Copenhagen based Retail FX and CFDs broker Saxo Bank has announced that it will begin to offer CFD Options on a range of option roots, covering puts and calls on 15 of the world’s largest stock indices. CFD Options are OTC instruments based on Exchange Traded Index Options. They can help diversify a portfolio, as…
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Itiviti, the global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure, today announced the addition of the Hudson River Trading Systematic Internaliser (HRSI) venue to its expanding connectivity offering. The connection, which is now live, provides Itiviti clients with access to liquidity sourcing from Hudson River Trading, one of the largest Electronic Liquidity Provision (ELP)…
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Bangkok Bank, BNP Paribas, CTBC Holding, HSBC, ING, NatWest, SEB and Standard Chartered in partnership with Bain, CryptoBLK and R3 launch open industry platform, corporate customer pilot programme and technology partner programme on the Corda Network The Voltron initiative has launched the open platform for documentary trade, targeting production on R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform…
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CoolBitX, the secure crypto hardware wallet producer, has just announced its partnership with Circle, the global crypto finance company. CoolWallet S users can now store the USDC stablecoin on their secure hardware wallet and swap it out for other digital assets any time, any place. The value of digital assets can fluctuate significantly daily, making…
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The "ESMA effect" is certainly beginning to be felt by some of the leading Forex and CFD brokers. FCA regulated online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has issued a Trading Update for Q3, indicating that Revenues fell by 40% from the previous quarter to $100.1 million (and were just about a third of record Q1 revenues…
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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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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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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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