Daily Archives: 17/08/2016
Zervant Closes €4 Million Series A Round to Expand in Europe
August 17th, 2016
Finnish fintech startup Zervant has announced €4 million in funding, led by Northzone and Conor Venture Partners. The investment will be used to further boost the international expansion of Zervant’s invoicing services, designed for freelancers and small businesses. The additional funding will also see ...
CySec issued a Circular for CIFs regarding a new Belgian Regulation for OTC derivatives
August 17th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to draw the attention of the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) to the enacting of new Belgian Regulation for the distribution of OTC derivatives (binary options, CFDs) to retail clients in ...
UK competition watchdog sets out provisional concerns about ICE/Trayport merger
August 17th, 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that ICE’s acquisition of Trayport may give rise to competition concerns. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) is the largest operator of exchanges and clearinghouses in the trading of European utilities. It ...
Multi-platform software wallet Jaxx now stores Dash, the seventh most valued cryptocurrency in the world
August 17th, 2016
Multi-platform software wallet Jaxx now stores Dash, the seventh most valued cryptocurrency in the world with a market cap of about $80 million. Jaxx is available across nine platforms and devices including Android and iOS Mobile, Android and iOS Tablet, Firefox and Chrome Extensions, ...
CySec approved a new Administrative Services Provider firm
August 17th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that a firm has been approved as Administrative Services Provider (ASP). According the announcement, the below firm have been approved: Apollo (Cyprus) Ltd 10 Kyriakou Matsi ...
European stocks choppy as investors await Fed minutes
August 17th, 2016
European stocks were lower on Wednesday after initially opening higher, as investors remain cautious ahead of the closely-watched release of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest minutes. The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.5 percent, with all sectors in the red, with ...
KPMG Special Administrator of Alpari UK reports compensation payment of 51.3 million
August 17th, 2016
KPMG, the Special Administrator of Alpari (UK) Limited has issued an update report to inform regarding the progress for the period 19 January 2016 to 18 July 2016. Below are highlights of the report as it was published. Executive ...
Hackers claim to have stolen cyberweapons from NSA, demand 1 million Bitcoin in exchange
August 17th, 2016
A hacking group called The Shadow Brokers claims to have acquired hacking tools from a group linked to the US National Security Agency (NSA), and is now asking for 1 million Bitcoin (about $568 million) in an auction in exchange for ...
Elliott Wave Analysis On USDJPY And S&P500
August 17th, 2016
USDJPY Good morning traders! FX market is slow at this time, probably because of FED meting minutes that are schedule for today at 18.00GMT. USD is mixed ahead of event, up against JPY despite lower stocks while buck ...
International Law Firm to accept payment in Bitcoin
August 17th, 2016
The Washington DC-headquartered firm, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, announced last week that it will accept payment in the digital currency known as Bitcoin. Alan Cohn, an of counsel at the firm and former assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland ...
