Category: Financial Services

SEC
September 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Former Amazon finance manager charged with insider trading

Erin Schneider, Director of the SEC's San Francisco Regional Office commented: We allege that the Bohras repeatedly and systematically used Amazon's confidential information for their own gain. Employees with access to confidential, potentially market-moving corporate information may not use that information to enrich themselves, their friends, or their families. The US regulator’s complaint charges all…

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SEC acts against 11 firms neglecting electronic communications
September 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SoluTech settles fraud charges with SEC, former exec to pay $25K fine

The SEC alleges that SoluTech and Pitruzzello misrepresented the investors’ interest in investing in SoluTech regarding SoluTech's and Pitruzzello's attempt to raise funds through a Series A stock offering. The US regulator found that SoluTech and Pitruzzello violated the Securities Act and without admitting or denying these findings, SoluTech and Pitruzzello consented to the requirements…

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HKEX
September 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HKEX adds five new MSCI futures contracts

Open interest in MSCI contracts registered significant growth in September during the during the quarterly and monthly roll periods for futures contracts, showing increased demand for the MSCI derivatives products on HKEX. The MSCI Taiwan Net Total Return (NTR) futures contract, in particular, had open interest of $465 million as of 25 September, reporting a…

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CFTC penalty
September 25, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Marex to pay $370K to settle charges with the CFTC

The CFTC requires Marex and Marex Spectron to pay a fine in the amounts of $250,000 and $120,000, respectively. Both entities would also cease and desists form any further violations of the regulations. Division of Enforcement Director James McDonald commented: The Division of Enforcement will remain vigilant in enforcing minimum capital requirements for registered entities…

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fine
September 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Westpac to pay $1.3 billion fine to settle money laundering charges with AUSTRAC

Rose continued: Westpac’s failure to implement effective transaction monitoring programs, and its failure to submit IFTI reports to AUSTRAC and apply enhanced customer due diligence in relation to suspicious transactions, meant AUSTRAC and law enforcement were missing critical intelligence to support police investigations. In the original statements against Westpac, the Australian watchdog AUSTRAC identified a…

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FCA warning
September 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Evolve Financials, BNY Mellon clone firm and others added to FCA's warning list

Evolve Financial Services Limited / Evolve Financial Services Ltd / Evolve Financials (clone of FCA Authorised Firm) Email: [email protected] Website: https://evolvefinancialservicesltd.com BN Private Wealth Management / BN London / BN Wealth (Clone of EEA authorised firm) Address: St Martin's Le Grand, London EC1A 4NP Telephone: 02033556074 Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.bn-wealth.com Whichrates4U Websites: whichrates4u.com…

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September 21, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Fintech firm Neo introduces new multi-currency account for SMEs

Another advantage of the new accounts are their low fees. Treasurers are used to paying sizeable commissions and rates, much higher than interbank rates. Neo’s average trading fees vary between 0.05% and 0.25%. Laurent Descout, CEO and Founder of Neo, commented: The fintech revolution has impacted many areas of financial services to date, but corporate…

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CFTC
September 17, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFTC charges ten people in a $4.75 million forex Ponzi scheme

According to the US watchdog, from February 2013 to present, the defendants accepted $4.75 million from more than 150 victims. Avinash Singh falsely claimed to be a successful commodities trader in order to solicit potential victims to participate in Highrise. Cologero, Hemraj Singh and Rosseau also misrepresented the profits the commodity pool had generated and…

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FCA warning
September 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ukbondsprovider, Firstclass Bonds and others added to FCA's warning list

ukbondsprovider.com Address: 55 Basinghall St, London EC2V 5NB, UK Website: http://ukbondsprovider.com/ Firstclass Bonds Address: 1 Canada Square, London, E14 5AB Telephone: 020 8126 0796 Website: http://firstclass-bonds.com/ smartinvestmentsearch.com Address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ Telephone: 02036270956 Website: https://www.smartinvestmentsearch.com/ Pension Cash Solutions Address: Castle Hill House, 12 Castle, Windsor, SL4 1PD Telephone: 01753336385 Email:…

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SEC
September 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ICO issuer Unikrn to pay $6.1 million to settle charges with SEC

Kristina Littman, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Cyber Unit said: The securities registration and exemption framework is designed to ensure investor protection and access to material information, while also facilitating capital formation. Failure to follow this framework harms investors and our markets. This resolution allows us to return substantially all of Unikrn's assets to…

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