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UK financial regulator releases updated guidance on EU departure preparations
February 28th, 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published updated information to help support regulated firms in finalising their preparations for as smooth a transition as possible when the UK leaves the EU. It is urging firms to ensure they are ...
British pound gains on mounting possibility of a delay in Brexit deadline
February 28th, 2019
Sterling added to gains on Wednesday as investors increasingly focused on mounting possibility of a delay to the March 29 Brexit deadline. The U.K. currency defended its gains from the past sessions, becoming among the best performing major currency. ...
iSignthis announces: Windsor Brokers has gone live with ISXPay® and Paydentity™
February 25th, 2019
Highlights Windsor Brokers Ltd, a long-established EU Forex Broker, is now being processed via ISXPay’s principal Tier 1 connections to Visa, Mastercard & JCB. Patented Paydentity™ platform enabled to verify Windsor Brokers’ customers iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX | FRA: ...
After big jump bitcoin plunges below $4,000 again
February 25th, 2019
After finally breaking through $4,000 just yesterday the price of bitcoin staged a complete turnaround today dipping back down well below the $4,000 level. Most cryptocurrencies followed suit with a number losing double digit percentages. The Cointelegraph report Over ...
Gold prices edged up on Monday as the dollar eased
February 25th, 2019
Gold prices edged up on Monday as the dollar eased after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods as trade talks between the two nations were making progress, while palladium hit ...
Crypto market gains $15 billion in 4 days
February 21st, 2019
Since February 17, within 4 days, the valuation of the crypto market has increased from $120 billion to $135 billion, by $15 billion. Crypto assets that have outperformed both Bitcoin and the U.S. dollar throughout February in the likes ...
Swiss bank UBS to appeal after fined 4.5 billion euros in French tax fraud case
February 21st, 2019
A French court found Swiss bank UBS AG guilty of illegally soliciting clients and laundering the proceeds of tax evasion, ordering it to pay 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion) in penalties. Shares in the Swiss bank fell as much ...
ESMA renews Binary Options prohibition
February 21st, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has agreed to renew the prohibition of the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail clients, in effect since 2 July 2018, for a further three-month period. ESMA has carefully ...
European stocks edge lower
February 21st, 2019
European stocks were slightly lower Thursday morning, after a flurry of poorly received corporate earnings reports. The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged down around 0.2 percent during mid-morning deals, with most sectors and major bourses in negative territory. Europe’s banking ...
Why has the European Commission not investigated Lux Leaks tax deals?
February 18th, 2019
Almost five years ago, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published its Lux Leaks investigation, exposing how some of the world’s largest corporations cycled billions of dollars through Luxembourg so as to avoid paying huge amounts of tax — ...
