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CySec warns against unauthorised internet domain
July 9th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the investors that the entity which operates the domain (https://www.eurobondfx.com): 1. Is not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant to Investment Services and Activities ...
AMF Updates List of Unauthorised Binary Options Providers
July 4th, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), warns the investors by publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is ...
Revealed: the banks using ‘pseudo’ solicitor firms to make debtors pay up
July 4th, 2014
Britain’s high-street banks are routinely issuing legal demands from what appear to be independent firms of solicitors designed to make struggling borrowers pay up. Yet the firms are not regulated by the legal profession’s watchdog, and are simply names ...
BIS warns over ‘Euphoric’ capital markets
June 30th, 2014
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that “euphoric” financial markets have become detached from the reality of a lingering post-crisis malaise, as it called for governments to ditch policies that risk stoking unsustainable asset booms. While the ...
Flaw found in PayPal two-step security
June 26th, 2014
Researchers have discovered a hole in an extra security measure used by PayPal, the eBay-owned payments company, to protect customers’ online accounts. Duo Security, a Michigan-based cyber security company, says its researchers have found a way to bypass so-called ...
Danske Defeat on Risk Weights Shows Regulatory Supremacy
June 20th, 2014
As regulators across Europe and the U.S. show signs of caving in to bank industry warnings that new rules risk hurting the economy, Denmark’s watchdog has just won a milestone battle against the nation’s biggest bank. Danske Bank A/S ...
IMF calls on ECB to consider quantitative easing
June 19th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund is expected to sound the alarm on Thursday over the risk of deflation within the eurozone and to urge the European Central Bank to consider US-style quantitative easing, including “large-scale” purchases of sovereign bonds, to ...
AMF Updates List of Unauthorised Binary Options Providers
June 18th, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), warns the investors by publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The AMF is once again warning retail ...
BNP Paribas: EU’s Barnier wants ‘fair’ US action over fine
June 13th, 2014
One of the European Union’s top officials has intervened in the controversy over a potential huge US fine on BNP Paribas. Michel Barnier, the EU’s internal markets commissioner, said any penalty on the giant French bank must be “fair ...
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited pays $65,000 infringement notice penalty
June 10th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed the penalty of $65,000 to Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited (Merrill Lynch) in order to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The penalty was for ...
