June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters Exec leaves to fight financing of terrorism in cryptocurrency

iComply Investor Services, a RegTech software company offering global regulatory automation service for blockchain securities, has just announced  that Greg Pinn, head of World-Check for information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has resigned from his post to lead product strategy for iComply. Since 2009 Mr. Pinn led product development, technology, and strategy for World-Check, both before…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cryptocurrency trading educational platform Bitcoin.live launches

New Bitcoin and cryptocurrency platform, Bitcoin.live, has just launched globally. Focused on providing insight and educational tools from analysts within the industry, with the end of goal of helping subscribers to improve their trading portfolios, Bitcoin.Live will cater to all cryptocurrency traders, as well as those with little to no experience. The educational platform is…

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June 05, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase with office in Japan

With the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies around the world, Coinbase is launching an office in one of the crypto "heavens" nowadays - Japan. Coinbase is currently present in more than 30 countries, and the company's decision to expand to Japan is a serious strategic strike for Coinbase's future plans to grow its client base and…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Apollo Group CIO Bob Carroll joins Dash Core Group

Dash, the digital currency for payments, has just announced that IT industry veteran Bob Carroll has joined as the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Dash Core Group. As CTO, Carroll will be in charge of leading the continued development of the Dash network and its products, including the development and launch of Dash’s Evolution…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone introduces web-based platform FXePrice

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) has just announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd's Global Payments Division ("the Company"), has introduced FXePrice, a proprietary web-based platform allowing the Company's local currency liquidity providers to streamline executable prices in 140 currencies and 175 countries. The Company has released the platform to select members of its…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC charges individual with fraud

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today that David Singh of Richmond Hill, Ontario has been charged with fraud and related offences under the Securities Act (Ontario) following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT). Mr. Singh has been charged with the following offences under the Securities Act: one count of trading…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

STS Group AG just listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

STS Group AG (DE000A1TNU68) was just listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, Deutsche Börse announced earlier. The automotive supplier is now in the Prime Standard segment and achieved an initial listing price of €24.00, following an issue price of €24.00. This takes the number of IPOs in Frankfurt since the beginning of the year…

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June 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

AxiTrader hires GBST executive Patrick Salis as CFO, Simon Hodgkiss becomes CRO

Australia based Retail FX brokerage group AxiCorp, which operates the AxiTrader brand, has announced a management shakeup which has seen the company hire Patrick Salis as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, replacing longtime CFO Simon Hodgkiss. Mr. Hodgkiss will remain at AxiTrader, taking on the newly created regulatory-focused role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Patrick…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans individual from providing financial services

ASIC has just informed the public that it has permanently banned Desiree Veronica Macpherson from providing financial services. ASIC found that in relation to Ms Macpherson’s involvement with the development and promotion of the Newman Estate Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia that Ms Macpherson had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, that…

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June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto exchange Blockbid to employ LexisNexis-ThreatMetrix KYC and fraud prevention solution

Secure cryptocurrency trading platform Blockbid has just announced that it adds increased fraud prevention security and bank-grade know your customer (KYC) solutions, in a move to be one of the first exchanges that exceeds user expectations and voluntarily meets stringent global anti-money laundering requirements. Blockbid announced today its selection of solutions provided by the newly…

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