Tag Archives: Financial Services Authority

How confidential is your confidential data in the hands of online payment solutions? Is Moneybookers fully in tune with the law?

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Caruso

All we online gambling players, ploppies, punters, squares, sharps and sharks share the common need of moving our money around as quickly and painlessly as possible. With credit cards not always passing muster, online payment solutions Moneybookers and Neteller are … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Betting, Ethics, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged Betting, Cherry Red Casino, Click2Pay, data privacy, Data Protection Act, Financial Services Authority, Gambling, Great Britain, Internet betting, Internet casinos, Internet gambling, laws, MoneyBookers, NETeller, online casinos, payment systems, payments, PayPal, privacy, Regulations, United Kingdom, web casinos | 9 Comments

The Germans In Germany & The Prediction Exchanges In Great Britain

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

If I have understood correctly what Fabian John has just told me, the Germans can legally trade on the British prediction exchanges regulated by the Financial Services Authority (like TradeFair Spreads or SpreadFair), but not on those regulated by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged bet exchanges, Betting, betting exchanges, European Union, Fabian John, Financial Services Authority, Gambling Commission, Germans, Germany, laws, online gambling, prediction exchanges, Private, Regulations, web forum, www.bafin.de, www.choiceodds.com | Leave a comment

BetFair is expanding into spread betting.

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

London Capital Group: London Capital Group Holdings PLC 29 October 2007 29 October 2007 London Capital Group Holdings plc Betfair White Label Agreement London Capital Group Holdings plc (the “Company”), the financial services and online spread betting company, is pleased … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Exchanges & Markets, Finance | Tagged BetFair, Cenkos Securities plc, Chief Executive Officer, financial betting product, financial services, Financial Services Authority, foreign exchange trading services, Frank Chapman, General Financial sector, George Hudson, Ian Soanes, in-house product, London Capital Group Holdings PLC, London Capital Group Limited, London Stock Exchange, online spread betting, Paddy Power, prediction markets, spread betting products, stockbroker, the London Stock Exchange, Tom Hardman, Trader, white label spread betting product, www.londoncapitalgroup.com | Leave a comment

UK Gambling Commission is taking effect this Saturday, September 1, 2007.

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

UK Gambling Commission: 1 September 2007 With effect from 00.01 on Saturday 1 September 2007, all gambling in Great Britain (except spread betting and the National Lottery) becomes subject to the provisions of the Gambling Act 2005. Gambling Commission The … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulations | Tagged advertising rules, Advertising Standards Authority, Britain, Financial Services Authority, football, Gaming Board, Great Britain, Internet-betting site, law sets, Professional Players Federation, Professional sports players, UK Gambling Commission | Leave a comment

Which services will be affected by the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)?

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Fabian John asks the question. EU’s MiFID = European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) will introduce a single market and regulatory regime for investment services across the 27 member states of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulations | Tagged ancillary services, EU's MiFID, European Union, Fabian John, Financial Services Authority, Iceland, investment services, Liechtenstein, Norway, tradable financial products, United Kingdom | Leave a comment