UK advice firm fined for breach of cold calling ban
It instigated over 107,000 unsolicited marketing calls about pension schemes
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Introducer firm fined £50,000 for pensions cold-calling
It made nearly 97,000 calls despite the practice being made illegal in 2019
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UK advisory firm fined for unauthorised pension cold calling
Company ‘clearly flouted the law when it should have known better’
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Could ‘game changer’ court ruling see EU scrap Fatca?
Austrian activist’s triumph over Facebook opens door for US expats to continue their legal fights
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HMRC wins Fatca case over data confidentiality
But claimant argues sharing information with US is breach of EU law
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Celebrities hit with first US initial coin offering fines
Boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled failed to disclose payments to endorse ICOs
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Fines could drive UK pension cold-callers offshore
The UK Government has warned directors of companies who cold-call people regarding their pensions that they could be fined up to £500,000 ($663,562, €573,407), however one expert warns this may just drive their practices offshore.
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Tough measures to tackle cold calling revealed
The government has revealed measures to ban pension cold calling as figures reveal that almost 11 million people, or one in six Brits, are cold-called about their pension each year.
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Diamond backed cryptocurrency exposed
Two so-called initial coin offerings (ICOs) backed by investments in real estate and diamonds have been shut down by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.