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Israel issues largest ever Euro Bond offering on London Stock Exchange
January 18th, 2017
Israel’s €2.25 billion 10 & 20 year government bonds start trading on London Stock Exchange today First non-European sovereign to issue a euro-denominated bond in 20 year tenor Euro-denominated debt listing is the first for Israel in three years ...
Former Bitcoin Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
January 11th, 2017
Former Bitcoin exchange operator Anthony Murgio has been involved in a criminal investigation for quite some time now. Earlier this week, Murgio pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to operate an illegal Bitcoin exchange. This cryptocurrency platform in question is ...
Switzerland moves to end banking secrecy
December 5th, 2016
Today, the Federal Department of Finance (FDF) initiated the consultation on introducing the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) in tax matters with a series of other countries. The AEOI with these countries should enter into force on 1 January ...
Israel puts FATCA temporary on hold; Other countries may rethink
September 5th, 2016
Israeli High Court’s FATCA Injunction Must Make Other Countries Rethink America’s Imperialistic Law The Israeli High Court’s temporary injunction against the enforcement of America’s highly controversial global tax law “should serve as a wake-up call for other countries to ...
Israeli Man Charged With Operating FOREX Ponzi Scheme
August 4th, 2016
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that FADI EWIESS, a/k/a “Fadi ...
Romanian police reveal Israel links to illegal binary options firms
July 7th, 2016
Romanian prosecutors are set to try at least 10 individuals involved in alleged forex and binary options fraud who were operating illegally on Romanian soil, the country’s Police Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes told The Times of ...
Israel Gov’t plan to change the aim of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
June 30th, 2016
Minister of Finance Kahlon will present a plan to reinvigorate the ailing Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by changing its aim and its ownership structure. The reform of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has picked up pace. On Sunday, Minister of Finance ...
Israeli police collaborate with French regulator; 15 FX company directors under criminal investigation
April 20th, 2016
4XP, BForex, Sisma Capital, Tradaxa and Aston Invest involved in a massive scam operation that took an average of €210,000 from each victim The world of Forex and Binary Options scams in Israel is being dragged out by a ...
Israeli investment company Utrade’s controlling shareholder Aviv Talmor was arrested
March 7th, 2016
Utrade controlling shareholder Aviv Talmor arrested. Talmor is suspected of fraud, running a Ponzi scheme, money laundering and managing investment portfolios without a license. Israeli investment company Utrade’s controlling shareholder Aviv Talmor was arrested by the Israel Securities Authority ...
The Floor promises to connect Israeli fintech with China, Hong Kong and the rest of Asia
March 3rd, 2016
The new hub will open an R&D center, collaborative workspace and host events that will link Israel’s best in financial technology with investors and partners from Beijing to Singapore Israel is known for its financial and technological prowess. It’s ...
