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Clio welcomes A J Axelrod as vice president of payments and financial services

Clio, the world’s leading provider of cloud-based legal technology, is proud to announce the appointment of A.J. Axelrod as Vice President of Payments and Financial Services.

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Cinkciarz seeks regulatory action againt Polish banks

Since the beginning of Cinkciarz.pl's operations (2010), a company belonging to Conotoxia Holding, some banks have systematically and deliberately blocked the company's funds, holding more than 1.3 billion PLN in various currencies, such as euros, dollars and British pounds.

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GLEIF approves E-Arbitrator as validation agent

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today announces that E-Arbitrator (Website) has been approved as the latest Validation Agent within the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System.

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Binance secures registration in Argentina

Binance, the world's leading provider of blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure, announces that it has been incorporated into the Argentinian Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) Registry of the National Securities Commission (CNV), marking Binance’s 20th global regulatory milestone.

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FCA sets date for 'finfluencers' trial

Trials have been scheduled after the FCA charged 9 individuals in relation to an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme promoted on social media.

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Broadridge appoints chief legal officer

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader, announced that Hope Jarkowski has been appointed Chief Legal Officer, effective May 6, 2024.

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ING receives summons from investors over financial crime controls

Today ING and certain board members were served with a writ of summons for litigation in The Netherlands on behalf of investors who claim to have suffered financial losses in connection with ING’s disclosures on historic shortcomings in its financial economic crime policies, related risk management and control systems, the investigation by and settlement with the Dutch authorities in 2018 and related risks for ING.

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ICE awarded $155m in software suit against PennyMac

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, announced that an arbitrator has found PennyMac Loan Services engaged in unauthorized use of Black Knight’s confidential information in building the PennyMac Servicing Systems Environment (SSE).

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Investment Metrics adds liability reporting to its PARis solution

Investment Metrics, a Confluence company, the leading global provider of investment analytics, reporting, and data solutions, today announced the availability of liability reporting in its Portfolio Analytics and Reporting (PARis) solution. This new capability gives Investment Consultants and Asset Owners a more comprehensive and balanced view of their Pension plans, while significantly improving institutional plan analysis and reducing manual work and errors.

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Currency One appeals judgement in Cinkciarz AdWords case

The court case pending since October 2013 in relation to allegations against Currency One SA brought by Cinkciarz.pl has ended with a non-final judgment given by the District Court in Poznań.

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Cinkciarz wins judgement in Google Ads case

A Polish court has ordered the owner of the Internetowykantor.pl and Walutomat websites (offering online currency exchange services) to apologize and pay compensation to Cinkciarz.pl (a company from Conotoxia Holding) and to donate an additional amount to charity.

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Financial Recovery Technologies selected by BNY Mellon's asset servicing business

Financial Recovery Technologies (FRT), the leading global securities class actions recovery provider, today announced it will power the North American class action filing and recovery service for BNY Mellon's custody clients, including broader access to comprehensive non-U.S. alerts for global markets.

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Single Rulebook and Linklaters join forces to launch Law Compare

Single Rulebook, a leading integrated software platform for the management of regulatory rules, and Linklaters, a global law firm focused on bringing legal certainty in a changing world, today announced the launch of Law Compare.

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New York sues KuCoin

New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency platforms by filing a lawsuit against KuCoin for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing itself as an exchange.

/startups

Hinkus and Blomfield invest in Robin AI

Robin AI, the generative AI startup, has raised $10.5m led by Plural, with participation from Episode 1.

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Judge rules in favour of shareholder request to audit ConsenSys

On the 5th of January 2023, the Supreme Court of the Canton of Zug ruled in favour of a shareholder request to audit the founding transaction of ConsenSys Software Incorporated (CSI).

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Ashurst invites applications for Fintech Legal Labs accelerator

Fintech Legal Labs, a business accelerator programme provided by law firm Ashurst, is collaborating with six new industry leaders to enhance the cutting-edge advice delivered to the third cohort of its programme, which supports Fintechs who are advancing to the next stage of their business journeys.

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ADGM takes mediation to the metaverse

The ADGM Arbitration Centre, the state-of-the-art hearing facility for arbitration and mediation situated in the international financial centre of the UAE’s capital, has launched a world’s-first service that hosts mediation in the metaverse.

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CBA launches financial crime academy

A new academy focused on tackling financial crime will be formed under a partnership agreement between Griffith University and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).

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Shieldpay and Case Pilots join forces to provide digital class action compensation payments

Shieldpay, the market leading fintech solving complex B2B payments, has today announced its partnership with Case Pilots, an acclaimed provider of claims administration services, to integrate Shieldpay’s digital mass disbursements payment service into Case Pilots’ legaltech solution.