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Portugal: Golden Visa Investment Rises by 42%
The amount of money invested in Portugal through golden visas in 2022 was €654.2 million, a 41.9 percent rise from the prior year. A...
Jan 11, 20232 min read


A member of the ECB board wants crypto to be covered by gambling laws
Fabio Panetta, a board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), has advocated for regulators to approach the trading of unbacked...
Jan 10, 20233 min read


McDonald's avoids SEC penalties for false claims about its fired CEO
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has determined that McDonald's broke the law when it partially withheld information that was...
Jan 10, 20233 min read


Cyprus must confront the difficulties of the energy transition to prosper
In spite of being a necessary and ambitious goal, the energy transition, which primarily refers to the switch from fossil fuels to...
Jan 10, 20233 min read


South Korea intends to implement semiconductor tax breaks
South Korea announced hefty tax reductions for semiconductor manufacture this week, while Dubai lifted its alcohol sales tax in advance...
Jan 9, 20232 min read


US judge accepts Danske Bank's guilty plea as part of $2 billion deal
Danske Bank's guilty plea to a charge of conspiring in bank fraud and its agreement to pay more than $2 billion were both approved by a...
Jan 9, 20231 min read


In light of the FTX crisis, banks should handle cryptocurrency with extra caution
Just two months after the financial world was rocked by the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, US regulators advised that banks...
Jan 5, 20232 min read


Malta bank ECCM fined €310K for systemic AML errors, including risk ratings failures
A Maltese bank was fined €310,000 for a string of major AML violations. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) of the island...
Jan 4, 20233 min read


UK faces accusations that its Russia assets regime is weaker than that of the EU or the US
Experts cautioned that the UK's unique approach on share ownership by individuals and businesses subject to sanctions has created a...
Jan 4, 20234 min read


Germany's new right of residence
On January 1, 2023, the much-discussed Right to Residence and other regulations that make it simpler for foreigners in the country to...
Jan 3, 20232 min read


While the ECB rate rises, Italy is considered the eurozone's weakest link
According to experts, Italy is the eurozone country most vulnerable to a debt crisis as the ECB rises interest rates and purchases fewer...
Jan 3, 20234 min read


Rouble drops to 8-month low against the dollar
On Thursday, the Russian rouble plunged to an eight-month low against the dollar, straining under the pressure of expectations that...
Dec 30, 20222 min read


Cyprus will welcome the world's fourth largest shipping firm
John Fredriksen, a Cypriot naturalised billionaire, owns the company. Frontline, owned by Cypriot citizen John Fredriksen, has opted to...
Dec 29, 20221 min read


Meta to pay $725 million to resolve privacy class-action lawsuit
Facebook's parent company, Meta, agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit that alleged the social media behemoth had...
Dec 29, 20222 min read


After a selloff, the central bank of Vietnam purchases dollars to support reserves.
After being forced to sell a sizable amount of US dollars earlier this year to maintain the dong, Vietnam's central bank announced on...
Dec 28, 20222 min read


Safran is not going to be prosecuted by the DOJ for alleged FCPA offenses.
On December 21, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Safran's legal representation that the firm will not be prosecuted in...
Dec 28, 20222 min read


Russia is ready to restart gas supplies to Europe through the Yamal-Europe pipeline
Alexander Novak, the deputy prime minister of Russia, told the state-run TASS news agency that Moscow is prepared to restart gas supplies...
Dec 27, 20222 min read


Ukraine takes two steps ahead and one step back in the fight against corruption
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is adamant that his country's future belongs in the EU, but he is under pressure to change the...
Dec 27, 20227 min read


A 'period of uncertainty' is predicted as the United Kingdom embarks on 'Edinburgh Reforms.'
The route forward for the United Kingdom in a post-Brexit future was clarified Dec. 9 when Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt laid...
Dec 22, 20223 min read


The US Senate has approved an incentive programme for AML whistleblowers
The United States Senate released an omnibus appropriations measure for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for 2023. For 2023, the...
Dec 22, 20221 min read
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