Which Retail FX broker signed one of the largest sports sponsorships we've seen to date in the sector with not just one but seven (!) Premier League teams - and tied the deal to Bitcoin? For how much longer did ESMA extend its (temporary?) ban against offering Binary Options to retail traders in the EU?…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm BlackRock Crypto Asset Management Limited. 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…
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The CFTC has announced that a New York federal court entered final judgment ordering Patrick K. McDonnell of Staten Island, New York, and CabbageTech, Corp. d/b/a Coin Drop Markets (CDM), McDonnell’s New York-based company, to pay over $1.1 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution in connection with a lawsuit brought by the Commodity Futures…
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Geneva based Retail FX broker and bank Dukascopy has just announced that has extended the list of its CFD tradable instrument by introducing CFDs on Bonds. This new type of tradable instrument will see the introduction of German government bond (BUND.TR/EUR) and UK government bond (UKGILT.TR/GBP) at first, with the list of tradable bonds to…
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The Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany has issued its baseline report presenting an inventory of sustainability activities at the financial centre of Frankfurt/Main. The report is the first publication from this cluster, created in spring 2018 in a merger between the Green Finance Cluster Frankfurt of the Hessian Ministry of Economics and the Accelerating…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to implement an investor identification regime for northbound trading under Mainland-Hong Kong Stock Connect on 17 September 2018. The investor identification regime will facilitate more effective monitoring and surveillance by the CSRC…
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The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has helped its client, the World Bank, launch bond-i - the world’s first bond to be created, allocated, transferred and managed through its life cycle using distributed ledger technology. CBA was mandated by the World Bank as arranger for the bond on August 10 and following a two-week consultation period with…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated startup Retail FX brokerage Global Markets Group Limited has hired FX industry executive Alex Iakobachvili as the company's new Managing Director and CEO. Alex Iakobachvili joins Global Markets Group from Global Markets Index Limited (or GMI UK, despite the similar name no relationship to his new employer) where…
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Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Ltd has announced today the launching of its branch in the UK, after acquiring the necessary regulatory authorisations (which we had reported on in June) and the completion of other preparations. CFI’s offices will be located at 70 Gracechurch Street, London. CFI has chosen to be located in the city’s financial district, recognised globally as a…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have announced a collaboration to develop Delivery versus Payment (DvP) capabilities for settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms. This will allow financial institutions and corporate investors to carry out simultaneous exchange and final settlement of tokenised digital currencies and securities assets, improving operational…
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