Record fine for a UK Telecoms company in a cyber attack case
October 10th, 2016
Telecoms company TalkTalk has been issued with a record £400,000 fine by the ICO for security failings that allowed a cyber attacker to access customer data “with ease”. The ICO’s in-depth investigation found that an attack on the company last October could have ...
Trade deals – a global issue
October 7th, 2016
The annual Conservative Party conference commenced last Sunday, and the media focus was mostly about the Government’s stance on Brexit. This is hardly surprising, because Mrs May is being secretive, avoiding stoking a public spat with the EU by ...
NRGbinary is a case of how scammers can hide in gaps between regulators and defraud thousands of investors
October 6th, 2016
In early 2013, a young Israeli businessman registered a web domain in London for a company called NRGbinary.com. The online options trading website offered clients the opportunity to make large amounts of money from simple bets on the movement ...
FCA fines Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited £8.2m for Client Money and Assets failings
October 5th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited (together Aviva) £8,246,800 for failings in its oversight of its outsourced providers in relation to the protection of client assets. The ...
Theresa May lays out Brexit timetable for leaving the European Union
October 3rd, 2016
The PM says the UK will quit the EU “whether people like it or not” and there will be “no unnecessary delays” in negotiations. Theresa May has said she will trigger the formal process for the UK to leave ...
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October 3rd, 2016
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Fintech Upstart LendUp Fined by CFPB, California Regulator
September 29th, 2016
Fintech upstart LendUp was fined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a California state regulator over widespread violations of payday- and installment-lending laws. The San Francisco-based lender, which specializes in small-dollar loans to risky borrowers, agreed to pay ...
The Netherlands AFM regulator informed for advertising ban of binary options
September 26th, 2016
When answering Parliamentary questions on 16 September, Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem announced that he will start working together with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on an advertising ban in the Netherlands for toxic investment products for ...
SRA warns law firms about investment schemes
September 23rd, 2016
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued a warning notice has been published telling solicitors about the risks of involvement in such schemes after a number of reports were received of law firms being linked to potentially fraudulent incidents where ...
Lawyers must rebuild trust – Christine Lagarde
September 22nd, 2016
Lawyers have a key role to play in rebuilding public trust in institutions, the head of one of the globe’s most important bodies told thousands of lawyers gathered for the IBA’s annual conference. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the ...
