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 firm Aston Wealth. Aston Wealth is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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Dubai's government is the first one in the world to conduct all transactions through blockchain. The Dubai Land Department has gone completely "cashless" as part of the initiative "Dubai Blockchain Strategy" launched by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Foundation…
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Wysker, a Berlin-based startup that decentralizes e-commerce and that has built the first blockchain-powered shopping app, has now become the first ICO in Germany. What is more, this is the world's first blockchain-powered shopping app with a radical twist to mobile discovery and the first ICO from a company incorporated in Germany. On October 2nd, 2017 at 18:00…
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Russian Miner Coin raised $43 million through an ICO to create a “next-gen ecosystem for miners and investors,” challenging China in this field, reported East-West Digital News. Although the company had previously set a target of $100 million, the amount currently raised is a new record high for the Eastern European ICO market. According to…
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Seven leading banks are teaming up with R3 and Finastra to create a blockchain-based syndicated loan market, LenderComm. This new disruption in the lending market is yet another blockchain application that is going to be used to ease the loan market and serve as a platform for efficiency and up-to-date information. This new project will…
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Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) published today the third edition of the Whitebook on Communication of Listed Companies, an assessment carried out with a purpose of evaluating the quality and accuracy of information provided to investors by issuers listed on BVB‘s Main Market. The purpose of the Whitebook is to show best practices of listed companies…
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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 firm Chinatsu & Partners. Chinatsu & Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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RoboForex, an international brokerage group which provides online trading services on the global financial markets, just announced that it has expanded the list of its offers available to clients and enabled access to trading CFDs on cryptocurrencies. Two of the most liquid digital currencies, bitcoin and ethereum, have been added to the list of trading…
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A2X Markets, South Africa’s newest stock exchange, announced that hsd made its debut on Friday 6 October with three listings and four of the industry’s leading brokers on board. A2X competes directly with the JSE and provides an alternative platform for companies to secondary list and trade their shares. Financial services companies, African Rainbow Capital…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) has just announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd’s Global Payments Division (the Company) offers indicative exchange rates, viewable in real-time for more than 175 currencies through its proprietary Global Payments Network, which is specifically enhanced for corporate clients. Through its Rate Feed, INTL FCStone is the only company…
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