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May 4, 2023

Interesting: Disgraced Former MFSA CEO Still Fit For Public Service Jobs!

Malta is different. There, it's really the good networks and friends that count first and foremost. Sincerity or reputation is less important. After a devastating internal investigation, Joseph Cuschieri was forced to resign as CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) in 2020. Cuschieri used to be a good friend of the arrested Maltese entrepreneur Yorgen Fenech. However, he has been given a new government appointment, the Maltese online media The Shift reports.

April 20, 2023

Deutsche Bank Deputy CEO Karl von Rohr Resigns!

After months of speculation about his future on the Management Board of Deutsche Bank, Karl von Rohr, one of the two deputies of Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing, is leaving the institute after more than a quarter of a century. He has informed the supervisory board that he will not seek an extension of his management board contract. The 57-year-old's term of office will thus end on October 31, 2023.

April 5, 2023

MFSA Appoints FIAU Director Kenneth Farrugia As New CEO

The scandal-ridden Maltese regulators are apparently trying to settle the filling of the top posts among themselves. The last attempt to steer the MFSA into..

March 31, 2023

New Boss For The Much Criticized German FIU!

The Swiss national Daniel Thelesklaf will become the new boss at the German Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at the beginning of July 2023. A lawyer by profession, he has decades of experience in combating financial crime. He currently works at the United Nations as project manager of the Finance against Slavery and Human Trafficking (FAST) initiative. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Thelesklaf should push ahead with the reforms of the FIU that have already begun.

March 29, 2023

Ralph Hamers UBS Resignation May Or May Not Be Related To Ongoing Dutch Investigations And The Payvision Disaster!

As reported by FinTelegram, the former ING CEO Ralph Hamers will step down from his job as CEO of Switzerland's UBS Group at the beginning of April 2023 after nearly 29 months on the job. He will be replaced by a predecessor Sergio P. Ermotti. This surprising move may be related to the acquisition of Credit Suisse, or it may be related to ongoing investigations into money laundering in Holland. It has not yet been decided whether charges will be brought against Hamers.

March 29, 2023

Breaking: UBS CEO Ralph Hamers Replaced By His Predecessor Sergio P. Ermotti!

The UBS Board appointed Sergio P. Ermotti as Chief Executive Officer after its planned acquisition of Credit Suisse. Ralph Hamers agreed to step down but will remain at UBS as an advisor during a transition period to ensure a successful closure of the transaction and a smooth handover. Hamers was the highest-paid banker in Europe in 2022 but was also controversial. He is responsible for ING's disastrous acquisition of Payvision and is involved in money laundering investigations.

March 24, 2023

UK FCA Strengthens Enforcement Team With New Executives To Fight Financial Crime!

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Therese Chambers and Steve Smart as joint Executive Directors of Enforcement and Market Oversight. The appointments reflect the regulator's commitment to fighting financial crime. Steve Smart joins from the National Crime Agency, where he sits on the Executive Committee as Director of Intelligence. Therese Chambers has worked at the FCA for over 20 years. She was the Director of Retail and Regulatory Investigations.

Job Movements

February 26, 2023

Job Notice: The HQ Head Resigned At Troubled BDSwiss!

As reported by Fintelegram, BDSwiss had a difficult 2022 with regulatory investigations due to its offshore activities. Thus, the CySEC-regulated broker hired new management, closed down the BDSwiss brand, and launched the new brand viverno. Natale Mastoroudes, the HR Head at BDSwiss, is leaving her Cyprus-based role at the broker. She has not been in this role for too long, only a bit over 7 months.

February 12, 2023

BDSwiss Appointed Marc Suarez As LATAM Marketing Manager

Marc Suárez joined the CySEC-regulated broker BDSwiss in December 2021. He has been appointed LATAM Marketing Manager to support the broker in these new target..

February 10, 2023

Fred Scala Was Appointed Managing Director of Direct Trading Technologies

Direct Trading Technologies, the globally regulated financial services provider, has appointed industry veteran Fred Scala as its new Managing Director, overseeing the company’s professional and institutional business division. Fred is also tasked with advancing the company's ambitious growth plans. Scala, one of the most prominent names in the industry, joins DTT with a more than 40-year track record in the financial services and fintech sector.

November 3, 2022

PXP Financial Announces New Senior Leadership Team

FCA-regulated High-risk payment processor PXP Financial Limited announced three appointments to its senior leadership team. Vienna-based Katharina Richter-Weiss joins the company as Chief Operating Officer, Salvatore Cicero has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer, and Dwaine Thomas has been promoted to Deputy Chief Operating Officer. They will join existing members of the senior leadership team, CFO Jonathan Bell and Anda Grodsky, Managing Director for Vienna.

November 1, 2022

Turkey-Focused Eurotrader Group Appoints Ben Swann As Chief Technology Officer

CySEC-regulated multi-asset broker Eurotrader Group has appointed Ben Swann as its new Chief Technology Officer. Before joining Eurotrader, he built and managed several retail trading platforms, including City Index, Gain Capital, and MF Global. Eurotrader was founded by Ozan Ozerk, who is also the founder of FCA-regulated Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform operator OpenPayd and the Lithuanian European Merchant Bank (EMBank).

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

CFTC

Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.