The Financial Conduct Authority has promised to review its engagement with a prolific whistleblower who died shortly after losing an employment tribunal claim against his former Wall Street employer. 
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FCA Pledges Review After Whistleblower's Death

By Adele Redmond

The Financial Conduct Authority has promised to review its engagement with a prolific whistleblower who died shortly after losing an employment tribunal claim against his former Wall Street employer. 

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ESMA Calls For Stronger Crypto Regulation To Curb Risks

By Tom Fish

​The European Union's securities regulator has called for changes to the bloc's crypto-asset rules to strengthen investor protection, close regulatory gaps and provide clearer rules for emerging services including decentralized finance, staking, lending and borrowing.

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Brazilian Fintech Not Pursuing Rumored £10B Deal For Monzo

By Dawood Fakhir

The parent company of Brazil's Nubank has said it is not pursuing a takeover of Monzo, in response to media speculation of a £10 billion ($13 billion) takeover of the British digital bank.

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LITIGATION

Investment Manager Loses EU Bid For 'MarketVector' TM

By Hanna Vioque

A European court has dismissed investment manager Van Eck's bid to register a trademark for "MarketVector Indexes," ruling that clients could mistakenly believe it was linked to a rival's earlier "Vector Fund" branded range of services.

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Secure Trust Sues Property Developers Over £13.8M In Loans

By Laura Stewart Liberty

A retail bank has sued two property developer brothers to recover £13.8 million ($18.2 million) in loans it advanced to three collapsed real estate companies linked to the men.

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POLICY & REGULATION

AMLA Sets Out New Client Checks To Combat Financial Crime

By Isabel Jackson

The European Union's financial crime watchdog has finalized draft requirements setting out when companies must check customers, how they should verify identities and what information corporate groups must share to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

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EU Seeks To End Cancer Survivors' Barriers To Insurance

By Joel Poultney

The European Commission has proposed measures that will require member states to bar financial services providers from considering a person's cancer history when they assess risk after a specified period.

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DEALS

DBS, ING Provide $1.3B Loan For London Office Refurb

By Tom Fish

DBS Bank and ING Bank have provided property investors with a loan of 1.72 billion Singapore dollars ($1.34 billion) to finance the refurbishment of a major office and retail development in the City of London.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

BGC Group Inc.

CBRE Group Inc.

DBS Group Holdings

Fort Point Capital

ING Groep NV

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jane Street Group LLC

Van Eck Associates Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

European Banking Authority

European Commission

European Securities and Markets Authority

European Union

European Union Intellectual Property Office

Financial Conduct Authority

UK High Court