By Aaron Nicodemus2024-08-14T17:44:00
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined a Cyprus-based trading company more than 276,000 pounds (U.S. $354,000) for unfair customer treatment and providing unauthorized investment advice.
Forex TB Limited (FXTB), which sold complex leveraged financial products called contract for difference (CFD) to inexperienced investors, was prohibited from providing services in the U.K. in April 2021 and lost all permissions in October 2023, the FCA said in a press release Wednesday.
When FXTB, which also traded as Patron FX, serviced U.K. clients, the firms failed to treat customers fairly, and provided investment advice when they were not authorized to do so, the FCA alleged.
2025-01-28T15:35:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Maria Aristidou Demetriou, chief compliance officer at Cyprus-based Hellenic Bank, spoke to Compliance Week about derisking in the Cypriot banking sector since Russian’s invasion of Ukraine and efforts to combat corruption, money laundering, and sanctions evasion.
2025-01-28T15:35:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Are there success stories in the international fight against money laundering and sanctions evasion? The island nation of Cyprus is making its case.
2024-10-02T18:22:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority fined Starling Bank, Britain’s first digital bank, nearly 29 million pounds (U.S. $38.5 million) for repeated failures related to onboarding high-risk customers.
2025-08-04T18:13:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The U.S. Department of Justice says the chief executive and medical director of Fast Lab Technologies allegedly engaged in a $500 million fraud scheme involving COVID-19 tests.
2025-07-31T18:47:00Z By Adrianne Appel
More than 50 people and 50 ships connected to a top Iranian official were added to the U.S. Treasury’s sanctions list on Wednesday, according to the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
2025-07-31T16:44:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Kentucky took aim at Chinese company Temu, alleging in a lawsuit that it counterfeited popular Kentucky-designed merchandise and violated customers’ privacy.
Site powered by Webvision Cloud