The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged foreign affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, and BDO for their involvement in audit work that circumvented the full oversight of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The firms agreed to settle the charges by paying penalties or disgorging their profits from the…
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GMEX Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of GMEX Group and a provider of multi-asset exchange trading and post trade technology delivered through a partnership driven approach, has announced that the Blockchain Board of Derivatives (BBOD) will be the latest Exchange to implement GMEX Fusion, an integrated centralised and distributed exchange platform solution. As one of…
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VR Education Holdings plc, (VR Education) a virtual reality (VR) software and technology company, announced that it has today raised €6.75 million, following its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). It commences trading on the ISE’s Enterprise Securities Market (ESM) with a market capitalisation of €22.2m. VR Education is dedicated to…
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In a new Google Adwords Advertising Policy blog post titled Financial Services: New restricted financial products policy (see full text below), online giant Google let the world know what had been speculated on for a while - that it was going to ban ads for cryptocurrencies, as part of its plan to 'clean up' digital…
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UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill announced that has become a sponsor of members of the Kyrenia Nautical Club triathlon team who participated in the ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi on 2-3 March 2018. The triathletes of the Cypriot team achieved outstanding results in their respective categories and enjoyed…
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Blockchain-based social and copy trading platform CopyCash has announced that CopyCash will deploy Tradency’s auto trade-by-knowledge technology to support its CopyCash's platform, which it calls 'Social Travesting'. We had reported exclusively on the planned launch of CopyCash late last year. Tradency CEO Lior Nabat is on CopyCash's advisory board. This collaboration will enable CopyCash to…
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The Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) has reminded investors to do their due diligence when investing, especially in cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, as March is Fraud Prevention Month. Recently attention was given to the rise and fall in the value of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings grabbing the moniker as the “next big…
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GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Financial Holdings Inc (TYO:7177) has announced that it has expanded its range of account funding options for retail clients. As part of its ongoing service upgrades, Z.Com Trade stated that it is pleased to announce the addition of the Neteller e-wallet…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of the Singapore Police Force announced that they will extend the Joint Investigations Arrangement to cover all offences under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and Financial Advisers Act (FAA). This will allow for greater efficiency and more effective enforcement of capital markets…
Read moreIn line with the Trading Update the company issued in mid-January, payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has reported full year results indicating strong growth in the second half of 2017, led by record Revenues during Q4, helped by record transaction volume topping $1 billion in December - the company's best…
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