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DWF Acquires Leading Compliance Training Business, Zing365

Date 25/05/2021

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has today acquired Zing365, a leading compliance training and professional development business, to further extend its Connected Services offering.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Response To Amigo’s Scheme Being Rejected By The High Court

Date 25/05/2021

The Court has refused to sanction the Scheme of Arrangement proposed by Amigo (the Scheme). The FCA had objected to the proposed Scheme and is now carefully considering the Court’s judgment and Amigo’s response.

Securities Commission Malaysia - UNCDF Driving Islamic Fintech Innovation Ecosystem With FIKRA Accelerator Programme Global Call For Submission Kick-Starts Today!

Date 25/05/2021

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), through its Centre for Financial Health programme, today launched an innovation programme to develop a vibrant Islamic fintech innovation ecosystem in Malaysia’s Islamic capital market (ICM).  

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority: Thousands Of Young New Zealanders Missing Out On Investment Returns

Date 25/05/2021

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko - is urging young New Zealanders to check they’re in the right KiwiSaver fund. The call follows data indicating over 12,000 KiwiSaver members aged 26-35 years old are sitting in lower risk or conservative funds after switching from higher growth funds during COVID-19 market volatility last year.

CredAvenue Goes Live On MonetaGo Secure Financing Network

Date 25/05/2021

CredAvenue, a new age debt marketplace and part of Vivriti group, has gone live with MonetaGo’s invoice fraud prevention solution. MonetaGo will enable CredAvenue to prevent the risk of double financing of invoices and help with verifying the genuineness of the invoices and eWay Bills submitted for financing.  

PayMyTuition Supports Strategic Expansion In China With Selection Of Fiserv To Enable Local Payment Methods For Overseas Service - PayMyTuition And Fiserv Will Enable Students To Pay Overseas Tuition Fees Using Preferred Payment Methods Such As Alipay And WeChat Pay

Date 25/05/2021

• PayMyTuition and Fiserv will enable students to pay overseas tuition fees using preferred payment methods such as Alipay and WeChat Pay
• Education institutions and enterprises outside China will benefit from payment settlement in their local currency

40th Annual Government-Business Forum On Small Business Capital Formation, SE Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, May 24, 2021

Date 24/05/2021

Thank you, Martha [Miller].  I am pleased to be here on the first day of our fortieth annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.  These events are a wonderful opportunity to bring people together to discuss the nuts and bolts of capital formation, a topic of heightened importance this year as the economy begins the long transition back from virtual to in-person.  With that transition, we hope that small businesses that have held on through the pandemic will regain momentum.  We also look forward to seeing new businesses, the brainchildren of entrepreneurs stuck at home during the pandemic, get off to a strong start. 

ISDA: The Role Of Financial Markets And Institutions In Supporting The Global Economy During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Date 24/05/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic arrived suddenly in a world that was unprepared for such an event and impacted the global economy severely and at pace. While global markets have become accustomed to economic shocks over the past century, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis was different in one material respect – it stemmed from a global health crisis that quickly morphed into an economic crisis.

A Toast To 40: Opening Remarks At The SEC Small Business Forum, Martha Miller, Advocate For Small Business Capital Formation, May 24, 2021

Date 24/05/2021

Good afternoon, everyone. Whether this is your first Small Business Forum or fortieth, I want to thank you for joining us today and over the course of the week. Planning any 40th event—whether a birthday, anniversary, or work milestone—engenders an element of nostalgia. If this were a birthday party, we might have a slideshow of childhood pictures and play top hits from the year of birth. In planning for this year’s 40th Small Business Forum, our team couldn’t help but think about the original Forum in 1982 and the events that precipitated it. So please humor me today as I paint the picture of then and now, photos and all. The good news for you: unlike a birthday party toast, this one will not trail on and on, leaving you wondering which cousin will take the mic from the loquacious uncle.

SIFMA And The SIFMA Foundation Announce The Top 10 Winners Of The 18th Annual Capitol Hill Challenge And Congratulate All Participants - Top 10 Schools To Be Recognized In A Virtual Awards Ceremony On June 9th

Date 24/05/2021

SIFMA and the SIFMA Foundation today congratulate all the participants of the 18th Annual Capitol Hill Challenge™ national financial education program, generously underwritten by Charles Schwab Foundation, and announce the 10 teams who rose to the top of this rigorous investment competition. Student teams representing public middle and high schools in every US congressional district were invited to show their investing prowess by managing high-performing, diversified portfolios. Remarkably, despite continued school disruptions this year, more than 10,000 students and their teachers persevered to finish the Challenge, demonstrating incredible commitment and achieving impressive results. Dynamic market conditions made for an exciting competition.