Brokerage technology solutions provider Tools For Brokers has just announced that it has integrated capital adequacy and end of day reports into its flagship product, Brokers Business Intelligence (BBI). Released at the start of this year, BBI is a web-based platform for cross-functional risk management and a business analytic service integrated with both MT4 and…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called Ju Ying International New Zealand Limited. Ju Ying International New Zealand Limited Website: www.pinyi109.com Email: [email protected] Reason for warning: It could be involved in a scam. The financial service provider registration number of FSP886487 displayed on www.pinyi109.com is invalid. It…
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ANZ has announced the appointment of Jodi West as CEO Vietnam, reporting to Farhan Faruqui, ANZ Group Executive, International. Ms West joined ANZ in 2015 as Head of Institutional FX Sales, Australia. Prior to ANZ, she held roles in the FX & Commodity sales team at both Citigroup and Barclays, and was also Head of…
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It is rare that a company reports a 43% quarterly drop in Revenues, but you could still call that quarter a successful and strong one. Well that seems to be the case with Plus500's Q2 results. After surprising the markets (and anyone else who follows the FX industry) with an absolutely astounding Q1 which saw…
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The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. US CPL performance rose moderately in July, although the core CPl remained unchanged in July, but it means that the US economic growth in the second quarter will continue, which will help boost the economic growth forecast for the third quarter,…
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Intuit Inc., one of the American's most innovative fintech - audit companies, has been awarded a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a new, bitcoin payment processing platform. Intuit is based in Mountain View, California and currently has a headcount of around 8,000 people. With subsidiaries that include Mint.com and PayCycle, Intuit…
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It was about time for the international hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto to begin. It's been 10 years since the creation of Bitcoin, and still, nobody knows for sure who the genius creator behind blockchain and the "people's currency" is. Now, in the summer of 2018, the international campaign called #findsatoshi, has ignited a worldwide search…
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The usually slow summer months of forex industry news were certainly spiced up this past week, with Mergers & Acquisitions headlining the parade. How much did Swissquote pay for online 'expat' broker Internaxx? Why did AxiCorp buy FCA regulated One Financial? There was also more with LeapRate exclusively reporting on a number of executive moves,…
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Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) and t0.com, Inc. (tZERO) have announced that the companies have both signed term sheets with GSR Capital, a Hong Kong based private equity firm, to invest up to $374.55 million in exchange for common equity in blockchain subsidiary tZERO and common equity in Overstock.com. Overstock and GSR Capital have also entered into…
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Changes to be effective as of 14 August 2018 On Thursday, Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled change to the SDAX index. Due to acquisition of Grammer AG (DE0005895403) by Jiye Auto Parts GmbH the free float of Grammer AG changed by more than 10 percentage points. According to the Guide to the Equity Indices…
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