Monthly Archives: September 2016
Cyprus to supply gas to Egypt; new agreement signed
September 1st, 2016
Cyprus and Egypt signed an agreement on Wednesday creating the legal framework for energy companies to go ahead with their own commercial talks on the transport of natural gas from Cyprus to Egypt via a sub-sea pipeline. The agreement ...
The FCA UK fines and prohibits financial adviser
September 1st, 2016
The FCA fines and prohibits financial adviser for failing to act with integrity and for failing to be open and honest with the regulator The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today banned Elizabeth Anne Parry from performing any function ...
LCH receives regulatory approvals in Hong Kong
September 1st, 2016
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission grants LCH designated CCP status and authorisation as an Automated Trading Services provider Enables firms subject to Hong Kong clearing mandate to comply by clearing at LCH Confirms LCH’s ongoing commitment to Asia ...
Dubai house prices move into positive territory for first time in two years
September 1st, 2016
Dubai house prices moved into positive territory for the first time in two years in the second quarter, according to Core Savills. The property consultancy said that after seven consecutive quarterly declines, Dubai’s residential sales market grew a marginal 1 ...
Romanian prosecutors hold two local brokers for capital market manipulation
September 1st, 2016
Romanian prosecutors held two brokers for committing several crimes, including capital market manipulation, according to a statement from the Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). Stefan Terziu and Andrei Terziu were charged with having created an ...
Why the EU says Apple must pay Ireland $14.5 billion in tax
September 1st, 2016
The European Commission (EC) ordered Apple Inc. to pay Ireland unpaid taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) on Tuesday as it ruled the firm had received illegal state aid. What is the EC alleging? The European ...
Watch out for the Facebook Forex scam
September 1st, 2016
Facebook users have been warned to look out for scammers posing as foreign exchange traders promising lucrative returns. These ‘brokers’ are taking advantage of the rising popularity of currency exchange online trading schemes to lure victims in with fake success ...
Baidu’s Ban on Bitcoin Advertisement Will Affect Digital Currency Industry
September 1st, 2016
Bitcoin industry experts have predicted a drop in the growth of the online currency following Baidu’s decision to stop all bitcoin advertisements on its search engine platform. Last week, Baidu decided to take down not only bitcoin ads but ...
Paysafe acquires affiliate technology provider Income Access
September 1st, 2016
Paysafe (LSE: PAYS.L, “Paysafe” or the “Group”), a leading global provider of payment solutions, announces today that it is expanding its product capabilities by acquiring Income Access Group (“Income Access”), a pioneering affiliate technology business for a cash consideration ...
Cashless payments get easier in the UAE
September 1st, 2016
Making payments through mobile phones is not a dream anymore, as sixteen banks have become equity partners in an entity which will own and operate mWallet platform. The mWallet or mobile wallet platform is the financial component of the UAE Government’s Smart ...
