July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fonetic's Ed Lloyd named Executive Vice President of encompass

encompass corporation, a fast-growing global provider of robotically automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, today announced the appointment of Ed Lloyd, a long-term veteran of the compliance technology industry, to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Sales. Ed Lloyd joins encompass from Fonetic, where he led sales and pre-sales for the Surveillance Solutions business,…

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Bitcoin
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Is the Bitcoin hype over?

With recent news reporting that over 800 cryptocurrencies are now considered dead, is the end of Bitcoin upon us? Are cryptocurrencies a fad that will be obsolete within 5 years? Cryptocurrency Experts give their insight into whether the death of crypto is upon us. Max Kortrakul, Founder and CEO of social crypto trading platform Carboneum,…

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July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CoinAnalyst's Pre-ICO ends earlier through cooperation with ShareRing

The Australian blockchain project ShareRing has informed the public that it enters into a partnership with the Frankfurt company CoinAnalyst, which launched its Pre-ICO on June 21st and enters the regular ICO phase on July 7th. Through this cooperation CoinAnalyst can successfully and prematurely terminate its Pre-ICO. The startup CoinAnalyst from Frankfurt that offers an…

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fca warning
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Tait Investment Group

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Tait Investment Group. Tait Investment Group is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq welcomes 52 new listings to its Nordic markets

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has announced that it has welcomed 52 new listings to its Nordic markets during the first half (1H) of 2018, raising 2.4 billion EUR in capital. Twenty-three of the new listings were on the Main Market, while 29 occurred on Nasdaq’s European growth market, Nasdaq First North. We have experienced a very…

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FINRA's 2018 volume tops 2017 activity by 87%
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FINRA launches enhanced public records review

FINRA has announced that it is launching an enhanced disclosure review process for public financial records of individuals seeking registration with a brokerage firm. Beginning on July 9, FINRA will perform a public records review within 15 calendar days after a firm applies to register an individual with FINRA. The review will enhance the quality…

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warning
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against several unauthorised crypto websites

On 22 February 2018, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) published an analysis on its website concluding that crypto derivatives may be legally considered financial contracts. As such, the AMF and the ACPR have decided to jointly publish a blacklist with the websites that offer crypto derivatives without authorisation in France. Here is the list…

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July 06, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

India officially banned cryptocurrencies

India had a deadline for deciding the faith of cryptocurrency-related trading in the country. The deadline expired today, on the 5th of July and the Reserve Bank of India decided to ban all cryptocurrency-related activities. However, the new decision affects Indian citizens to the extent that they will not be able to transact on exchanges,…

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SFC fines
July 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Credit Suisse hit with $77 million in fines for FCPA violations

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Credit Suisse Group AG will pay approximately $30 million to resolve SEC charges that it obtained investment banking business in the Asia-Pacific region by corruptly influencing foreign officials in violation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Credit Suisse also agreed to pay a $47 million criminal…

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