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Bitcoin Needs an Aggressive Legal Defense
November 25th, 2014
Across the board, bitcoin requires forceful and aggressive legal defense, not complicity with governments in crafting policy and regulations. It’s going to get a lot rougher for bitcoin in the months and years ahead. We have to be prepared. ...
SWIFT addresses the Know Your Customer’s customer compliance challenge
November 12th, 2014
New ‘SWIFT Profile’ is the first in a series of additional value-added Know Your Customer Services linked to the KYC Registry. SWIFT has announced the development of the SWIFT Profile, a report that provides an overview of an institution’s ...
The Digital Currency Dilemma: Anonymity vs. Privacy (Op-Ed)
October 22nd, 2014
First Global Credit’s CEO Gavin Smith comments on digital currency exchange Bitstamp’s policy change and the issue of anonymity in the digital currency markets. This week Bitcoin Exchange, Bitstamp, fulfilled a promised policy change of handing over to the ...
FATCA and the real cost of compliance
October 14th, 2014
Foreign account tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was introduced by the US government in the year 2010. The main focus of FATCA act is to reduce tax evasion by foreign finance institutions through offshore Accounts and shell companies. Apart from ...
China’s Natural Gas Demand Set to Triple by 2040
August 22nd, 2014
According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, China’s demand for natural gas is set to triple over the next 25 years. Natural gas demand in China is projected to hit 17.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in ...
The Real Reason Banks Don’t Like Bitcoin
July 22nd, 2014
Banks are reluctant to work with bitcoin, that fact has been well known in the community for some time. Until now, though, few concrete reasons have been given as to why. New statements from a senior banking practitioner in ...
George Ioulianos, General Manager of Cyprus Fiduciary Association
March 14th, 2014
1. What is the Cyprus Fiduciary Association and what has it achieved so far? The Cyprus Fiduciary Association was founded in November 2011 by the initiative of a number of fiduciary providers whose aim was to further develop and ...
