In August, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has seen strong demand for its products. Traded European interest rate contracts increased by 27 percent to 46.6 million, from 36.7 million in August 2017. Demand was particularly high for European equity derivatives (+56 percent) with 21.9 million…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Tickeo. 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 scam…
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The British professional boxer Amir Khan has joined forces with London-based online financial trading broker ThinkMarkets to help young children get off the streets by using financial education and the power of boxing. The world’s financial capital has been plagued by a recent surge in violent crime. The aim of the sponsorship is to support…
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Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just announced the appointment of Alex Howard as Managing Director, APAC (excluding China), effective September 3, 2018. In the newly created role, Alex Howard will be responsible for the overall strategic execution and performance of GAIN's retail business in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Southeast Asia. Mr. Howard will be…
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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has just announced that it has fined LQD Markets €50.000. The full note issued by CySEC on the matter reads as follows: 04 September 2018 CYSEC Board Decision Announcement date: 04.09.2018; Board decision date: 02.07.2018 Regarding: LQD Markets Ltd Legislation: The Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law Subject: Fine…
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The popular and secure online prepaid payment method is now available for online shopping in 47 countries paysafecard, a provider of online prepaid payment methods and part of Paysafe Group, continues its international expansion with a launch in Montenegro. paysafecard is a long-standing method of prepaid payment and today’s launch means that it is now…
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TransferMate Global Payments, the cross-border payments solutions provider, has just announced that it has partnered with Laver Cup to become the Official Foreign Exchange Specialist. The agreement will see TransferMate operate as Laver Cup’s exclusive foreign currency provider for all relevant services relating to foreign exchange payments. The international men’s tennis tournament will see Team…
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B2Broker, a liquidity and technology provider of solutions for the crypto and foreign exchange (FX) industry, has announced that NEM and NEO are now listed on B2BX Exchange. In addition, B2BX Exchange now accepts requests for listings based on NEM and NEO blockchains, as well as for tokens based on the Ethereum blockchain. B2BX Exchange…
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Australian broker EightCap has just announced that it has launched MetaQuotes' multi-asset platform MetaTrader 5. Clients of the company can now trade in mobile and desktop versions of MT5. This new offering from EightCap also includes a web trader. EightCap clients gain access to 38 technical indicators, 21 timeframes, additional markets and the new economic…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that New Zealand based Retail FX brokerage Fullerton Markets has gone (farther) offshore, transferring all business from its NZ entity Fullerton Markets Limited (FML) to a newly created entity in offshore jurisdiction Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, called Fullerton Markets International Limited (FMIL). Fullerton Markets has been one of the…
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