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 Haig, Lafferty & Partners. Haig, Lafferty & Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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The attorney for Danske Bank money-laundering whistleblower Howard Wilkinson has been invited to testify before the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Financial crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance in Brussels, Belgium as an expert witness on whistleblower rights. Wilkinson, a former employee at Danske Bank’s Estonia office, uncovered a massive money-laundering scandal involving billions of…
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Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it is expanding its partnership with the National University of Singapore to launch a new service which see’s the NUS Risk Management Institute – Credit Research Initiative (CRI) provide specialist credit risk and default data through Refinitiv’s flagship data and information platforms, Eikon…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm BlackRock Alliance LP. 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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The Federal Court has ordered State One Stockbroking Limited (State One) to pay penalties totalling $350,000 after the company failed to comply with ASIC’s Market Integrity Rules (MIRs). The Court found State One contravened the Corporations Act 2001 by failing to comply with two of the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (ASX Market) 2010. The Court…
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Since cryptocurrencies' market value fell by some 20% in just under two weeks, there is a new report showing that the massive declines in prices of major alt coins have forced around 35 crypto hedge funds to close. Bitcoin, for example, has lost more than 70% of its value as compared to its December, 2017…
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The very first idea of Bitcoin was to have the community of regular people have their "say" in the financial system, especially after the Financial Crisis of 2008. Satoshi Nakamoto invented the "people's currency", as Bitcoin is often called, to put the financial power in the hands of the regular people. In this line…
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The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has announced the creation of its whistleblower program and the Office of the Whistleblower (OWB) through the adoption of ASC Policy 15-602 Whistleblower Program and accompanying amendments to the Securities Act (Alberta) (contained within Bill 20). The program allows whistleblowers to safely and easily report potential breaches of Alberta securities…
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Banco Original, the first Brazilian bank to offer a 100% digital checking account, has informed the public that it has chosen FICO as its strategic partner to launch its digital platform. The financial institution, based in São Paulo, aims to create a safe and simplified origination process to reduce bureaucracy while keeping up safety. To…
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LaunchByte, an execution focused investment firm and startup hub, has just announced that it has hired Mahsa Noble as its Global Director of Growth. Ms. Noble spent the first decade of her career directing start up projects from the ground up both in the US and abroad, facilitating in the concept, management, and execution phases.…
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