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EU Requires Belgium, France To End Port Tax Breaks
August 1st, 2017
Belgium and France must abolish corporate tax exemptions granted to their ports so as to align their tax regimes with European Union state aid rules, the European Commission has said. In a statement issued on July 27, the Commission ...
France’s financial markets regulator published a list of unauthorized diamond investments platforms
July 24th, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued a press release to warn the public about unauthorized diamond investments platforms. According the warning: The AMF is warning the public about proposals to invest in diamonds without complying with the ...
AMF lifts the ban against 24option from providing financial services in France
June 27th, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority lifts the ban against Rodeler limited (“24option”) from providing financial services in France. According the announcement: Because of the non-compliance with certain professional obligations ...
CySec informs CIFs for France’s legislation about advertising speculative, complex and risky products
April 12th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular (C202) to inform Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) in relation to France’s national legislation regarding the prohibition of electronic advertising to retail investors when offering speculative, complex and risky ...
Compte-Nickel and BNP Paribas join forces to strengthen commercial partnership with the Confédération des Buralistes de France
April 4th, 2017
BNP Paribas and Financière des Paiements Électroniques (FPE), which provides the Compte-Nickel payments account, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of a 95% stake in FPE by the Bank. The exclusive partnership between Compte-Nickel and the Confédération ...
Singapore and France bolster FinTech ties with cooperation agreements
March 28th, 2017
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement ...
UBS to face trial in France over tax fraud charges
March 21st, 2017
Swiss banking giant UBS will go on trial in France for establishing a wide-ranging tax fraud scheme worth billions of euros, according to legal sources. UBS will be charged with illegal banking practices and dissimulating tax fraud, the sources ...
AMF France introduced a new market surveillance
January 26th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), ever determined to remain at the forefront of detecting market abuse and other violations, is launching an effort to modernise its monitoring system, enhancing its ability to detect, analyse and investigate suspicious activity. ...
Societe Generale: The euro is likely to trade even against the US dollar by time France elects president
November 23rd, 2016
The euro is likely to trade even against the US dollar ahead of French presidential elections in April, according to the Paris-based bank Societe Generale. The dollar strengthened more than six percent against the euro after Donald Trump won ...
France To Increase Financial Transactions Tax
October 26th, 2016
French deputies have voted in favor of an amendment to the draft 2017 Budget that will increase the country’s tax on financial transactions and expand the tax’s scope. Under France’s financial transactions tax (FTT), which has been in place ...
