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$63 Million in fines imposed since GDPR Law went into full effect
May 16th, 2019
GDPR: Europe Counts 65,000 Data Breach Notifications So Far European privacy authorities have received nearly 65,000 data breach notifications since the EU’s new privacy law went into full effect. In addition, regulators in 11 European countries have imposed $63 ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority says market risk remains high but stable
May 16th, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its latest risk dashboard for the European Union’s securities markets, covering the first quarter of 2019. It finds that the risk landscape in Q1 2019 remains largely unchanged compared to the ...
European stocks traded higher Thursday; This was the strongest performer
May 16th, 2019
European stocks traded higher Thursday as markets recovered from an early rattle caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed targeting of Chinese tech firm Huawei. The pan-European STOXX 600 hit a day high in late-morning trade. The STOXX 600 ...
Contactless adoption seen among top payment trends this year
May 15th, 2019
Contactless payment growth, rewards card revamps and machine learning are among the top six trends when it comes to retail payments this year. While mobile payments are getting more popular, contactless cards are expected to catch a bit of ...
Gold prices steadied on Wednesday
May 15th, 2019
Gold prices steadied on Wednesday, having retreated from a one-month peak hit in the previous session as optimism surrounding trade talks between Washington and Beijing soothed investor concerns, boosting global stocks and the dollar. Spot gold was steady at ...
Bitcoin price exceeds $8,000
May 14th, 2019
The Bitcoin cryptocurrency continues to go up in price that has exceeded $8,000 on Tuesday, which is some 33 percent more than a week ago, the data of the CoinMarketCap cryptocurrencies portal showed. The bitcoin’s price amounts to $8,039, ...
Bitcoin climbs above $7,000 as cryptocurrency rally extends
May 13th, 2019
Bitcoin climbed to the highest since September, briefly surpassing $7,000, as a rally in cryptocurrencies gathered pace in trading over the weekend. Bitcoin advanced 11% from Friday to $6,957.73 as of 9:01 a.m. Tokyo time, having earlier hit $7,585, ...
Yen gains but yuan, Aussie dip as U.S.-China trade war escalates
May 13th, 2019
The safe-haven yen edged higher and the Chinese yuan and Australian dollar dipped early on Monday after the latest escalation in the trade war between the United States and China. The world’s two biggest economies appeared at a deadlock ...
Bitcoin climbed to the highest level in more than six months
May 9th, 2019
The cryptocurrency, which has been on a wild ride that took it above $19,000 in December 2017 and as low as $3,136.04 in December last year, has clawed its way back to the highest level in more than six ...
Binary Options trading firm and its principals charged with $4.8 million fraud scheme
May 9th, 2019
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform about the filing of a civil enforcement action (Complaint) against William Thomas Caniff of Steubenville, Ohio, Arie Bos, of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, their company, Berkley Capital ...
