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EBA Consultation On The Guidelines On The Criteria On How To Stipulate The Minimum Monetary Amount Of The Professional Indemnity Insurance Under PSD2 (EBA-CP-2016-12)

Date 22/09/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines on the criteria Competent Authorities should consider when stipulating the minimum monetary amount of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) or comparable guarantee for payment initiation and account information service providers under the revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2).

Blockchain Could Create Efficiencies For Markets - By Craig Donohue, OCC Executive Chairman And CEO September 22, 2016

Date 22/09/2016

In nearly every interview I do I am asked for my thoughts on the future of technology, particularly blockchain.

EBA Publishes Final Draft Technical Standards On Information Exchange Between Authorities Regarding Qualifying Holdings

Date 22/09/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the procedures, forms and templates that Competent Authorities in the EU should use when consulting each other on qualifying holdings. The objective of these ITS is to streamline information exchanges and ensure effective communications between concerned authorities, both on a cross-border basis and across sectors.

CBOE Holdings Announces Date Of Third-Quarter 2016 Earnings Release And Conference Call

Date 22/09/2016

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) will announce its financial results for the third quarter of 2016 before the market opens on Friday, October 28, 2016.  A conference call with remarks by CBOE Holdings, Inc. senior management will begin at 7:30 a.m. Central Time (CT). 

EBA Consults On Guidelines On Professional Indemnity Insurance Or Comparable Guarantee For Payment Initiation And Account Information Services Providers

Date 22/09/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines on the criteria Competent Authorities should consider when stipulating the minimum monetary amount of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) or comparable guarantee for payment initiation and account information service providers under the revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2).

CFTC Charges Jamal Y. Vance And His Company All City Investments, LLC With Solicitation Fraud In Connection With Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Transactions And Failure To Register As A Commodity Trading Advisor

Date 22/09/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Defendants Jamal Y. Vance and All City Investments, LLC (All City), charging Defendants with solicitation fraud in connection with off-exchange foreign currency (forex) transactions and with failure to register as Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) with the CFTC as required. Vance’s last known address is in Orlando, Florida, and All City has a principal place of business in Dallas, Texas.

EBA Consults On Technical Standards On Fee Terminology And Disclosure Documents Under The Payment Accounts Directive

Date 22/09/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on draft technical standards setting out the standardised terminology for services linked to a payment account, the standardised format and common symbol of both the fee information document (FID) and the statement of fees (SoF). These technical standards are aimed at enhancing the comparability of fees through standardised terminology and disclosure documents across the European Union. This will allow consumers to compare offers from different payment services providers and to make informed decisions on the payment account that best suits their needs.

NovitasFTCL Advises The Shareholders Of Neonet On Its Sale To KCG

Date 22/09/2016

We are pleased to announce that NovitasFTCL acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Neonet (including Hay Tor Capital, KAS BANK and Nordic Capital/Cidron Delphi Intressenter) in its sale to KCG. This is the third sale of a European business to a US buyer that we announce so far in 2016, following the Risk Intelligence Ireland/Verisk Analytics and AlgoSpan/Pico transactions.

smartTrade Technologies Launches smartAnalytics A Cross-Asset Big Data Analytics Solution

Date 22/09/2016

smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading solutions pioneer, announces today the launch of smartAnalytics, a cross-asset big data analytics solution.

Global Economic Tsunamis: Coincidence, Common Shocks Or Contagion? Speech Given By Kristin Forbes, External MPC Member, Bank Of England, At Imperial College, London

Date 22/09/2016

Kristin explores why countries are sometimes highly vulnerable to major events that occur outside their borders, while at other times seem fairly immune. Why do some negative events turn into global tsunamis – while others are just local ripples?

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