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Bitcoin Extends Loss After China’s Central Bank Warns Investors

09/01/2017(0)
PBOC officials tell bitcoin platform to rectify issues Bitcoin surged 120% in 2016 as yuan depreciation quickened Bitcoin extended Friday’s tumble amid concern China will tighten rules on the ... Read More
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Bitcoin price jumped above $1,000 for the first time in three years

03/01/2017(0)
It has been a bumper year for bitcoin. Having risen in value in 2016 by 125 percent the digital currency started the new year by jumping above $1,000 for ... Read More
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Greek police arrest 24 in crackdown on tax-dodging cashless gadgets

09/08/2016(0)
Greek authorities said on Monday they had arrested 24 people in a crackdown on about 1,000 small businesses suspected of dodging capital controls and value-added tax by using cashless ... Read More
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China Looks at Introducing Tax on Foreign Currency Transactions

24/03/2016(0)
China is looking at introducing a tax on foreign currency transactions, among other measures, to curb speculative capital flows, even though outflows have recently slowed, a senior foreign-exchange regulatory ... Read More
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Greece: Capital controls relaxed for corporations

10/09/2015(0)
The Greek Finance Ministry eased capital controls on corporate transactions on Wednesday by doubling from 7 to 14 million euros the daily limit each of the country’s four systemic ... Read More
National Bank of Greece

Bad loans haunt Greek banks seeking new start

08/09/2015(0)
Turned down for a 10,000 euro ($11,100) loan, George Sarris is one of hundreds of thousands of small business owners shunned by Greek banks. Pointing to the parliament building ... Read More
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Was Greece Always Part Of The Plan?

20/07/2015(0)
Since its inception, critics of the eurozone have been pointing to its incomplete nature — everyone uses the same money but keeps their own national budgets and tax regimes ... Read More
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We’re All Greek Now — Some Just Don’t Know It Yet

16/06/2015(0)
Let’s see…a heavily-indebted country can’t pay its bills, engages in a long series of failed attempts to manage a partial, controlled default, sees most of its capital flee to ... Read More
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Cyprus lifts all capital controls as banks recover

06/04/2015(0)
Cyprus is lifting the last remaining capital controls it imposed on its banking system during the financial crisis of 2013. Cyprus was the only crisis-hit eurozone country to restrict ... Read More
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Iceland Looks At ‘Exit Tax’ For Foreign Investors

12/12/2014(0)
Iceland appears to be looking to remove its capital controls early in 2015, but would, at the same time, impose an “exit tax” on those foreign investors who have ... Read More
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