The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Alternative Propositions Ltd. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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According to guidelines instituted in April of 2017, the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has reported its findings for suspicious financial transactions. The results for potential money laundering cases where cryptocurrencies was the “detergent” of choice rose tenfold, escalating from 669 cases in 2017 to 7,096 in 2018. Although crypto cases constituted only 1.7%…
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Coinhive, a crypto exchange with a ne’er-do-well reputation and based out of Germany, has announced that it will be shutting its doors this week. Its Monero mining script will no longer be supported. The firm cited multiple money related reasons, but in the end, it claimed that its operation was no longer “economically viable”. In…
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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 company Morgan & Berkeley Associates. Morgan & Berkeley Associates is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
Read moreThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a statement saying that it would recognize the UK Central Securities Depository (CSD) – Euroclear UK and Ireland Limited – as a non-EU CSD, which will allow it to offer its services within the European Union. ESMA made this decision so as to make it possible…
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Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced its February 2019 volumes. ADV volumes came at $34,835, down 9.2% MoM, but up 21% YoY, in the shortest month of the year. ADV figures for February are based on 20 trading days (in comparison to 22 days in January 2019). FXSpotStream's total volume was $696,702 last month.…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Tradition Cheptal/Tradition London Clearing. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today announced the registration of DTCC Data Repository (Ireland) PLC as a trade repository governed by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). According to ESMA, which is mandated to supervise trade repositories (TRs), the registration takes effect as from 1 March 2019. DTCC Data Repository (Ireland) PLC…
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Where there are large amounts of data, there is always the possibility for analysis that can expose patterns and trends that may have been missed. If the blockchain is anything, it is a wealth of data and audit trails that await cogent analysis to reveal the secrets hidden beneath the surface. The latest analysis demonstrates…
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Celsius Network, a borrowing and lending platform for cryptocurrencies, today announced that Samantha McDonald, CPA, has joined the company as CFO. McDonald has wide experience in the financial services and investment industries. She started her career at Deloitte as a senior accountant after graduating with a masters in accounting before moving on to become CFO…
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