Category: Financial Services

ASIC ban
April 05, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC takes action against Macquarie Bank for unauthorised withdrawals

Court added: ASIC’s case is not focused on Mr Hopkins’ conduct but rather on alleged multiple failures by Macquarie to take proper steps to monitor, detect and prevent unauthorised transactions’. According to the Australian watchdog, the transactions were conducted between May 20016 and January 2020. During this time, Macquarie failed to take measures to prevent…

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Wordline
April 01, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Worldline completes acquisition of majority stake in ANZ acquiring business

The new joint-venture with ANZ Bank will also Worldline to significantly expand its merchant acquiring business outside of Europe. It will provide the company direct access to an existing merchants’ portfolio. The company stated in the official announcement: The combination of ANZ’s strong market position and Worldline’s global scale, best-in-class technologies and payment expertise will…

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CFTC fraud
March 30, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFTC announces charges in a $7.2 million forex and crypto fraud case

The CFTC found that the fraudulent actions of the defendants began in September 2020. They fraudulently solicited $7.2 million from 322 clients, promising to use the funds to trade forex and cryptocurrency in individual managed accounts. According to the regulator, Tinoco and his company, Kikit & Mess Investments did not trade their clients’ money as…

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Playtech
March 24, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Playtech reports 12% rise in revenue in 2021

Playtech’s CEO, Mor Weizer commented: Our full year results demonstrate the quality of Playtech's technology and the momentum across the Group. Our strong performance is underpinned by our B2B business, in particular the tremendous growth we have seen in the Americas. We have made real progress in the execution of our US strategy, supported by…

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CFTC fine
March 24, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

US court issues $5 million penalty over commodity futures pool fraud

According to the court files, Phelps and Castenir formed Maverick, which operated commodity trading pool. In 2013 the company solicited over $1.2 million in funds from investors. The defendants used false materials claiming that Phelps had an extensive history of investing successfully in commodity trading markets. The defendants also falsely assured investors that there would…

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