cyber theft and temporary suspension of online transactions from current accounts that affected around 9.000 customers, Tesco Bank has issued an update to inform that full service has resumed for its customers. According the statement of Benny ...
R3 partners with Monetary Authority of Singapore to launch Asia Blockchain Centre of Excellence
November 9th, 2016
Financial innovation firm R3 has collaborated with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to launch its first dedicated distributed ledger technology (DLT) Center of Excellence in Asia as it continues to expand its presence in the region. As Singapore’s ...
Deutsche Bank Roundup: Where We Are Now
November 7th, 2016
Shares of Deutsche Bank hit record lows last week, as the German lender struggled to come to terms with US regulators over its involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis. Despite receiving a large boost in the final session of ...
The Banking arm of Tesco halts transactions after customers’ money stolen
November 7th, 2016
Tesco Bank became victim to an online hack with customers complaining they had money stolen from their accounts, its chief executive said. Benny Higgins said some current accounts had money withdrawn from them fraudulently after “online criminal activity” over ...
FCA UK unveils successful sandbox firms on the second anniversary of Project Innovate
November 7th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today marks the second anniversary of Project Innovate by announcing the firms that were successful in their applications to begin testing in the first cohort of the regulatory sandbox. The regulatory sandbox is part ...
Bank fined $215 Million by DFS for violating Anti Money Laundering Laws
November 7th, 2016
DFS Investigation Uncovers Intentional Actions to Obscure U.S. Dollar Clearing Transactions, Including Counterfeit and Falsified Invoices involving China and Russia and Omission of Information Regarding Possible U.S. Dollar Trades with Sanctioned Counterparties Bank Management Silenced and Severely Curtailed the ...
VW Says Its Diesel Cheat Software Is Legal in Europe
November 5th, 2016
It’s the very technology which led it to incur up to $16.5 billion in U.S. settlement costs. Volkswagen said the software allowing its diesel vehicles to evade emissions rules does not violate European law, as the carmaker aims to ...
Asian Stocks Extend Weekly Drop With Oil Below $45; Lira Weakens
November 4th, 2016
Manager’s team said to order unwanted cards for Wachovia staff Leaders ‘intently focused’ on restoring trust after CEO’s exit After Wells Fargo & Co. executive John Sotoodeh handed off more than a hundred branches in Southern California to a ...
