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24 June 2024

FINTECH: Bitcoin Price Takes a Plunge: Analyzing the Sudden Drop

Bitcoin price started another decline after it struggled near $64,550. BTC declined below the $63,500 support and might continue to move down. Bitcoin started a fresh decline from the $64,550 resistance

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24 June 2024

SINGAPORE: Singapore Identifies Digital Payment Tokens as High-Risk in Anti-Money Laundering Efforts

Singapore‘s latest update to its Money Laundering National Risk Assessment (MLNRA) brings to light significant risks and vulnerabilities within the nation’s financial landscape, particularly those

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24 June 2024

CARIBBEAN: Caribbean Countries Want ‘Golden Passports’ to Continue—but the EU Has Concerns

In recent years, so-called golden-passport programs have come under increased scrutiny. But a handful of nations are hoping that they’ll be allowed to continue. For five Caribbean countries, citizenship

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24 June 2024

AFRICA: Africa states turn to information exchange to boost tax revenues

Amid increasing fiscal pressures and debt sustainability in African countries, governments are now making use of exchange of information agreements available to them more than ever. Last year, the amount

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19 June 2024

EU: ESAs Propose Improvements To The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published a joint Opinion on the assessment of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The ESAs call for

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19 June 2024

HONG KONG: Hong Kong To Debut Special Crypto License Amid Low Tax Rate Advantage

Hong Kong is gearing up to roll out a special licensing system for cryptocurrency-to-fiat exchanges. This move aims to make the city an attractive destination for virtual asset investments thanks to

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19 June 2024

SWITZERLAND: HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm breached money-laundering rules, regulator finds

HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm breached money-laundering rules by failing to carry out adequate checks on the high-risk accounts of two politically exposed individuals, Switzerland’s banking regulator

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19 June 2024

US: Younger Investors Prefer Crypto, Private Equity, and Hard Assets to U.S. Stocks, Study Finds

Wealthy, younger investors have a very different view of the best way to invest than their older peers, preferring real estate, cryptocurrencies and digital assets, and private equity to U.S. stocks,

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18 June 2024

ST KITTS: St Kitts and Nevis Government Strengthens the Citizenship by Investment Programme Through Introduction of a New Act

The National Assembly successfully passed the Citizenship by Investment Unit Act, 2024 in a landmark sitting of the National Assembly on Friday, 14 June. The Citizenship by Investment Unit Act, 2024

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18 June 2024

EU: EU exec proposes new withholding tax rules to attract investors

The European Commission on Monday proposed changes to the way investors pay withholding tax in the European Union, to attract more cross-border trade in securities and help develop the bloc’s

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