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US DOJ Is Probing Visa over 'Token' Technology Pricing Practices: Report

  • Visa reportedly planned to adjust its fees, thereby sparking a new investigation by the DOJ.
  • UK payments watchdog sought to review Visa and Mastercard's card fees last year.
Wednesday, 16/08/2023 | 20:23 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

“Facing Difficulties”: CySEC Investigates CIF That Struggles with Client Funds Returns

  • CySEC has licensed Ayers Alliance for nearly a decade.
  • The company's first regulatory problems began in 2022.
Thursday, 03/08/2023 | 11:56 GMT by Damian Chmiel
Institutional FX

Swiss Lawmakers’ Probe of Credit Suisse Crash to Kick Off This Week: Report

  • The lawmakers formally agreed to create an investigative commission in early June.
  • Credit Suisse was a troubled banking institution before its collapse in March.
Tuesday, 11/07/2023 | 15:07 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency

Binance Jumbled Customer Funds with Company Revenue: Report

  • Binance allegedly mingled $20M from a corporate account with $15M of customer funds.
  • The CCO, Patrick Hillmann blasted the report, calling it "weak" and "conspiracy theories."
Tuesday, 23/05/2023 | 22:45 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Regulation

Crypto Scandal: South Korea’s Ruling Party Sends Team to Wemix Issuer

  • Probe into the independent lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk's crypto activities continues.
  • Prosecutors previously raided Upbit and Bithumb as part of the investigation.
Friday, 19/05/2023 | 14:51 GMT by FM Contributors
Institutional FX

SVB Financial Executives' Share Sales under Scrutiny in Ongoing SEC and DoJ Probes

  • DoJ and SEC join Fed in examining the SVB's crisis.
  • Investigations include reviewing SVB Financial executives' shares sales before the collapse.
Wednesday, 15/03/2023 | 09:43 GMT by Damian Chmiel
CryptoCurrency

Bulgaria Launches Probe of Crypto Lender Nexo, Raids Offices

  • The probe relates to the alleged AML failure and violation of sanctions against Russia.
  • Nexo accused regulators of adopting a "kick first, ask questions later" method.
Thursday, 12/01/2023 | 13:08 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Regulation

BaFin to Investigate blockchains.de

  • The trading platform is not supervised by BaFin.
  • Blockchains.de business address is located in London, UK, as of press time.
Wednesday, 11/05/2022 | 20:30 GMT by Felipe Erazo
Executive Moves

Binance Hires Nils Andersen Röed to Expand Its Investigations and Audit Team

  • Andersen Röed previously worked at Europol as a specialist on the Dark Web team.
Friday, 17/09/2021 | 06:16 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Payments

Finablr Selects Skadden to Investigate Potential Wrongdoings

  • Skadden has been named as lead counsel to investigate historic potential malfeasance within the Group.
Wednesday, 22/07/2020 | 08:44 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

Justice Department Charges Payment Processor of Bitfinex

  • Two individuals have been charged with shadow banking services to crypto exchanges, Bitfinex among them
Wednesday, 01/05/2019 | 15:11 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
News

John McAfee Among Defendants Named in Pump and Dump Lawsuit

  • John McAfee and a firm where he once worked are being sued by investors over an SEC investigation into that firm's ex-CEO.
Wednesday, 03/10/2018 | 11:47 GMT by Simon Golstein
Regulation

Next Headache for Aussie Brokers? Consumer Watchdog Looks into FX Services

  • The ACCC will examine why major companies in the country are able to consistently charge high prices for currency conversion.
Tuesday, 02/10/2018 | 07:18 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

FCA Investigates 24 Unregulated Cryptocurrency Businesses

  • The FCA controls cryptocurrency derivatives, but cryptocurrencies themselves are outside UK law.
Sunday, 27/05/2018 | 09:47 GMT by Simon Golstein
News

US Justice Department Begins Criminal Investigation of Bitcoin Manipulation

  • The authority is reportedly working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Thursday, 24/05/2018 | 11:57 GMT by Simon Golstein
Regulation

US DoJ Officially Charges Former Yukom CEO Lee Elbaz for Wire Fraud

  • The Israeli national was charged with three counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Monday, 26/03/2018 | 10:21 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Executive Moves

Deutsche Börse CEO Carsten Kengeter Resigns Amid Insider-Trading Probes

  • Kengeter bought shares worth €4.8 million just over two months before the merger talks with LSE were publicly announced.
Thursday, 26/10/2017 | 17:00 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

American Lawyers Try to Organize ICO Investors to Sue Tezos

  • The lawyers say that they have launched an investigation on behalf of investors in the Tezos ICO.
Monday, 23/10/2017 | 11:02 GMT by Avi Mizrahi
Regulation

Deutsche Börse Reaches €10.5m Settlement, Ending CEO Probe

  • The group has reached a €10.5m settlement with prosecutors over insider trading charges against Carsten Kengeter.
Thursday, 14/09/2017 | 08:36 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Prime Brokerage

Credit Suisse Facing Tax Probe Across Five Countries

  • A lingering tax probe into Credit Suisse's operations could weigh upon its recovery plan in 2017.
Monday, 03/04/2017 | 12:46 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

US Department of Justice Closes Probe into Deutsche Bank's FX Activities

  • A US DoJ investigation has been closed, yielding no fine for Deutsche Bank after a probe into its FX activities.
Monday, 20/03/2017 | 16:48 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Prime Brokerage

Deutsche Börse’s Carsten Kengeter Shoots Down Insider Trading Charges

  • The Deutsche Börse Chief Executive strongly denies any allegations of insider trading amidst an investigation.
Thursday, 16/02/2017 | 10:26 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

ADR scandal rumbles on for Big 4 depositary banks

  • WSJ confirms SEC has handed subpoenas to BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JP Morgan.
Tuesday, 08/11/2016 | 14:10 GMT by Anna Reitman
Regulation

10 Bankers Face Court Over Euribor Rate Rigging

  • After the huge Libor-related settlements and fines, regulators are focusing on Euribor-rigging allegations
Friday, 13/11/2015 | 17:48 GMT by Irina Slav
Regulation

The FX Rigging Scandal a Year After - Lesson Learned?

  • FX clients have lost their trust in the banks and investors are worried about the overall impact of fines crossing over $10 billion.
Monday, 07/09/2015 | 10:19 GMT by Avi Mizrahi
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