Sentences with phrase «regulator of the watchdog»

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Online lenders have not been feeling a lot of love lately, at least not from regulators and other consumer watchdog groups who are wary of the industry.

It therefore has a lot of incentive to play nice, which is another way of saying that regulators, competition watchdogs and government have plenty of reasons to be wary of any such partnerships.

The watchdog is leading the probe with the backing of the European Union's remaining 27 regulators, who this week vowed to collaborate to get to the bottom of the «very serious allegation with far - reaching consequences.»

China is merging its banking and insurance regulators and transferring some of those watchdogs» roles to the central bank, the government has announced.

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters)- The U.S. derivatives regulator has sent a subpoena to two of the world's largest cryptocurrency platforms, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, as watchdogs globally increase their scrutiny of the emerging asset class.

The ultimate goal is to create a common nation - wide regulator and end the patchwork of 13 provincial and territorial securities watchdogs.

Two more provinces have agreed to join a voluntary national securities regulator expected to begin operations in the fall of 2015, bringing the total number on board to four and giving the upcoming capital markets watchdog a more pan-Canadian scope.

** MegaFon, Russia's No. 2 mobile phone company, has obtained clearance from the country's competition watchdog for a potential acquisition of rival Scartel, the regulator said.

Politicians call for watchdog to gauge affects of deal, saying it should not hurt suppliersMPs from two parliamentary committees have called on the competition regulator to examine how the merger of Sainsbury's and Asda will affect suppliers.The merger of the UK's second - and third - largest supermarket chains could hand them control of about 30 % of the -LSB-...]

Money Control IPOs The company had filed IPO papers with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in January and received «observations» from the regulator on April 3, as per the latest update with the markets watchdog.

A whistleblower is accusing some key financial regulators of allowing sensitive broker information to become readily accessible, even as industry watchdogs emphasized the need for companies to protect client data.

Charging that thousands of patients are being misled and may be unnecessarily placed at increased risk of death, a U.S. watchdog group last week demanded that federal regulators suspend a major clinical trial exploring when to offer blood transfusions after a heart attack.

Rather than simply urge the CCTS to release the survey results quickly, the regulator has ordered it to do so — a move that came as a pleasant surprise to Howard Deane of the Consumer Council of Canada, who has been pushing the watchdog on the issue.

• Bank regulators have watered down a proposal that would have required borrowers to provide banks with new proof of their creditworthiness each time they renewed their mortgages, the watchdog said on Wednesday.

Canadian securities watchdogs issued 60 investors alerts against businesses and individuals in 2016, of which more than half dealt with online offers of binary options, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), an umbrella organization of the country's provincial and territorial securities regulators, said in its 2016 enforcement report.

A notice issued on Wednesday by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), an umbrella organization of Canada's provincial and territorial securities regulators, regarding binary options providers was widely circulated by the financial watchdogs, including the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF), and the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC).

Watchdog agencies announce debt collection crackdown — Federal and state regulators announced a coordinated effort to fight a growing tide of debt collection abuses... (more)

[Update - Nov. 2005: Federal regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, spurred on by watchdog groups, are requiring banks that issue credit cards to increase minimum payments in accordance with guidelines laid out in Feb. 2003.

The proposed acquisition of Canadian exchange operator TMX Group by a consortium of Canadian financial institutions has won approval from Canada's top securities regulator, potentially clearing the way for approval by the country's main competition watchdog.

Insurance regulator IRDA, which has won its turf war with market watchdog SEBI over regulation of ULIPs, is expected to tighten norms for these schemes, including commission charges, to make them attractive for investors.

Such rationalisation of ULIPs commissions could also help narrow the gap between it and mutual funds, he said responding to queries over how a compromise could be reached between insurance regulator IRDA and capital market watchdog SEBI on the ULIPs issue.

To end the acrimony between the two regulators, the government issued an ULIP Ordinance on June 18 as capital markets regulator SEBI and insurance watchdog IRDA could not resolve their dispute over which of them was empowered to regulate such products.

Following a public spat between capital market regulator SEBI and insurance sector watchdog IRDA on which of the two should regulate ULIPs that invest heavily in stock and bond markets, the Finance Ministry last month announced that the issue should be resolved by an «appropriate court.»

The insurance industry will remember 2010 as an eventful year in which insurance regulator Irda came out on top in a turf war with market watchdog Sebi over the regulation of Unit - Linked Insurance Products, with the end result of such schemes becoming investor - friendly.

Thereby the government is indicating that it is serious about letting insurance watchdog IRDA and the insurers a free playing field when it comes to the lucrative Ulips, even if it is at the cost of market regulator Sebi and may well not be in the interest of hundreds of thousands of investors.

A prosecutor from Seoul claimed the office was alerted to the potential misuse of customer funds during an external audit into cryptocurrency exchanges by Korea's regulator and watchdog.

A coalition of consumer watchdogs filed a complaint Friday urging federal regulators to investigate the feature.

In a statement published by the Financial Services Agency on Friday, the agency confirmed Thursday's news that suggested Binance was about to be warned by the financial watchdog given its lack of registration with the regulator.

Elsewhere, the Bank of Korea (the country's central bank), the Financial Supervisory Service (the financial watchdog) and the Fair Trade Commission (the regulator for economic competition), have all banned their employees from trading cryptocurrencies during work hours, urging them to trade during their off - duty hours instead.

The UK's data protection watchdog, the ICO, has also applied for a warrant to gain access to CA's offices and servers — accusing the company of failing to hand over information the regulator had requested as part of a wider investigation it's carrying out into the use of data analytics for political purposes.

Cryptocurrency scams are nothing new and have seen a number of regulators and watchdogs turning up their scrutiny against fraudulent crypto - related investment schemes.

The head of South Korea's financial regulator and watchdog has now confirmed the government will support cryptocurrency trading while encouraging banks to facilitate transactions with exchanges, effectively killing any fears of a rumored ban.

Facebook is now facing intense and increasing scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers, including an investigation launched by Britain's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, which is seeking a warrant to search the offices of Cambridge Analytica.

The head of South Korea's financial regulator and watchdog has now confirmed the government will support cryptocurrency trading while encouraging banks to facilitate transactions with exchanges,...

Cryptocurrency investors now have peace of mind as the head of South Korea's financial regulator, and watchdog has said that authorities will support cryptocurrency trading.

CNIL, France's data protection authority and the chair of a group of privacy regulators across Europe, said in August that privacy watchdogs will be monitoring the change to WhatsApp's policy «with great vigilance.»

(Bloomberg)-- China's insurance regulator is planning to send inspectors to Anbang Insurance Group Co., a person with knowledge of the matter said, after the watchdog stepped up scrutiny of insurers» investments in real estate and...

(Bloomberg)-- China's insurance regulator is planning to send inspectors to Anbang Insurance Group Co., a person with knowledge of the matter said, after the watchdog stepped up scrutiny of insurers» investments in real estate and unlisted equities.