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The CIO of Australian law firm Allens bets on Australian legal sector AI boom
June 2nd, 2016
The chief information officer at Australian law firm Allens believes that the rise of AI at large law firms in the country is fast approaching, but is sceptical that such technology will replace human jobs. In an interview withiTnews, ...
Brokerage firm agreed to pay $300,000 to settle SEC charges
June 2nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Wall Street-based brokerage firm with failing to sufficiently evaluate or monitor customers’ trading for suspicious activity as required under the federal securities laws. An SEC investigation found that Albert Fried & ...
SEC announced: Mortgage Company and Executives Settle Fraud Charges
June 1st, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a California-based mortgage company and six senior executives agreed to pay $12.7 million to settle charges that they orchestrated a scheme to defraud investors in the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities ...
CySec clarifies regarding the renounced of Pegase Capital CIF license
May 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to further clarify regarding its announcement dated May 26 for the Cyprus Investment Firm Pegase Capital Ltd. The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) announces that, on 13th May ...
CySec decided to wholly withdraw the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
May 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) announces that, on its meeting of 25th April 2016, has decided, pursuant to sections 25(1)(b),(c) and 26(4)(b) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007, as in force (‘the Law’), to ...
CySec suspends CIF UBFS Invest powered by Moneychoice Brokers Ltd
May 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that, following a decision in the meeting dated 23 May 2016, the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm ‘UBFS Invest powered by Moneychoice Brokers Ltd’, with number 239/14, ...
CySec informs: the licence of a Cyprus Investment Firm continue to be suspended
May 26th, 2016
Following previous announcements dated April 7 and May 12, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform on its decision in the meeting dated May 16 for Continuance of Suspension of CIF licence of ...
Arrests And Prosecutions Reveal Big Vagaries In Bitcoin Selling Regulations
May 23rd, 2016
U.S. laws governing bitcoin trading are vague and sometimes lead to complicated law enforcement actions, according to an article in Fast Company magazine. Anti-money laundering laws require exchanges to verify customers’ identities, but what constitutes an exchange can sometimes be unclear. ...
EU Council confirms securities market rules MiFID II delay
May 20th, 2016
On 18 May 2016, the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) approved, on behalf of the Council, an agreement with the European Parliament on a one-year delay to new securities market rules. The one-year postponement of the transposition and application dates will ...
Precise Biometrics signs license agreement with Oberthur Technologies for secure fingerprint recognition in eSE
May 18th, 2016
Precise Biometrics, the leader in fingerprint software, has entered an agreement with Oberthur Technologies (OT), a leading global provider of embedded security software, products, services and solutions, for licensing of Precise BioMatch™ Embedded. The integration of Precise Biometrics’ leading ...
