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FCA warning against unauthorised firm
January 27th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against: ‘Thomas Capital Partners’ Address: 194 5th Street, NY 100010-5521, USA Tel: 0016462052772 Fax: 0016462486107 Email: info@thomascapitalpartnersltd.com The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, ...
Federal Reserve Issues “Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System”
January 27th, 2015
The Federal Reserve today issued “Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System,” which presents a multi-faceted plan for collaborating with payment system stakeholders including large and small businesses, emerging payments firms, card networks, payment processors, consumers and financial institutions ...
LCG group announces Director Shareholding and “JSOP” Allocations
January 27th, 2015
The Company announces that on 23 January 2015, 10,435,000 ordinary shares in London Capital Group (“JSOP Shares”) were issued to senior employees as JSOP awards and are held jointly between the Company’s employee benefit trust (“EBT”) and each employee. ...
Exchange of Letters on co-operation in the area of financial institutions supervision with the Indonesia FSA
January 27th, 2015
On January 23, 2015, the Financial Services Agency and the Indonesia Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan: OJK) exchanged letters on co-operation in the area of financial institutions supervision. In view of the growing globalization of the world’s financial ...
Swissquote and Manchester United announce global partnership
January 27th, 2015
Swissquote Bank is the official forex & online financial trading partner of Manchester United Manchester United has announced a multi-year global sponsorship deal with Geneva-based online forex trading company Swissquote. Neither party gave details on the value for the ...
FXTM Adds CashU to List of Payment Methods
January 27th, 2015
FXTM has recently partnered with CashU in order to provide yet another convenient payment solution for its clients. CashU is the most popular online payment network in the world of e-commerce in the Middle East, North Africa and surrounding ...
U.S. oil well shut-ins start as crude rout batters small producers
January 27th, 2015
Collapsing crude prices are confronting scores of smaller U.S. oil producers with the grim choice of either shutting older high-cost wells or burning through cash in the hope of riding out the downturn. As oil prices fell by more ...
Microsoft sales soar for all its non-Windows products
January 27th, 2015
Microsoft sales are growing for just about every product it makes … except for Windows. A couple years ago, that would have caused a panic — Windows has been Microsoft’s cash cow since 1985. In 2015, Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) isn’t sweating it too ...
S&P Downgrades Russia’s Sovereign Credit Rating to Junk
January 27th, 2015
Ratings agency S&P has cut Russia’s sovereign credit rating to junk status, bringing it below investment grade for the first time in a decade. Warning of difficult times ahead for Russia’s economy, S&P said Monday that it had cut ...
Asia shares inch ahead, euro steady as Fed meets
January 27th, 2015
Most Asian share markets firmed on Tuesday and the euro clung to rare gains, relieved that European equities had weathered Greece’s election outcome without too much disruption. The main European indices were expected to open higher, though foul weather ...
