The financial industry has not made up its mind when it comes to cryptocurrency regulation. However, one of the strictest regulators in the United States, The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved the launch of two stablecoins, both pegged to the US Dollar. The investors behind the project are the Winklevoss brothers,…
Read more
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 Mace, Parry and Associates. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a warning against the same company earlier this year. Mace, Parry and Associates is not…
Read more
FINRA has released a white paper outlining recent regulatory technology (RegTech) developments within the securities industry and potential opportunities and implications these technologies may have for broker-dealers. The report follows an in-depth review conducted by FINRA on the emergence of RegTech tools within the securities industry and summarizes the study’s key findings. Notably, FINRA highlights…
Read more
FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just released steady, yet still a bit low monthly activity for August 2018. OTC Trading Volume was down with 4% from previous month. Number of Futures Contracts went up to 576,140. Low market volatility, outside of a few situational items like the Turkish Lira movement, continued…
Read more
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the launch of Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index (IBHY) futures on Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE). The $8.8 trillion U.S. corporate bond market includes robust cash and exchange-traded fund (ETF) markets, but Cboe IBHY is now the only exchange-listed futures product linked to U.S.…
Read more
Financial utility Saxo Payments Banking Circle has just announced that it has launched Banking Circle Receivables Factoring giving Payment Services Providers (PSPs) and FinTechs another add value for their client offering. Through this new lending solution, PSPs can now offer their merchant customers the facility of instant settlement of receivables due, without waiting for settlement…
Read more
TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has announced August 2018 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha) and Montréal Exchange (MX). TSX has welcomed six new issuers in August 2018, compared with seven in the previous month and three in August 2017. The new listings were six exchange…
Read more
Estonia based Retail FX brokerage firm Admiral Markets Group AS has announced that it has expanded its MetaTrader 5 offering. Company clients can now have access to 177 new ETFs on the Admiral.Invest account. ETFs are investment funds traded in an exchange, much like stocks. Any ETF is an asset portfolio that tracks an index…
Read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed the public that it has charged two brokers for recommending excessive levels of trading that were costly for retail customers but lucrative for the brokers. In separate complaints filed in federal court in Manhattan on Friday, the SEC alleges that Florida resident Emil Botvinnik and New York…
Read more
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 Finbdo Limited. Finbdo Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
Read more