VISA'S $5.3 BILLION PLAID ACQUISITION FALLS THROUGH

Highlights: 

• The US Department of justice was unhappy about Visa's fee charges for online debit 
• The failed deal will leave other fintech firms to develop online debit systems 

The planned acquisition of a Plaid, a fintech firm by ...

APPLE INC WILL PAY $113MN TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF INTENTIONALLY SLOWING DOWN iPhones

Highlights

• Apple Inc will be paying a sum of $113 million in order to settle allegations from 33 U.S. states and the District of Columbia 

• Taking action against Apple, states accused Apple of acting deceptively and said that it should have replaced batteries...

1MDB SCANDAL: GOLDMAN SACHS WILL PAY OVER $2 BILLION TO SETTLE U.S. CHARGES

Highlights

• According to the reports, Goldman Sachs Group Inc will agree to pay over $2 billion this week to settle U.S. charges over its role in Malaysia’s 1MDB corruption scandal

• Under the agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and other regulators,...

US: NORTH KOREA STEALS $100 BILLION WORTH OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES; CHINA HELPS LAUNDER IT

Highlights:

•        Cryptocurrencies were stolen from two virtual exchanges

•        US files to seize all 289 accounts from where the funds were stolen from

North Korea and the Chinese ...

FCPA INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING NOVARTIS RESOLVED

HIGHLIGHTS

• Novartis has reached settlements with DOJ and SEC regarding investigations against it.
• With the settlements reached, the investigations against Novartis come to a close.
• The settlements cover the fines that Novartis and its subsi...

Griffith blamed for giving data to Pyongyang about illegal tax avoidance and sidestepping.

A digital currency specialist has been captured for supposedly helping the North Korean government utilize the innovation to launder cash and sidestep sanctions intended to limit its atomic program.

Virgil Griffith, 36, went to a meeting in Pyongyang, where he gave an introduction on po...