Stax Inc. teams up with Coleman Research
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FSB reviews financial vulnerabilities and deliverables for G20 summit

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Plenary met in Ottawa today. Market developments and vulnerabilities The Plenary discussed market developments and vulnerabilities in the global financial system. Members considered that, while global growth remained solid, it has become more uneven across economies, and some downside risks have begun to materialise. Increases in policy interest rates and…

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PrimeXM establishes Equinix LD6 presence, introduces MiFID II Compliant Time Synchronisation
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PrimeXM establishes Equinix LD6 presence, introduces MiFID II Compliant Time Synchronisation

Technology provider PrimeXM has just announced that it has established a new presence in London’s Equinix LD6 data centre, to accommodate growing demand. LD6 is physically positioned across from LD4 and the two data centers are interconnected by multiple path redundant dark fiber connections ensuring stable and reliable connectivity. PrimeXM CEO Cristian Vlasceanu said: We have…

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October 22, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The cryptocurrency M&A market - outlook

JMP Group LLC, a leading San-Francisco-based investment banking and asset management company, released its cryptocurrency findings for 2017 and shared an outlook on the M&A activity in the digital coin market for 2018. According to the research, cryptocurrency M&A activity was not correlated with the pressure that has hit the overall cryptocurrency market in 2017.…

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October 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SEC halts trading in American Retail Group over false crypto claims

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended trading in the securities of a company amid questions surrounding its statements about partnering with a claimed SEC-qualified custodian for use with cryptocurrency transactions and a purportedly registered public offering of preferred stock. The SEC’s trading suspension order says that two August 2018 press releases issued by Nevada-based American…

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Fiserv and the Co-operative Bank expand relationship in readiness for open banking
October 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv and the Co-operative Bank expand relationship in readiness for open banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced a newly expanded agreement with The Co-operative Bank to provide more flexibility for customers to choose how they conduct their everyday banking in relation to the European Union’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The bank will implement FinKit™ for Open Banking…

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Paxos teams up with bitcoin payment service BitPay
October 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ayondo and Phnom Penh Derivative Exchange to grow trading opportunities

ayondo Ltd., through its indirect subsidiary, ayondo Markets Limited, and Phnom Penh Derivative Exchange Plc (PPDE) have informed that they are establishing a collaboration through a white label agreement for ayondo to provide its CFD Trading platform TradeHub® as the main execution base for derivative brokers trading CFDs for PPDE’s clients in Cambodia (the “Collaboration”).…

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Moscow Exchange MOEX
October 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

INR/USD FX futures begin trading on MOEX

On 22 October 2018, an Indian rupee/US dollar FX futures contract began trading on the Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market, Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced. The contract is quoted in Indian rupees per US dollar. It will expire monthly. The contract size is USD 1,000. Contract series with expiration in November and December 2018 as…

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