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11th September 2017

Equifax’s hacking nightmare worsens for victims

After Equifax revealed that sensitive data on two of every five Americans was exposed in a cyberattack, thousands logged onto a company website to see if they were at risk. For many, the site didn’t work at first. But for those who got through, an unpleasant surprise was waiting. Read More

8th September 2017

Russia to regulate bitcoin market: finance minister

Russia’s finance ministry wants to regulate the circulation of cryptocurrencies involving Russian citizens and firms, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday. Russian financial authorities initially treated any sort of money issued by non-state approved institutions as illegal but later accepted the globally booming market of cryptocurrencies. Read More

8th September 2017

Equifax bosses sell $2m in shares after massive cyberattack

Three executives of Equifax sold shares worth nearly $2 million in the company days after a data breach was found to affect 143 million consumers in the United States, filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission showed. The fillings showed that the trio – Chief Financial Officer John Gamble Jr.,… Read More

8th September 2017

Brexit: Just 25% UK-based banks seek EU licence

Fewer than ten of the approximately 40 banks that conduct EU business out of London have applied so far for a licence to continue banking in the bloc after Britain leaves, regulatory sources told Reuters. The slow pace of applications is raising concern at the European Central Bank, the EU’s… Read More

8th September 2017

HSBC begins payouts to firms whose accounts it froze

HSBC has offered compensation to at least two of the small British businesses caught up unintentionally in a crackdown on illicit money, seeking to limit the damage from an operation that has been criticized by lawmakers and industry. Reuters reported on Aug. 24 that HSBC had closed or frozen the… Read More

8th September 2017

Bulgaria to investigate $3bn Azerbaijan Laundromat claims

Bulgaria has ordered an investigation after revelations by the Guardian and other media partners that Azerbaijan operated a secret $2.9bn fund to lobby influential Europeans and to funnel money offshore. Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov said he was launching an inquiry into Kalin Mitrev, Bulgaria’s representative to the European Bank of Reconstruction… Read More

7th September 2017

US readies sanctions on countries trading with North Korea

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has prepared an executive order that would allow President Donald Trump to sanction any country that continues to trade with North Korea if the United Nations doesn’t pass broad new sanctions under consideration, he said Wednesday. “I have an executive order prepared that’s ready to go… Read More

7th September 2017

Samsung’s Lee replaces attorney ahead of bribery appeal

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has replaced his lawyer ahead of an appeal against the five-year jail term he was given for bribery and other charges, a spokesman for his law firm said on Thursday. Attorney Song Wu-cheol was replaced by Lee In-jae, a more senior representative attorney… Read More

5th September 2017

Trial adjourned for Tesco supermarket executives in accounting scandal

The trial of three former senior executives at Tesco accused of fraud and false accounting was adjourned on Monday until 25 September. Christopher Bush, who was managing director of Tesco UK, Carl Rogberg, who was UK finance director, and John Scouler, who was UK food commercial director, are all charged… Read More

4th September 2017

HSBC heads off complaints over small business account closures

HSBC has rushed to head off complaints from small businesses that found the bank had frozen or closed down their accounts as part of a crackdown on financial crime. Hundreds of small firms are thought to be affected, whose businesses range from an avocado importer to marketing and design companies. Read More

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