Over 850 consignments of counterfeit products have been confiscated by the Qatar Customs during the past year.
This included 679 cases of commercial fraud and 162 violations relating to intellectual property.
Original article : The Peninsula
Bit Coin has caused quite a revolution in the financial sectors and also created political firestorms for the value appreciation of the digital currency.
Google Director Jared Cohen says, digital currencies such as Bit Coin are inevitable.
Original article at Tech Crunch.
An increasing number of debt collection agencies and debt collection departments of banks are being forced to change their ways of dealing with delinquent consumers by Federal regulators.
Source: http://www.americanbanker.com/
If your credit card debt is increasing and you struggle to pay off the outstanding balance each month, then it’s time to take control of it.
Source : Yahoo Money Hound
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has received more than 10,000 complaints against unfair debt collection agencies since July 2013.
By signing up to the CFPB Portal is the easiest way for a debt collection agency to respond to complaints made against them.
The Australian Financial Security Authority reports that more people in the Australian Capital Territory are struggling with their finances, with personal bankruptcies surging almost 28 per cent and debtors increasing 19 per cent.
Other states are not fairing well either.
The term paperless office has been around for a long time and it has been difficult to achieve.
However with the advancement of technology this has been made possible and organizations can be less reliant on the printed documents.
Chasing debts through courts is a nightmare for many small business owners. It means taking away time and money from the business and does not guarantee results.
But for anyone who runs a small business it is essential to understand how it works.
Office of Fair Trading in the UK, has revoked licenses of a Debt Buying agency and two debt collection companies.
OFT has found that the companies have been engaging in misleading and unfair debt collection practices.
Johnson, Morgan & White becomes the first B2B debt collection company to accept digital currency for debt repayments. They will begin accepting Bitcoin digital currency for payment of debts its clients.
Though Bitcoins received negative publicity recently, many companies such as Amazon, Overstock and Virgin Atlantic accept Bitcoins as payment.
