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Mastercard has announced the arrival of Threat Scan, a global service which helps banks to find potential vulnerabilities in their authorisation systems.

A group of cryptocurrency exchanges have come together to create the Crypto Currency Council to bring clarity to the regulatory rules surrounding the trading of digital assets.

British public relations company Quatro is to open its first base in Scotland.

Dentons is to defend the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) over allegations the bank's staff falsified a customer’s loan documents, The Lawyer reports.

Loans providing financial support to farmers ahead of Brexit will arrive in bank accounts from October 4th, the Scottish Government announced yesterday.

A former Chinese mayor could face the death penalty after thirteen tons of gold worth £300 million and $20 billion of cash were found at his home.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (Prudential) £23,875,000 for failures related to non-advised sales of annuities. Between July 2008 and September 2017, Prudential’s non-advised annuity business focused on selling annuities directly

Law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Stuart McMillan as a partner in its banking team in Edinburgh. Prior to joining Burges Salmon, Mr McMillan was a partner at DLA Piper in Scotland, based in its Edinburgh office. He advises a wide range of banks and borrowers in project finance (including PFI/PPP

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has strengthened its Going Concern audit standard. The FRC revised its Going Concern standard in response to recent enforcement cases and well-publicised corporate failures where the auditor’s report failed to highlight concerns about the prospects of enti

The owner of the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews has suffered from a fall in revenues of over 13%.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today initiated an investigation into the audit conducted by EY of the financial statements of Thomas Cook Group Plc for the year ended 20 September 2018.

Glasgow-based IFA McCrea Financial Services has confirmed its renewed sponsorship of Glasgow Warriors.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed new rules which apply to certain types of open-ended fund investing in inherently illiquid assets such as property. The new rules apply to these funds, known as non-UCITS retail schemes (NURSs), but will not apply to other types of fund, such as UC

The 2018 Fish Farm Production Statistics have revealed that the total number of staff employed in marine salmon production in Scotland increased by 77 (5.5%) to 1,466 people.

Aberdeen-based Shepherd and Wedderburn has appointed George Stevenson as its new private client specialist. Mr Stevenson will bring over 40 years' of experience and expertise across the spectrum of personal legal and tax matters to the firm and its clients.