SICO BSC (c), a regional asset manager, broker, market maker and investment bank, has been accredited to provide liquidity and act as market maker for companies listed on Dubai Financial Market (DFM). This will help create more dynamic two-way markets that will enhance the liquidity of companies listed on the exchange and result in benefits…
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London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has today welcomed nine new UK companies to its business support and capital raising programme, ELITE. This brings the total number of UK companies in the ELITE community to over 140. Umerah Akram, Head of ELITE UK & Licensing, welcomed the new ELITE CEOs to open trading in London this…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Adam Toro has left his position as CEO and a Director of Amana Financial Services UK Limited, the FCA regulated arm of global Retail FX brokerage group Amana Capital. Adam Toro had been in his position at Amana UK less than a year, joining the company last fall from embattled…
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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has announced that it has concluded two enforcement procedures against Credit Suisse AG (NYSE:CS). In the first procedure, FINMA identified deficiencies in the bank’s adherence to anti-money laundering due diligence obligations in relation to suspected corruption involving the International Federation of Association Football FIFA, the Brazilian oil corporation…
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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 Maplewalk t/a Prime Crypto. Maplewalk is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities…
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In China, one can use a vending machine to buy a car with the same amount of effort it takes to purchase a coke and now caffeine deprived workers in need of a hot drink can order a coffee using cryptocurrency. This convince is made possible by a new partnership between iVend and GoByte and…
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Commodities and Forex broker INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) has announced that its Chicago-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Markets, LLC (the Company), has expanded its OTC interest rates swap dealing capabilities to include cap and floor options on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) with tenors out to 10 years. The launch of these new products expands and…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm LDC Crypto. 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 to…
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LXDX, a firm providing high-performance exchange technology and services, has announced that it is launching a public digital currency exchange that brings the institutional tools of high finance to all investors. The company is led by CEO Joshua Greenwald, former SpaceX automation and propulsion engineer and founder of high-frequency trading firm Greenlight Trading. Lack of…
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Retail FX brokerage company TigerWit Group has announced that it has launched its blockchain-based trading app and announced a partnership with Liverpool FC. As the ‘Official Foreign Exchange Trading Partner of Liverpool FC’ the sponsorship agreement provides TigerWit with a high-profile opportunity to increase its brand recognition. This visibility should drive downloads of its new trading…
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