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Jul 11
Statement – Post CEO Roundtable

The Central Bank of Ireland welcomes the statement from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) following Tuesday’s CEO roundtable meeting, at which the retail banks set out the programme of work being undertaken by the sector to manage the migration of personal and business bank accounts. The work outlined focuses on the four areas […]

Jul 11
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Fraudulent firm clones Fire Financial Services Limited T/A fire.com and Fire

It has come to the Central Bank of Ireland’s (‘Central Bank’) attention that a fraudulent entity has been claiming to be a retail credit firm in the State in the absence of an appropriate authorisation. In this instance the fraudulent entity cloned and impersonated a legitimate Central Bank authorised firms in order to deceive consumers. […]

Jul 11
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Renfrew Capital Management (Clone)

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name Renfrew Capital Management (Ireland and Bermuda), formerly operating the website https://renfrewcapitalmgmt.com, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In this […]

Jul 11
Hartley Pensions Limited – requirement to stop accepting new pension contributions

Hartley Pensions Limited (Hartley Pensions), is a SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pension) operator authorised and regulated by the FCA. It also provides administration for a small number of SSAS (Small Self-Administered Schemes), regulated by The Pensions Regulator. On 11 July Hartley Pensions asked the FCA to impose requirements preventing it from accepting ongoing contributions into the […]

Jul 11
Forex Technical Analysis & Forecast 11.07.2022

EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar” After reaching the short-term downside target at 1.0072 and completing the ascending wave at 1.0180, EURUSD is falling towards 1.0120, thus forming a new consolidation range between the two latter levels. If later the price breaks this range to the downside, the market may resume falling towards 1.0057 or even […]

Jul 11
US inflation breaks 40-year record: Can Bitcoin serve as a hedge asset?

On Feb. 9, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index, a key measure capturing the change in how much Americans pay for goods and services, has increased by 7.5% compared to the same time last year, marking the greatest year-on-year rise since 1982. In 2019, before the global COVID-19 […]