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Canadian Forex Teacher Lands Jail Time for Tax Evasion
- After failing to report of pay income taxes, the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that Ontario Superior Courts have sentenced Najam Mahmood, of MIGForex.com to one year and jail and fined him $687,000.
Sunday, 14/07/2013 | 13:13 GMT by
Ron Finberg
New Zealand FMA Continues Senior Level Restructure - Sue Brown Elected To Position of Head Of Strategy, Innovation and Development
- As New Zealand's financial regulatory environment evolves, the FMA makes further appointments to its leadership team. Today, Sue Brown assumes her new role as Head of Strategy, Innovation and Development.
Sunday, 14/07/2013 | 12:49 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Coinbase incentivizes Bitcoin users identification
Sunday, 14/07/2013 | 00:00 GMT by
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SEPA influenced by cultural variances across Europe
Sunday, 14/07/2013 | 00:00 GMT by
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Visa introduces V.me to Australia. Visa’s alternative payment solution
Sunday, 14/07/2013 | 00:00 GMT by
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SEC Gets Its Act Together - Publishes Final Ruling On Retail FX
- Just one day after SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar expressed his dismay at the length of time taken to produce final rulings on retail FX, the regulator today produced its full and concise ruling in final form.
Friday, 12/07/2013 | 16:51 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Get A Move On! Senior SEC Official Expresses Frustration At Dodd-Frank Delays In Retail Sector
- Whilst the CFTC has spent the first half of this year reasonably satisfied with its progress on working toward completion of rulings on the Dodd-Frank Act, one senior SEC official expresses dismay at what he sees as unnecessary delays.
Friday, 12/07/2013 | 08:19 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Alpari Posts Combined Monthly Totals For June - Slightly Down MoM But Still Demonstrates Strong Year So Far
- Alpari posts sound volume figures for June at in excess of $243 billion for the month, slightly down on May's record volumes but concurrent with the firm's strong performance into the middle of 2013.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 17:43 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Signed And Sealed! Cross-Border Derivatives Methodology Agreed On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that it has reached a common path forward with European Union officials on how to approach cross-border derivatives.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 13:08 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
FCStone Backs Off – Retracts Intention To Acquire Cleartrade Exchange
- FCStone today announced a controversial change of tack in withdrawing its intention to purchase a controlling stake in Singapore-based Cleartrade Exchange two months after demonstrating interest to proceed.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 10:11 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
CFTC Posts May FCM Financials – Advanced Markets Out, Whotrades FX is In
- The CFTC has posted financials for FCMs as of the end of May. Total Retail Forex Funds were $644,593,164, a drop of $3,166,759 (-0.49%) from the end of April. The decline was mainly the result of a near $9 million drop at Oanda,
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 10:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
As New Rules Go Into Effect, Advanced Markets Swaps NFA For ASIC Regulation
- Deciding it’s not worth the $20,000,000 minimums; Advanced Markets has also officially withdrawn all of its licenses with the NFA. As of June 28th, the broker withdrew both its FCM license and NFA membership.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 09:16 GMT by
Ron Finberg
New Zealand FMA CEO Sean Hughes Announces Resignation, Will Clear His Desk At End Of 2013
- The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority today announced the intention of its CEO to stand down at the end of this year, after a three year tenure during the inaugural stages of the national regulator.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 09:13 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Platform Provider OMEX Systems Appoints Two Ex-Wall Street Senior Technology Executives
- New York-based platform provider OMEX Systems yesterday announced two senior level appointments. Matt Weiss assumes his role as Head of Client Support, and Tony Panos brought on board as Head of Sales.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 08:15 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
German Internet Bank Partners With Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH To Offer Virtual Currency Accounts
- German online banking firm Fidor Bank yesterday announced that it has entered into a partnership with Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH to offer its clients banking and deposit facilities for the virtual currency.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 07:46 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Operations Stabilize as London Capital Group Issues H1 2013 Trading Update
- For the period ending June 30th, LCG announced that it expects to report adjusted profit before tax from continuing operations of around £3.1m, which compares compared to £2.1m for the same period last year.
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 06:53 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Sina and Baidu acquire third party payment licenses
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 00:00 GMT by
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MoneyClip, Mobile Wallet trial near University of Nebraska
Thursday, 11/07/2013 | 00:00 GMT by
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EBS Ups The Connectivity Game With Cost In Mind - Launches Internet Ai Solution
- British electronic trading firm EBS has today announced the launch of Internet Ai, a low-cost connectivity option which accesses the platform via S-tunnel encrypted connections and reduces latency.
Wednesday, 10/07/2013 | 17:33 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
If You Build it they Will Come – CySec Releases H1 2013 License List
- Cypriot financial regulator, CySec, has released its list of firms that were granted licenses during the first half of 2013. Bucking worries of the country’s financial difficulties, Cyprus continues to see strong demand for licenses.
Wednesday, 10/07/2013 | 16:03 GMT by
Ron Finberg
FXSpotStream Adds Desktop Application to its Existing API FX Aggregation Offering
- XSpotStream, a subsidiary of LiquidityMatch, and multi-bank aggregator of FX spot liquidity, has announced the launch of desktop application. The product adds to their existing API based aggregation feed.
Wednesday, 10/07/2013 | 13:44 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Almost Majors – Swissquote Launches CNY, BRL and INR Trading
- Swissquote, is expanding its FX trading instruments with the launch of BRL, CNY, and INR pairs on its platform today. According to a representative of the firm, the additions are based on meeting demand from clients.
Wednesday, 10/07/2013 | 12:03 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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