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It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a fraudulent entity, Managed Accounts Fund Services PLC (CLONE), operating the website www.securecorpmafsplc.com and formerly operating the website www.mafs-plc.com, has been operating as an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In […]
It has come to the Central Bank of Ireland’s (‘Central Bank’) attention that a fraudulent firm, Thunder Loans, has been operating as a retail credit firm in the State in the absence of an appropriate authorisation. Thunder Loans is advertising loans on its website but it holds no authorisation from the Central Bank as a […]
The main event of the day today will be the meeting of the European Central Bank. Bloomberg economists are divided on expectations in regard to the size of the rate hike, with just over half of them predicting the ECB will raise rates by 75 bps, and just under half believing a 50 bps outcome […]
ECB Up Next Following the September BOC meeting yesterday, focus today shifts to the ECB. The central bank is widely expected to hike rates by .75%, surpassing the .5% hike in July. With inflation in the eurozone having hit record highs of 9.1% in July, the pressure is on the ECB to act decisively. Given […]
Global cryptocurrency taxation rules significantly vary among countries, and some jurisdictions have come up with extremely tough crypto tax policies for their residents. In a new study by crypto analytics firm Coincub, Belgium is referred to as the worst country in the world in terms of crypto taxation for residents. That is according to in-house […]
Algorand has increased its transaction speed, processing capacity and cross-chain functionality with a major upgrade. 1220 Total views 53 Total shares Pure proof-of-stake (PPoS) blockchain Algorand has introduced cross-chain communication and transaction speed improvements with the latest upgrade to its protocol. The layer-1 blockchain network announced the implementation of State Proofs to its mainnet, which introduces […]