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Roger Ver Joins LivenPay's Advisory Board
2019-02-25T14:58:18.000+02:00
The company is scheduled to start its token sale on February 28.
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Huobi Takes Over Its Australian Subsidiary Amid Market Slump
2019-02-25T13:13:14.000+02:00
The exchange has also dropped its plans to introduce fiat-to-crypto trading in Australia.
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ASIC Bans Another Director at Jade Capital Matthew McCrow
2019-02-25T09:56:10.000+02:00
McCrow was banned because he was involved in the company’s breach of financial services law.
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Australia Passes Bill to Enhance Whistleblower Protection
2019-02-21T10:05:45.000+02:00
ASIC will oversee the implementation of the reforms in July.
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ASX Revenues Climb 6.5% in the First Half of Fiscal 2019
2019-02-14T08:52:27.000+02:00
Revenue was up by 3.8 percent on a statutory basis and 6.5 percent on a like-for-like accounting basis.
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Former Aussie FX Trader at Deutsche Bank Sentenced to Prison
2019-02-12T09:19:48.000+02:00
Andrew Donaldson fraudulently filed with Deutsche that he made profits of more than AU$31 million.
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iSignthis Completes Key Milestone in ADI Licence Application
2019-02-07T11:17:41.000+02:00
The company has received third-party verification for its core banking platform, a necessary step to receive the licence.
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iSignthis Announces New Partnerships as NAB Moves Away from FX
2019-02-06T08:58:25.000+02:00
The new agreements are to combat the upcoming termination of its cooperation with the National Australia Bank.
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Regulation
The Seemingly Never-Ending Warning List of ASIC Grows Again
2019-02-05T10:18:22.000+02:00
The regulator has warned against KontoFX (NTMT Transformatic Markets OU) and Fortune Way Limited (FXFWay UK Limited).
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ASIC Suspends AFS License of Halifax
2019-01-14T09:12:45.000+02:00
Halifax has been in administration since November, 2018.
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Don’t Deal with Estonian Broker 4XFX, ASIC Warns
2019-01-10T09:56:55.000+02:00
4XFX is unlicensed in Australia to provide financial services and it could be involved in a scam.
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Exclusive: Saxo Australia's CEO Ben Smoker Steps Down
2019-01-04T09:56:40.000+02:00
Smoker is moving to BT Financial Group, where he will be a Director from January 14, 2019.
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Australian Taxman Eyes Crypto-Trading Gains
2018-12-19T12:56:53.000+02:00
The Australian Tax Office clarified that it sees cryptocurrencies as property, not currency.
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FX Volumes in 2018: Europe’s Pain is Australia’s Gain
2018-12-17T14:27:17.000+02:00
Whilst many EU brokers suffered in the second and third quarter of this year, Aussie brokers were on the rise.
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ASIC Warns Against Scammers Impersonating the Regulator
2018-12-17T10:06:41.000+02:00
Scammers from Luxembourg Offshore Banking are falsely claiming that funds are being processed or withheld by ASIC.
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First EU Merchant Goes Live on Unified Payments Platform ISXPay
2018-12-13T10:54:49.000+02:00
The solution brings together the company’s Tier 1 platforms - Paydentity, ISXPay and Probanx.com.
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Regulation
ASIC Announces Major Changes to Reporting Requirements
2018-12-03T10:13:31.000+02:00
Full-year and half-year reports at December 31, 2018, must comply with these new accounting standards.
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ASIC Cancels AFS Licence of OTC Derivative Issuer Berndale
2018-11-30T08:59:16.000+02:00
ASIC has also banned Stavro D’Amore, a former director of the firm, from providing financial services for six years.
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Invast Global Continues Support of Aussie Women’s Sevens Team
2018-11-29T10:15:19.000+02:00
Today, the team is in Dubai and will begin to battle it out for the HSBC Sevens Women’s World Series.
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Exclusive: Halifax Investment Services Has Gone Bust
2018-11-25T16:35:57.000+02:00
The Sydney-based company shares its owner with two other finance firms.
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Exclusive: ASIC Broker License Prices Hit Whopping $4 Million
2018-11-21T19:16:28.000+02:00
Regulatory arbitrage comes at a hefty cost as ASIC still trailing on leverage restrictions.
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State One Stockbroking fined $500,000 for Compliance Failures
2018-11-21T11:00:02.000+02:00
The firm was ordered to pay penalties totalling $350,000 for not complying with ASIC’s Market Integrity Rules.
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How Not to Do Business in Australia: The Story of AGM Markets
2018-11-21T07:51:27.000+02:00
AGM Markets got its license revoked and most recently the company’s CEO got a ban from the industry.
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IG Promotes Kevin Algeo to Head of Asia Pacific and Africa
2018-11-19T17:59:35.000+02:00
The long-time industry veteran has been with the London-headquartered brokerage since 2013.
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Regulation
ASIC Adds 10 Unauthorized Financial Firms to its Blacklist
2018-11-19T17:09:35.000+02:00
The firms range from FX, CFD, and cryptocurrency brokers, to investment firms.
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