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Bitcoin headed for another weekly slump on Friday
December 14th, 2018
Bitcoin headed for another weekly slump on Friday, with the largest cryptocurrency heading closer to $3,000 — a level unseen since September last year. The largest digital currency edged 0.5 percent higher to $3,272 at 9:35 a.m. in Hong ...
Tackling mental health in law firms
December 14th, 2018
Recent news that the head of global law firm Baker McKenzie, Paul Rawlinson, is taking temporary leave due to exhaustion raises the question of whether law firms are doing enough to support the wellbeing of their employees, says Averil ...
Alert! Beware of companies offering financial services without the required license
December 14th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), China (Financial Supervisory Commission Chinese Taipei – FSC), Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), Sweden (Finansinspektionen), ...
Dollar gains as focus shifts to Fed, euro and sterling under pressure
December 14th, 2018
The dollar firmed against most major counterparts on Friday, as investor focus shifted to an expected U.S. interest rate hike next week, although gains are likely to be capped on greater uncertainty about next year’s policy outlook. The greenback ...
iSignthis announces first EU merchant live on unified neobanking & payments platform
December 13th, 2018
Highlights First Merchant now live and processed via ISXPay’s own Principal member Tier 1 connections Settlement of Merchant Funds to ISXPay issued IBAN based account Funds held with zero credit risk under EU’s “Eurosystem” Central Banking system First ASX ...
Executives to pay Millions to settle initial coin offering scam charges
December 13th, 2018
Two former executives behind an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that was stopped by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year have been ordered in federal court to pay nearly $2.7 million and prohibited from serving ...
Three Broker-Dealers to pay more than $6 Million in penalties
December 13th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that three broker-dealers have agreed to pay more than $6 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information in required SEC productions known as “blue ...
A Southeast Asian currency is set to Top 2018’s Emerging-Market list
December 13th, 2018
Having a strong buffer in times of stress does pay off. Just look at the baht. The Thai currency has declined 0.3 percent to 32.672 against the dollar this year as of 1:11 p.m. in Bangkok, the best performance ...
Seven EU Countries established the “Mediterranean seven” group to promote blockchain
December 12th, 2018
Countries around the world are starting to recognize the value that blockchain technology brings to the table regarding not only its potential to improve governance and the delivery of public services but also to tackle key problems and inefficiencies ...
Some forecasters remain positive on oil prices and demand going into 2019
December 12th, 2018
Despite dramatic slides in the oil market, some forecasters remain positive on prices and demand going into 2019. A year ahead outlook report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch expects Brent crude to regain its recent losses in 2019 ...
