Category: Financial Services

June 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA fines Canara Bank £896,100 and imposes a restriction

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has informed the public that it has fined Canara Bank £896,100 and has imposed a restriction, preventing it from accepting deposits from new customers for 147 days. Financial services firms are required to maintain robust anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls, since they are at risk from those seeking to…

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June 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against Oracle Finance International Inc Limited

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning to a company called Oracle Finance International Inc Limited. The reason the regulator stated the warning is that Oracle Finance International Inc Limited and the following websites are making false claims about being registered in New Zealand when they are not: www.oracle-fx.com http://tg.oracle-fx.com/list-2-1.html http://630264.shop.258.com/ http://www.gq1688.com/index.php?homepage=zj41973…

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June 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange announces soft launch

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has announced its digital asset exchange soft launch, which will see 300 retail account holders, as well as a select number of institutional participants, introduced to the platform during this exclusive early access period. These participants will have access to the full GBX digital asset exchange, serving as the first…

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June 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Primus Forex Financial Group clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Primus Forex Financial Group. 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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June 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AFS licensee Allied Financial Solutions fails to meet compliance

Australian regulator Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced earlier today that Australian financial services licensee Allied Financial Solutions Pty Ltd (Allied) will undergo an independent external review of its record keeping, supervision and compliance arrangements following an ASIC surveillance. During a surveillance of an Allied authorised representative, ASIC found that Allied had failed…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC charges individual with fraud

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today that David Singh of Richmond Hill, Ontario has been charged with fraud and related offences under the Securities Act (Ontario) following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT). Mr. Singh has been charged with the following offences under the Securities Act: one count of trading…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

STS Group AG just listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

STS Group AG (DE000A1TNU68) was just listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, Deutsche Börse announced earlier. The automotive supplier is now in the Prime Standard segment and achieved an initial listing price of €24.00, following an issue price of €24.00. This takes the number of IPOs in Frankfurt since the beginning of the year…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans individual from providing financial services

ASIC has just informed the public that it has permanently banned Desiree Veronica Macpherson from providing financial services. ASIC found that in relation to Ms Macpherson’s involvement with the development and promotion of the Newman Estate Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia that Ms Macpherson had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, that…

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