SET unveils extra exhibition to promote DCA investment LeapRate

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SET unveils extra exhibition to promote DCA investment

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s INVESTORY, the first investment discovery museum in Thailand, has launched an extra exhibition to promote Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) investment on October 24. SET Senior Executive Vice President Krisada Sektrakul said that SET is committed to providing financial literacy to the public, particularly in the areas of personal finance. After…

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MarketFactory and Elysium Technology Group to provide API technology integration to the FX market

MarketFactory, the foreign exchange technology platform, has just announced that their API, Whisperer, completed integration with Elysium Technology Group, an innovator in trade processing solutions for FX and futures, middle and back office product, Mission Control. A global investment bank was the first customer to go live with the integration last month. By leveraging Whisperer…

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Trading Technologies teams up with TradeStation to offer its options-on-futures technology

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, has announced that the company has entered into a long-term agreement with TradeStation Securities, Inc. (TradeStation Securities) to provide TT’s advanced options-on-futures trading functionality to TradeStation customers via the TT® trading platform. In doing so, TradeStation Securities’ customer base will gain access…

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kaizen launches regulatory reporting training service

Regulatory technology firm Kaizen Reporting has just announced that it is launching a training service led by the company’s new Senior Regulatory Reporting Specialist, David Nowell. The training will initially focus on MiFIR transaction reporting before expanding to include EMIR trade reporting and the upcoming Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). A former regulator, Nowell has…

FCA clarifies fairer treatment of regular premium PPI complaints

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA publishes PPI complaints deadline progress report

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published an update on the progress of its payment protection insurance (PPI) consumer communications campaign and supporting supervisory work. The campaign has succeeded in increasing consumers’ understanding of PPI and how to check if they have had it, as well as awareness of the deadline for making complaints.…

SET launches interbank payment system for securities transactions

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Security ranks as number one eCommerce priority for SMBs

Security overtakes reliability and cost in payments decision-making process thanks to rise in emerging payment methods More than half (52%) of online small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) worry that the move to frictionless payments, such as transactions that take place behind the scenes in apps, is leaving them more open to fraud and will…

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange launches futures on non-ferrous metals

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced that, starting today, it will launch trading in futures contracts on non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, nickel, zinc and copper. With the new contracts, the Exchange aims to make it easier for Russian market participants and their clients to invest in global commodity instruments. Igor Marich, Managing Director of…

Mt. Gox trustee granted another delay for distribution plan for victims

October 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Trade.io offering $250,000 bounty for cold wallet hack info

Crypto exchange trade.io has announced that it is offering a USD $250,000 equivalent bounty to anyone who supplies information that leads to the legal arrest of the bad actors involved in the attempted breach on trade.io on Saturday October 20th, 2018. In the latest response to the recent unauthorized access of 50M TIO from a single trade.io cold…

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against Bitcoin Revolution Limited

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called Bitcoin Revolution Limited. Bitcoin Revolution Limited Website: www.bitcoinrevolutionapp.com; www.pro-net-system.com Reason for warning: It could be involved in a scam. Articles posted on social media about The New Zealand Treasury and/or current or former prime ministers investing in bitcoin are false.…

October 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Lisk Finance firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Lisk Finance. Lisk Finance is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…