Once again, the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF) the organization responsible for financial regulation in the Canadian province of Québec is sounding the alarm and alerting Québec consumers to the dangers of unauthorized binary options websites. The AMF wishes to stress that no business is currently authorized to market or offer binary options in…
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today announced RegHackTO, the first hackathon by a securities regulator in Canada. RegHackTO aims to bring together Canadian innovators, strategists and developers to collaborate on possible solutions to shared challenges in the regulatory environment. The event follows the OSC’s establishment of OSC LaunchPad, which engages with fintech businesses, provides the opportunity for…
Read moreTMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has announced that it is funding an independent working group, the Advancing Innovation Roundtable, which will examine ways to increase access to growth capital for companies in Canada's innovation economy. Launching in September 2016, the Roundtable will focus on the scalability issues of Canadian technology and innovation firms caused by insufficient…
Read moreCentral Option cold called a senior investigator with Canadian regulator MSC who ironically works on binary options fraud.
Read moreThe Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the council of the 10 provincial and three territorial securities regulators in Canada, encourage investors to take part in the annual Check Registration Day on March 16, 2016. Investors are advised to visit aretheyregistered.ca to see whether the individual or firm offering them an investment or advice is registered to do…
Read moreThe Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) is joining the raft of global regulators encouraging reports of securities-related misconduct. On Wednesday, the OSC published Proposed OSC Policy 15-601 Whistleblower Program, a set of rules that would be the first of its kind for securities regulators in Canada. Under the proposed policy, eligible whistleblowers are entitled to…
Read moreAfter five years, Howard I. Wetston, Q.C., Chair and CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will reach the end of his term on November 14, 2015. In a letter to OSC staff and Commissioners, Mr. Wetston said that he was proud of the organization’s many accomplishments during his term. “It has been an honour…
Read moreBloomberg TV Canada, the 24/7 Canadian business and financial news television channel operated by Channel Zero, will launch on November 16th.
Read moreIn a further move to advance its innovations agenda, the company announced the appointments of Dave Thomas and Dr. Brian Barry.
Read moreCoinbase now supports USD, EUR, GBP, CAD and BTC currencies.
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