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Spotware Celebrates 10 Years of Fintech Innovation
August 17th, 2020
It has now been 10 years since Spotware, and soon after its flagship product – cTrader, have entered the market and became the epitome of Fintech innovation. 10 years of continuous growth, development and updates, a journey that began ...
EU Member States agree to defer start date of e-commerce VAT rules
July 3rd, 2020
EU Member State representatives on Coreper (the Permanent Representatives Committee) today reached a preliminary agreement to extend by six months the start date of the EU’s new VAT regime applicable to online companies. The rules will become applicable on ...
EU defers e-commerce VAT package in light Of COVID-19
May 19th, 2020
The EU will postpone the entry into force of its VAT e-commerce package and will defer certain filing deadlines under the administrative cooperation directives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Commission has proposed that the VAT e-commerce package ...
VAT exemption thresholds in Europe
April 7th, 2020
Countries around the world have been introducing various fiscal measures to counteract the economic distress caused by COVID-19. One measure—among many others—has been to make changes to Value-Added Taxes (VAT), such as delaying payments, speeding up refunds, or reducing ...
VAT Gap: EU countries lost €137 billion in VAT revenues in 2017
September 12th, 2019
EU countries lost €137 billion in Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenues in 2017 according to a study released by the European Commission today. The so-called ‘VAT Gap’ – or the overall difference between the expected VAT revenue and the amount ...
AxiCorp derivatives licence suspended
August 1st, 2019
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), New Zealand’s government agency responsible for the regulation of capital markets and financial services in New Zealand, has issued today a press release to inform that has suspended the derivatives issuer licence of AxiCorp ...
UK financial regulator proposes ban on sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers
July 4th, 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing rules to address harm to retail consumers from the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) referencing certain types of cryptoassets. The FCA considers these products are ill-suited to retail consumers ...
Cross-border testing pilot for innovative firms open to applications
February 1st, 2019
The Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) – a group of 29 international organisations including the Financial Conduct Authority – is inviting applications from firms wishing to test innovative financial products, services or business models across more than one country ...
ESAs released a report on innovation facilitators established within the EU
January 8th, 2019
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a joint report on innovation facilitators (regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs). The report sets out a comparative analysis of the innovation facilitators established to date within the EU. The ESAs also set out ...
EU VAT changes on vouchers became effective
January 7th, 2019
Significant changes to the way that businesses should account for value-added tax on vouchers became effective on January 1, 2019. The overhaul to the rules is intended to simplify the tax treatment of vouchers, especially where they can either ...
