Spanish banking group Santander to build digital bank in the UK
May 16th, 2018
Spanish banking group Santander said it is building a standalone digital bank in the UK in a move aimed at boosting its online presence. This comes amid intense competition in the market with the rise of digital investment advice ...
Investment adviser charged with defrauding professional athlete and his wife
August 23rd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investment adviser Jeremy Drake with defrauding two clients, a high profile professional athlete and the athlete’s wife, by deceiving them about the investment advisory fees they were paying. The SEC alleges that ...
IOSCO analyzes potential of tech-driven change in the securities market industry
February 8th, 2017
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has issued today a press release to pubilsh a report regarding the potential of tech-driven change in the securities market industry. Below is the press release a it was published by IOSCO: ...
Two of the largest online brokerages are near to a $4 Billion acquisition Deal
October 24th, 2016
TD Ameritrade, TD Bank Said Near $4 Billion Scottrade Deal Deal would combine two of the largest online brokerages Toronto-Dominion Bank said to acquire banking operations TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. and its largest stakeholder, Toronto-Dominion Bank, are close to ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
U.S. Trade Gap Widens on Surging Imports
May 6th, 2015
Stronger dollar, influx of foreign goods augur lower numbers on economic growth A stronger dollar and an influx of pent-up imports into West Coast ports are pointing the U.S. economy toward its third quarterly contraction in its six-year-long expansion, ...
The Age of Vulnerability
October 13th, 2014
Two new studies show, once again, the magnitude of the inequality problem plaguing the United States. The first, the US Census Bureau’s annual income and poverty report, shows that, despite the economy’s supposed recovery from the Great Recession, ordinary ...
Ukraine Mounts Security Push as Russia Warns on Civil War
April 9th, 2014
Ukrainian authorities sent security forces to Kharkiv to clear the country’s second-biggest city of separatists as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of using “special forces and agents” to spark unrest. An “anti-terrorist operation” was under way ...
