Bitcoin At Tax Time: What You Need To Know About Trading, Tipping, Mining And More
December 17th, 2015
If you have come into possession of Bitcoin or any other digital currency such as Ripple or Litecoin that is “convertible” to a real currency or can be used to pay for goods and services, it may seem virtual. But ...
The end-point in financial credit
November 6th, 2015
Since the 1980s, markets have had to adapt to a world of infinite credit. Of course, this credit has not been available to everyone: it has been principally deployed in favour of governments, financial markets, and big business. It ...
UK tech retailers suffering from a series of DDOS attacks – DDOS attackers demanded bitcoin ransom
October 21st, 2015
Over the last 24 hours it would seem that several prominent UK tech retailers have been targeted by DDOS attacks, which may also turn out to be linked to a group demanding large Bitcoin ransoms. Affected sites include Overclockers ...
Deutsche Bank announces comprehensive organizational restructuring and reorganization of key management roles
October 19th, 2015
Deutsche Bank will fundamentally change its group and leadership structure. At an extraordinary meeting today in Frankfurt, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank resolved to restructure the Bank´s business divisions. This will be supplemented by a reorganization of executive ...
Forex Scandal Drives Shift to Algo Trading
September 29th, 2015
Banks are increasingly turning to computer programs to carry out foreign exchange trades After paying billions in fines to settle allegations that traders tried to rig a key currency benchmark, banks are increasingly turning to computer programs to carry ...
The danger of eliminating cash
September 4th, 2015
In the early days of central banking, one primary objective of the new system was to take ownership of the public’s gold, so that in a crisis the public would be unable to withdraw it. Gold was to be ...
Brokers hit the ground running on FATCA compliance
August 3rd, 2015
Training and planning have helped insurance brokers meet new tax reporting regulations for 2015, and compliance is moving into the “another part of doing business” phase. Initial reporting under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, meant to help combat ...
Waters Rankings 2015 — All the Winners – Technology Providers
July 20th, 2015
At a luncheon held on July 16 at New York’s tony Metropolitan Club, the winners of the 2015 Waters Rankings were revealed As has become summer tradition, end users representing a large swath of the capital markets cast thousands ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
SafeCharge announced Record Financial Results
March 17th, 2015
SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the global provider of payments services, technologies and risk management solutions for online and mobile businesses, announced its maiden preliminary results for the full year ended 31 December 2014. Financial highlights Revenues up 78% to US$76.9 ...