June 16, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum Futures on their way?

The SEC has recently announced that Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, will not be treated as a security by the SEC. The news is an important one, especially for what it might mean for the development of ETH-related "offsprings". Bloomberg reported that the CBOE Global Markets President, Chris Concannon,…

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June 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote launches multi currency Mastercard

Leading Swiss online banking and brokerage firm Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it has launched the Swissquote Multi Currency Credit Card for making payments in a variety of currencies. It allows owners of a Swissquote trading account to benefit from a simple, flexible, and secure method of payment for transactions across the…

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June 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator OSC warns against Forex offshore broker Bristol Consulting FX

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian regulator OSC has issued a warning against an entity called Bristol Consulting FX. Bristol Consulting FX , also doing business as www.bristolconsultingfx.com is not registered in Ontario to engage in the business of trading in securities. The company…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Viking Investments Global clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Viking Investments Global. 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…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

home24 SE listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Online furniture store listed in Prime Standard segment / Sixth Deutsche Börse Venture Network IPO home24 SE (ISIN: DE000A14KEB5) listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, making it the sixth start-up from Deutsche Börse's Venture Network to go public in Frankfurt. The online furniture store listed in the Prime Standard and achieved an initial listing…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FINRA to transform Central Registration Depository and other registration systems

FINRA has just announced details of a multi-phased effort to overhaul its registration and disclosure programs, including the Central Registration Depository (CRD)—the central licensing and registration system that FINRA operates for the U.S. securities industry and its regulators and that provides the backbone of BrokerCheck. The first phase of the transformation—a new WebCRD interface that…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Satis Asset Management clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Satis Asset Management. 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…

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