June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC fines SFS Group Public Ltd and Agroton Public Ltd

The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just informed the public that, at its meetings held on 4th June 2018, decided to impose the following administrative fines for violations of the Transparency Requirements (Transferable Securities Admitted to Trading on a Regulated Market) Law of 2007, as amended (‘the Law’), in regard…

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June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SportsCastr launches token sale for sports industry cryptocurrency FanChain

Live streaming platform SportsCastr has announced the token sale launch of FanChain, a cryptocurrency developed for the multi-billion dollar sports industry. The FanChain token powers a decentralized sports entertainment ecosystem to align the interests of fans, athletes, teams, leagues, and media entities. The project is backed by NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern, NFL Tight End…

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June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swarm tokenizes Dash masternodes

Swarm, the blockchain for private equity, today announced the launch of DMN Token representing fractional ownership of a Dash masternode, extending block rewards and voting rights to all token holders. Additionally, investors may now use Dash to participate in all investment opportunities on Swarm’s marketplace. Dash is a leader in cryptocurrency, and at Swarm we…

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June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against CFD Corporate firm

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 CFD Corporate. CFD Corporate is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against cold calling scam firm Prestige Wealth Solutions

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning to a company called Prestige Wealth Solutions. Prestige Wealth Solutions ADDRESS: Burj Al Salam Tower, Office 803, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. WEBSITE: www.pws-intl.com PHONE: +971 (0) 4 374 2200 EMAIL: [email protected] Prestige Wealth Solutions and its associates are offering financial services to…

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June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PayPal and eBay extend consumer credit relationship

eBay and online payment giant PayPal have announced that they have extended their credit agreement in which eBay will continue to accept and promote PayPal Credit on its Marketplace platform. PayPal Credit, PayPal’s proprietary online consumer financing product, offers eBay shoppers choice and flexibility in how they pay. eBay has offered PayPal Credit to its…

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June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LSE acquires 16% of margin automation solutions provider AcadiaSoft

AcadiaSoft Inc., the industry provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral management worldwide, has announced that London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has taken a minority, circa 16%, stake in the company. Along with this investment, AcadiaSoft has signed a preliminary agreement that will enable further collaboration with LCH SwapAgent on the development…

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June 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CMC Markets integrates Tradefeedr machine learning based trading analytics

FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker CMC Markets has announced that it has partnered with Tradefeedr, a data science platform built for financial markets, to deploy cloud based machine learning to improve trading analytics and intelligence around liquidity management. The additional capabilities provide for: Data integration: the ingestion, cleansing and store of massive amounts…

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June 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cobalt launches low latency credit management platform

Cobalt, the shared back and middle office FX infrastructure provider, has unveiled its innovative credit management platform that significantly reduces risk for FX market participants. Cobalt’s low latency credit management platform utilises high-throughput technology to control credit and associated market access rules throughout the trade lifecycle in real-time. It significantly reduces risk for the entire…

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FXTM lewis pugh the long swim
June 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Time to go blue: The Long Swim

The following article was written by FXTM staff writer Natasha Keary. What will the future look like? Fast-forward to 2050, and we’ll be living in a technology-clad smart world. Researchers predict that over the next 30 years, driverless cars will represent 90% of global car shares and the average person will possess around 25 smart,…

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