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U.S. Financial Regulator wins Forex fraud trial; Defendants to pay more than $22.6 million
March 5th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that following a bench trial the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama entered a final judgment against defendants Husam Tayeh of Illinois and his companies, Dinar Corp., Inc. and ...
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 ...
iSignthis released Shareholder Update
November 13th, 2019
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”) has confirmed in writing that it did not request the suspension of iSignthis securities (ASX: ISX | FRA: TA8) (“the Company”), and has referred ISX to the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) for ...
Interdealer Brokers ordered to Pay $25 million for fraud in FX options markets
October 3rd, 2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it issued orders filing and settling charges against two interdealer brokers: BGC Financial, LP and GFI Securities, LLC. The orders find that brokers employed by BGC and GFI on their respective ...
iSignthis released Australian Licensing Update
July 8th, 2019
iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX|FRA: TA8) (“The Company”) is pleased to announce that it has recently met with representatives from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and advises that its applications are progressing ...
Company charged in $147 million fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme
June 19th, 2019
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action (Complaint) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against defendants Control-Finance Limited (Control-Finance), a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, ...
Alert! Beware of companies offering financial services without the required license
December 14th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), China (Financial Supervisory Commission Chinese Taipei – FSC), Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), Sweden (Finansinspektionen), ...
Hong Kong unveiled first set of rules governing the cryptocurrency market
November 2nd, 2018
Hong Kong’s financial watchdog unveiled on Thursday a comprehensive set of regulations governing cryptocurrencies in a move to enhance investor protection which analysts believe could help make the city a major trading centre for virtual assets, analysts said. The ...
France introduces new ICO framework to become Europe’s ICO hub
September 20th, 2018
The French authorities have accepted the legal ICO framework drafted in early 2018. The framework is an important part of a push to turn the country into an ICO hub. Recently, Belgian think tank Bruegel released a report calling ...
