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Alert! Cryptocurrency fraudsters are using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers
December 19th, 2018
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), an autonomous public institution that supervises the Belgian financial sector, has issued a warning to inform consumers for cryptocurrency fraud. In accordance the warning, despite its earlier warnings, the FSMA continues to ...
The main moves in financial markets; Financial events coming up this week
December 17th, 2018
Stocks traded mixed in Asia, following two weeks of losses driven by a backdrop of uncertain trade conditions and signs that some key economies are slowing. Treasury yields steadied just below 2.90 percent. U.S. equity futures advanced with stocks ...
Bitcoin headed for another weekly slump on Friday
December 14th, 2018
Bitcoin headed for another weekly slump on Friday, with the largest cryptocurrency heading closer to $3,000 — a level unseen since September last year. The largest digital currency edged 0.5 percent higher to $3,272 at 9:35 a.m. in Hong ...
Alert! Beware of companies offering financial services without the required license
December 14th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), China (Financial Supervisory Commission Chinese Taipei – FSC), Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), Sweden (Finansinspektionen), ...
Dollar gains as focus shifts to Fed, euro and sterling under pressure
December 14th, 2018
The dollar firmed against most major counterparts on Friday, as investor focus shifted to an expected U.S. interest rate hike next week, although gains are likely to be capped on greater uncertainty about next year’s policy outlook. The greenback ...
iSignthis announces first EU merchant live on unified neobanking & payments platform
December 13th, 2018
Highlights First Merchant now live and processed via ISXPay’s own Principal member Tier 1 connections Settlement of Merchant Funds to ISXPay issued IBAN based account Funds held with zero credit risk under EU’s “Eurosystem” Central Banking system First ASX ...
Executives to pay Millions to settle initial coin offering scam charges
December 13th, 2018
Two former executives behind an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that was stopped by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year have been ordered in federal court to pay nearly $2.7 million and prohibited from serving ...
Three Broker-Dealers to pay more than $6 Million in penalties
December 13th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that three broker-dealers have agreed to pay more than $6 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information in required SEC productions known as “blue ...
A Southeast Asian currency is set to Top 2018’s Emerging-Market list
December 13th, 2018
Having a strong buffer in times of stress does pay off. Just look at the baht. The Thai currency has declined 0.3 percent to 32.672 against the dollar this year as of 1:11 p.m. in Bangkok, the best performance ...
The world’s biggest hedge fund is getting whacked, and why “Moneyness” matters
December 12th, 2018
A few years ago the Swiss National Bank (SNB) – which traditionally held “monetary assets” like government bonds, cash and gold to back up the Swiss franc — decided to branch out into common stocks. This was a ...
