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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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, 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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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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BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has just announced the appointment of Adam Kanzer as Head of Stewardship, Americas, within its Sustainability Centre. Based in New York, Adam Kanzer joined on 19 October and reports to Helena Viñes Fiestas, BNPP AM’s Global Head of Sustainability Research and Policy. In this newly-created role, Adam Kanzer will…
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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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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Global Wealth Asia. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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Divisa AM (Armenia) has announced that it has become a Nasdaq OMX Armenia market member and participant member in the foreign currency market. This membership allows Divisa AM to trade corporate securities available on NASDAQ OMX Armenia as well as participate in the foreign exchange market. The company will trade under DIVAM ticker symbol. Divisa AM…
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has just announced the launch of physically delivered Permian WTI (Contract code: HOU) crude oil futures, deliverable in Houston, Texas. Houston has become the pricing center for U.S. crude oil production and exports, and the new…
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Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has just announced that it has become aware of a suspicious entity named Binary Banc. Binary Banc claims to provide an online trading platform for binary options. The regulator has recently became aware of Binary Banc and that it had solicited a British Columbia (BC) resident…
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