The European Union through its European Banking Authority expressed warning similar to China, Germany and Norway regarding the risks associated in using Bitcoins as payment.
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OTC exchange access now extended to SMEs in China
On Saturday, the Chinese State Council said that it has instructed the China Securities Regulatory Commission to life the approval restrictions on small and medium-sized companies with less than 200 shareholders.
China Everbright Bank raises $3 billion after adding shares in Hong Kong float
Chinese lender China Everbright Bank Co. raised $3 billion in its Hong Kong listing after exercising an option to sell an additional 762 million shares on top of its IPO base size of 5.08 billion shares.
China securities regulators unveils new details on IPO resumption
The China Securities Regulatory Commission or CSRC revealed new plans on public share sales as initial public offerings are set to resume in January next year, Reuters reported.
Bitcoin popularity leads to mini-boom in smartphone software- report
According to the South China Morning Post, the growing popularity of the Bitcoin has also led to a boom of sorts in bitcoin software for smartphones, the South China Morning Post reported.
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As General Motors Co disposes its 7% shareholder interest in France's PSA Peugeot Citroen, the latter said it is currently in talks with Dongfeng about a potential tie-up.
Hong Kong-based private equity fund RRJ Capital Ltd bought a 7.85% stake in renewable power developer China Everbright International Ltd in a deal valued at $350 million.
China Daily on Thursday quoted National Development and Reform Commission's (NDRC) anti-price-fixing bureau Xu Kunlin, who said his agency has substantive evidence to prove that chipmaker Qualcomm Inc is involved in price-fixing acts.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs Group will provide a $120 million loan to Warburg Pincus-backed warehouse firm e-Shang. e-Shang reportedly plans to go public in the next few years.
China-based professional laser equipment manufacturer Han's Laser Technology Co bought Israel-based Nextec Technologies in its effort for expansion amid slow growth in the Chinese laser measurement devices market.
EY director Colin Pickard said Bitcoin has the potential to be a game changer in the financial services industry as long as governments start regulating the digital currency.
French automobile manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen is nearing a €3.5 billion share sale deal with Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor Co. and the government of France. Under the terms of the deal, Dongfeng and the French state will each hold a 20% stake in Peugeot.
A South China Morning Post report said Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd, the real estate arm of China's state-owned Greenland Group, bought a site in Huangpu, Shanghai for CNY5.95 billion or HK$7.59 billion.
Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based group that tracks illicit financial flows from developing countries, reveals that nearly $1 trillion were lost to illicit transactions in 2011.
