On Monday, a South Korean top
financial regulator announced that the South Korean Ministry of Justice is considering banning all types of cryptocurrency transactions in the country to protect people against scams, even though an estimated 1 million South Koreans own bitcoin.
Korea's
financial regulator announced on Tuesday that the government will support «normal transactions, The Korea Herald reports, some three weeks after it banned trading via anonymous accounts.
Not exact matches
Swiss
financial regulator, FINMA,
announces that is looking into specific Swiss banks, including whether they did business with 1MDB.
Since the start of 2017, Chinese
regulators have
announced a slew of steps to coax
financial institutions to reduce riskier activity and leverage, targeting everything from interbank lending levels to bond trading, negotiable certificates of deposit and entrusted loans.
BitFlyer, a major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange,
announced Thursday that it will toughen its know - your - customer process after reported criticism from the country's
financial regulator.
SHANGHAI — A Chinese
regulator announced on Friday that it had taken disciplinary measures against the Anbang Insurance Group, a
financial behemoth that has tried to invest tens of billions of dollars overseas, for the improper sale of two investment products.
On January 18, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), a pan-EU
financial regulator,
announced the beginning of a consultation period during which it will consider possible restrictions on cryptocurrency derivatives, specifically contracts for difference (CFDs).
Valeant
announced today that it anticipates a delay in filing its audited annual
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, the related management's discussion and analysis, certificates of its CEO and CFO and its 2015 Form 10 - K (collectively, the «Canadian Required Filings») with Canadian securities
regulators until after the March 30, 2016 filing deadline.
Federal and state banking
regulators have hit Barclays with a $ 2.4 billion fine for its role in manipulating spot trading in the foreign exchange market and New York is due to receive $ 485 million from the penalty, the Department of
Financial Services on Wednesday
announced.
Financial regulators in New York have
announced plans to investigate reports that gay men have been denied insurance policies because they were taking PrEP.
In the face of this scientific uncertainty, Governor Cuomo
announced in February that
regulators at the Department of
Financial Services were ordering health plans to cover tomosynthesis «when medically necessary.»
Yesterday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
announced the state Department of
Financial Services, one of the nation's toughest banking
regulators, would extend its reach to include overseeing credit - reporting firms.
The move
announced by the Department of
Financial Services comes after
regulators found some providers have charged the prevailing fee or more outside of New York, which has led to inflated claims and deplted coverage as well more lawsuits and increased premiums.
The state also
announced it has launched an investigation of Health Republic because the insurer did not accurately report its
financial condition to
regulators.
«Our Department of
Financial Services is an effective and forceful
regulator, and we will continue to enforce our anti-money laundering rules,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said last week in
announcing New York's role in the bank investigation.
Earlier this year, changes were
announced by
financial regulators that demanded mortgage lenders hold back a larger portion of money — just in case.
France's
financial markets
regulator, the AMF, has
announced that the ban on electronic advertising of forex and binary options products, also extends to the recently appeared derivatives with cryptocurrencies as an underlying asset.
France's
financial markets
regulator, the AMF, has
announced that the ban on electronic advertising of forex and binary options products, also extends to the recently appeared derivatives with...
The
regulator announced a set of consultations on the bill which is designed to limit the advertisement of highly speculative and risky
financial contracts.
Belize's
regulator, the International
Financial Services Commission (IFSC), has
announced that the parent company of the binary options broker OptionRally — TCM Investments Ltd. has no longer a Belize license.
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)-- the body unifying all regional
financial markets and services
regulators in the country — has
announced an official ban on binary options.
The French
financial regulator, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
announced it is lifting the ban on binary options broker 24Option.
Cyprus's domestic
financial regulator CySEC has released a list
announcing the firms which have been granted CySEC licence between June and September of this year.
[span style = «font - size: 12.16 px; line - height: 15.808 px;»] It began with little fanfare when Maureen Jensen, the first woman to be nominated as chairwoman and chief executive officer of the Ontario Securities Commission,
announced plans in late September to create the first innovation hub by a Canadian securities
regulator to help
financial technology companies navigate the OSC's regulatory framework.
November 14, 2011 - The Kansas Insurance Department has gotten accreditation for its
financial regulation of coverage providers,
regulators have
announced.
Japan's
financial regulator has
announced it will take steps to inspect business practices of trading platforms to make sure they comply with proper security measures.
The
financial regulator of Japan has
announced its plans to inspect national cryptocurrency exchanges after Coincheck lost $ 530 million in altcoins due to hack attack.
The
Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC)
announced on September 3 that it held a joint task force meeting with digital currency - related institutions and
regulators, such as the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) and the National Tax Service (NTS), on the 1st to promote the viable measures within the current legal boundaries and come up with the measures that narrow blind areas.
CoinDesk Japan's
Financial Services Agency has issued operating licenses to 11 bitcoin exchanges, the
regulator announced today.
Adding to the ICO discussion, the Hong Kong
financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC),
announced that tokens issued via initial coin offerings, or ICOs, may be classified as securities.
Japan's
Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued operating licenses to 11 bitcoin exchanges, the
regulator announced today.
Early this month, news.Bitcoin.com reported on Korea's top
financial regulators jointly
announcing their plans to deal with digital currencies by requiring banks to perform due diligence and bitcoin exchanges to intensify their user verification procedures.
XBRL US today
announced a free half - day day forum for
financial technologists, investors, analysts,
regulators, investor relations professionals and data providers, called: Smart Contracts, Blockchain & Data Standards.
On the eve of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, the head of an international group of central bank
regulators that coordinates the
financial regulation of the G20
announced that cryptocurrencies do not pose risks to global
financial stability.
A report by Mortgage Professionals Canada, a national mortgage - broker industry association, forecasts about 18 percent of home buyers — or about 100,000 people a year — would not qualify for their preferred home purchase option under new rules
announced in October by Canada's banking
regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of
Financial Institutions.