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Cyprus based investment firms and CySec’s work highlighted on ESMA’s warning for speculative products
July 26th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a warning about the sale of contracts for differences (CFDs), binary options and other speculative products to retail investors who are unaware of the risks associated with these products, and ...
SEC Halts Ongoing Fraudulent Stock Scheme
July 25th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has won a court-ordered asset freeze to halt an ongoing fraud by two former brokers with disciplinary histories who allegedly raised more than $5 million from investors without using the money ...
Number26 receives banking license
July 22nd, 2016
Number26 becomes N26 and receives a banking license: only 1,5 years after product launch, the FinTech’s N26 Bank is awarded a full German banking license by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the European Central Bank. This provides ...
Two top HSBC currency traders charged in forex probe
July 21st, 2016
A top HSBC executive has been charged with fraud in the US. Mark Johnson, HSBC’s global head of foreign exchange trading was arrested on Tuesday night. A former colleague, Stuart Scott, has also been charged. The two traders are ...
Chinese regulator released that paid online searches will be treated as advertising and to be taxed
July 14th, 2016
The recent regulations issued by China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce on online advertising are likely to dent Alibaba’s and Baidu’s earnings, analysts believe. Baidu Inc is set to announce its second quarter of fiscal year 2016 (2QFY16) ...
Euronext to offer MiFID II-compliant Trade Publication and Transaction Reporting Services
July 13th, 2016
Euronext announced it will enhance its Trade Publication and Transaction Reporting Servicesto allow investment firms to meet the new regulatory requirements specified under MiFID II. MiFID II comes into effect in January 2018 with the aim of improving the ...
New Cyprus Investment Firm authorised by CySec
July 12th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that “New Vault Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm). The firm is now authorised to operate legally ...
Italy may trigger collapse of European economy
July 11th, 2016
No emergency measures of either the European Central Bank or any other central banks can rescue the European banking system that currently stands on the verge of collapse. The shares of Europe’s largest financial institutions – Deutsche Bank and ...
Evaluating the EU’s New Definition for Virtual Currencies
July 11th, 2016
The European Commission this week adopted a legislative proposal meant to bring virtual currency exchanges and custodian wallet providers under the scope of the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive. This step should have been expected, as it has been clear that ...
VW Will Spend $14.7 Billion to Settle emissions scandal;the largest settlement ever paid by an automaker
July 7th, 2016
Volkswagen will spend $10 billion on affected car buybacks, $4.7 billion to “mitigate pollution” in the TDI emissions settlement. The estimated cost of Volkswagen’s U.S. diesel emissions cheating just rose by half—to nearly $15 billion, the largest settlement ever paid by ...
