December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bursa Malaysia issues its revamped Corporate Governance Guide

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today released the 3rd edition of the Corporate Governance Guide (“CG Guide”) to provide guidance for listed issuers to improve their corporate governance practices and reporting, in line with the new Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (“MCCG”) issued on 26 April 2017 and the recent enhanced corporate…

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New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop
December 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

TRAction Fintech integrates with oneZero for MiFID II and EMIR regulatory reporting solutions

Regulatory and reporting solutions provider TRAction Fintech and trading software company oneZero Financial Systems have announced a collaborative partnership aimed at simplifying MiFID II and EMIR transaction reporting for FX and CFD brokers. TRAction Fintech is a specialist in regulatory reporting, offering transaction reporting services for MiFID II/ MiFIR and EMIR. oneZero provides execution software…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

UBS Announces Changes To Group Executive Board

The UBS Group AG (VTX: UBSG) Board of Directors informed that it has approved the following changes to the Group Executive Board (GEB), the firm's most senior management body. Martin Blessing appointed President Wealth Management Axel P. Lehmann appointed President Personal & Corporate Banking and President UBS Switzerland Sabine Keller-Busse appointed Group Chief Operating Officer.…

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December 13, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Starbucks' WiFi hijacked customers' laptops for mining Monero

Brittany Roston from Slash Gear reported that one of Starbucks stores in Buenos Aires was caught mining digital currencies through the use of customers' laptops that essentially used the store's WiFi. The Starbucks store did not know of the mining, until notified by a customer, Noah Dunkin through a tweet. According to his tweet, the…

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December 13, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin down with 7%, futures trading at a halt

After reaching a new all-time high of $17,600 on Tuesday, Bitcoin is down 7% today and slumping below the $16,000 level. While this correction may be normal in value after a steep rise, the decline caused a freeze on the futures trading and contracts on CBOE, which launched bitcoin futures this week on Sunday, December…

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December 13, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Scholarships in the form of Bitcoin in Bulgarian university

Bitcoin is now of one the modern "wonders" and has escalated to a price of almost $18,000 on international exchanges. Blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin, is disrupting major markets and industries, and education is not behind. For the very first time, a university in Bulgaria will offer scholarships to incoming students in the form of…

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