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EU top court invalidates EU-US data transfer agreement over surveillance concerns
July 23rd, 2020
The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that an agreement with the US allowing for the transfer of personal data from the bloc to Washington is invalid because of surveillance concerns. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ...
iSignthis – Independent Expert Report : ISX Compliance with Continuous Disclosure Requirements
July 20th, 2020
iSignthis, a leading emoney, payments and identity technology company, publicly listed on the Australian Securities and Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ASX : ISX | FRA : TA8), published the Independent Expert’s report of the disclosure policy and processes of iSignthis Ltd ...
Crypto trading volumes plummeted in June, but Altcoins are moving up
July 14th, 2020
This week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) started trading around $9,200 and quickly moved up to $9,450. A potential rally was rejected close to $9,500 and BTC’s price then moved back down to $9,150, but it has since recovered ...
Forex fraud: Individual and his company to pay over a million dollar penalty
July 13th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order of default judgment finding that Joshua Christian McDonald and his company, Perfection PR Firm ...
EU Commission published an evaluation report on the GDPR
July 13th, 2020
Just over two years after its entry into application, the European Commission published an evaluation report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The report shows the GDPR has met most of its objectives, in particular by offering citizens ...
European stocks rose on Monday
July 13th, 2020
European stocks rose on Monday, as optimism surrounding second-quarter earnings offset a disturbing rise in coronavirus cases, including in the key U.S. state of Florida. After edging up 0.4% last week, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.6%. The German ...
Fondex adds another funding method to its payments arsenal
July 7th, 2020
Fondex, the multi-award winning and regulated online CFD broker, proudly announces further expansion of its available account funding methods, with the addition of B2BinPay. B2BinPay is one of the leading cryptocurrency payment providers supporting crypto/crypto and crypto/fiat payments. Fondex ...
EU Member States agree to defer start date of e-commerce VAT rules
July 3rd, 2020
EU Member State representatives on Coreper (the Permanent Representatives Committee) today reached a preliminary agreement to extend by six months the start date of the EU’s new VAT regime applicable to online companies. The rules will become applicable on ...
Huge wine frauds uncovered in Europe; Legal proceedings
July 3rd, 2020
Fresh allegations have emerged in a major wine fraud investigation underway at Spain’s top criminal court, the Audencia Nacional. The inquiry centers on the involvement of two of Spain’s biggest wine companies in the fraudulent labelling of young wine ...
Dollar in narrow range as U.S. virus cases grow
July 3rd, 2020
The dollar was hemmed into a narrow range on Friday, supported by safe-haven flows as a resurgence of the coronavirus in the United States discouraged some investors from taking on excessive risk. The yuan was stable in offshore trade ...
