ARCHIVE February2024
One in Six Top Crypto Exchanges May Remain Unregulated, Says VASPnet and CCData
Many cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) that facilitate trades between users of various digital currencies have often come under fire for mismanaging money, or engaging in unlawful activity. Most famously, Bahamas-based exchange FTX collapsed […]
Tink Joins European Payments Council’s SPAA Scheme
Payment services and data enrichment platform Tink has joined the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme, which aims to transform account-to-account (A2A) payments in the EU. It has entered the official register […]
DKK Partners FZE Secures Initial VARA Approval to Offer Virtual Asset Services in Dubai
DKK Partners FZE, a subsidiary of DKK Partners based in the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), has secured initial approval from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to offer virtual asset […]
Austria court convicts former Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz for giving false evidence to parliament – JURIST
A court in Austria convicted former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Friday for giving false evidence to Parliament while testifying. Magistrate Bernhard Bonelli, Kurz’s former head of cabinet, was also found guilty in […]
UN report alleges widespread human rights abuses in Sudan conflict – JURIST
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) released a report Friday of thousands of incidents of human rights abuses it says have occurred during the ongoing conflict […]
Emirates NBD Unveiled as Premium Banking Partner for Upcoming Dubai FinTech Summit
Emirates NBD, a banking group for the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye (MENAT) region, has joined the Dubai FinTech Summit, organised by Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), as a premium banking […]
Kondor Tech to Be Utilised Across APAC as UNITAS and SYSTEX Partner With Finastra
Finastra, the UK headquartered retail banking solutions provider, has established its footprint in the APAC region as it announced two new partnerships in February. Regtech UNITAS, based in South Korea, and SYSTEX, […]
Chile appeals court orders police to reopen investigation into death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda – JURIST
The First Chamber of the Court of Appeals of Santiago made a unanimous landmark decision on Tuesday to reopen the investigation into Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda’s death. This decision comes in relation […]
Albania Parliament approves migration deal with Italy – JURIST
Albania’s Parliament approved a deal with Italy on Thursday to hold migrants rescued from international waters at Italian-run processing centers. Amnesty International previously condemned the plan to create migrant detention centers under […]
Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?
A few months before America’s presidential election in 1980, George H.W. Bush paid a visit to Beijing. He got a frosty reception. Days earlier, Bush’s running mate, Ronald Reagan, had angered China […]
Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST
The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]
Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST
Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]
Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST
The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]
Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST
Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]
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