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Vienna Stock Exchange

Vienna Stock Exchange expands its range of offerings

20/10/2017(0)
The Vienna Stock Exchange is further expanding its range of offerings for domestic investors with the new “ETF segment” launching today. Passive investment funds offer investors a simple, effective ... Read More
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Hotel pays Bitcoin ransom after guests are locked out of rooms

30/01/2017(0)
The Romantik Seehotel Jäegerwirt, Jäegerwirt, a luxury hotel in Austria, has gone public with the news that it was recently the victim of an attack during which hackers took ... Read More
Vienna Stock Exchange

Listing Boom on the Vienna Stock Exchange

25/01/2017(0)
Listing Boom on the Vienna Stock Exchange: Over 3,000 new structured products since start of the year Since the start of the year, over 3,000 new structured products have ... Read More
SIA

SIA completes acquisition of Unicredit emoney activities in three European countries

28/12/2016(0)
Friday 23rd December 2016 saw the completion of the acquisition by SIA of the processing activities of around 13.5 million payment cards and the management of 206,000 POS terminals ... Read More
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Austria To Rein In Bank Tax

25/07/2016(0)
The Austrian Government has proposed reducing the burden of the nation’s banking levy and calculating it based on a bank’s earnings rather than assets. The change was confirmed recently ... Read More
EU-Commission

Single market: Commission urges four Member States to comply with the Services Directive in the area of regulated professions

26/02/2016(0)
The European Commission is taking further steps in its infringement procedures against Austria, Cyprus, Germany, and Poland on the grounds that their national rules include excessive and unjustified obstacles in the area of ... Read More
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Austria’s finance watchdog orders 12 banks to raise capital buffer

22/12/2015(0)
Austria’s finance watchdog FMA on Tuesday said it ordered 12 Austrian banks to gradually raise their capital buffer by up to 2 percent of risk-weighted assets until the beginning ... Read More
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Citi sells Hungary consumer banking business to Erste Group

02/09/2015(0)
Citigroup Inc (C.N) agreed to sell its consumer banking business in Hungary to Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG (ERST.VI) as the third-biggest U.S. bank by assets continues to divest ... Read More
xoom

Xoom Launches Service to Austria, Belgium, Greece, and Portugal

08/07/2015(0)
Consumers save time and money sending money with Xoom Vs. bank wires Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ:XOOM), a leading digital money transfer provider, has expanded its service to include Austria, Belgium, Greece and Portugal. Xoom offers fast deposits and can ... Read More
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Austria Announces Substantial Income Tax Reforms

19/03/2015(0)
Austria has announced proposals to provide personal income tax cuts worth EUR5bn (USD5.3bn) to lower income earners. The new tax package, which aims to boost economic growth by reducing ... Read More
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