Ian Beckett
@ianbeckett
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Scientist, Accountant, Financier - brought text messaging to the world at SEMA, text M-commerce/banking at MILLICOM & opened up CEE/FSU at CET
London, England
Joined April 2008
4/4 Baby steps from the FCA, a toothless reactive response and a drop in the social media scam promotion ‘ocean’. The Italian financial regulator (CONSOB) in comparison: has since 2019 blocked over 1,300 websites offering illegal financial services; is proactively developing (the big stick visible in CONSOB’s hand) with Google a filter to ‘screen out risky ads from social media and the web’ … to include other social media services in due course. (
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2/2 Pity the children of Tameside.
6/ A few miles away from #OldhamCouncil in #TamesideCouncil (separated post the catastrophic local govt. reorganisation in 1974) - ‘Labour town hall ignoring warnings about #GroomingGangs, Tameside councillor claims’ (.
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Chinese state-owned firm (‘China Jiayin Investment Ltd’ via ‘FTDI Holding Ltd’) must sell its 80% stake in UK semiconductor op ‘Future Technology Devices International Ltd’, over national security concerns (. In 2023, the Chinese state-owned firm controlled ‘Future Technology Devices International Ltd’ was accused of “shameful” behaviour by allegedly selling microchips to Russia after it invaded Ukraine, with the kit later being found in at least one Russian tank (. On Friday, the High Court rejected the Chinese state-owned investment company's bid for interim relief against an order to sell its stake: Chinese state-owned firm ‘FTDI Holding Ltd’ acquired a 80% stake in 12/2021; In November 2023, the acquisition came under review by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (responsible for reviewing the ownership of investments with national security implications); The chancellor issued a final order compelling ‘FTDI Holding Ltd’ to divest in ‘Future Technology Devices International’ a year later in 11/2024 (. Future Technology Devices International Limited’s auditor #Azets resigned in 12/2024, citing the National Security & Investment Act 2021 order and giving the reason “the risk profile of the company no longer meets our internal criteria”.
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RT @MattCartoonist: 'I once stepped on a piece of Lego in bare feet and yelled out something heteronormative' My latest cartoon for tomorr…
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RT @MattCartoonist: 'Any minute now, Kier Starmer will leave £9bn somewhere around' My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Buy a pri…
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12/12 If the FBI/EuroPol seizures & allegations pan out, there will be many questions that should be asked of payment processors & financial/crypto regulators … yet again.
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