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The FMA warns: the number of dubious providers in the Austrian financial market remains high
June 7th, 2017
Austria’s independent, autonomous and integrated supervisory and resolution authority FMA informs in relation to Austrian financial market Investor Warnings issued. According the announcement: In 2016, the FMA initiated a total of 162 investigations in relation to the combatting of unauthorised ...
The world’s first Bitcoin bank opened in Austria
February 16th, 2017
The Austrian capital Vienna has its first ‘Bitcoin bank’, located on the popular Mariahilfer Strasse shopping street. Customers can exchange cash for Bitcoin, and find out information about the digital currency. In January Bitcoin saw its value top $1,000 ...
Austria To Rein In Bank Tax
July 25th, 2016
The Austrian Government has proposed reducing the burden of the nation’s banking levy and calculating it based on a bank’s earnings rather than assets. The change was confirmed recently by Finance Minister Hans Jörg Schelling, who said that cutting ...
Europe vs. Facebook: Austrian activist wins another legal battle over data protection
May 27th, 2016
An Austrian privacy activist has won his next legal battle against so-called “model contract clauses,” used by thousands of multinational companies, including Facebook and Amazon, to legally transfer Europeans’ personal data to the US. Max Schrems, the 28-year-old data ...
Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) Warning: Daikyo Brokerage Limited
April 14th, 2016
The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has issued a press release to inform that by publication in the official gazette “Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung” of 14 April 2016 the below company is not entitled to provide investment services in Austria requiring a licence. ...
Pimco’s $12 Billion Standoff Over Austria Bad Bank
February 17th, 2016
Filings show bond funds bought distressed debt in 2014 German banks have biggest incentive to take Hypo Alpe offer As the health of banks roils markets anew, the last financial crisis is still playing out in Austria, with Pacific Investment Management ...
Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) warns for two financial services firms
February 11th, 2016
The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has issued a press release to inform that by publication in the official gazette “Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung” of 11 February 2016 the below providers of the websites is not entitled to provide ...
Austrians get (some) mainstream credibility
January 15th, 2016
Well, well: who would have believed it. First the Bank for International Settlements comes out with a paper that links credit booms to the boom-bust business cycle, then Britain’s Adam Smith Institute publishes a paper by Anthony Evans that ...
Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) Warning: SIBS Brokers
January 13th, 2016
The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has issued a press release to inform that by publication in the official gazette “Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung” of 12 January 2016 the below company is not entitled to provide investment services in ...
Austria’s finance watchdog orders 12 banks to raise capital buffer
December 22nd, 2015
Austria’s finance watchdog FMA on Tuesday said it ordered 12 Austrian banks to gradually raise their capital buffer by up to 2 percent of risk-weighted assets until the beginning of 2019 to cover systemic risks. Erste Group Bank (ERST.VI), ...
