May 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against BigOption 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 BigOption. BigOption is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…

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May 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group completes integration with PrimeXM’s XCore technology

Retail FX broker FXCM has reported that its institutional department, FXCM Pro, has gone live with PrimeXM’s XCore technology. Institutions seeking an ultra-low latency order management, risk and reporting solution, which can report both real-time and post trade to brokers, regulators and back-office systems, can now connect via FXCM Pro. FXCM is delighted to announce…

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May 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

NEX Group revenues up 9% in FY2018, Forex ECN EBS up just 4%

London based electronic trading firm and exchange operator NEX Group PLC (LON: NXG) has announced its 2018 fiscal year results for the 12 months ended March 31, 2018, indicating modest but healthy growth across most of its business lines. This is likely the last standalone financial year report for NEX, as the company has agreed…

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May 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 Local Trade Copier version 2.9.6 “Kilauea” released

Local Trade Copier has announced the release of its new version 2.9.6 “Kilauea”, named after the currently active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Local Trade Copier is a special software for the MetaTrader 4 platform which helps retail Forex traders and account managers duplicate trading positions between multiple accounts running on the same computer/VPS so…

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May 21, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The next financial services giant with own cryptocurrency

After Goldman Sachs and Circle announced the launch of their own cryptocurrency, now another financial services giant is getting ready to launch their own digital currency by next year. The Japanese Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is said to launch the digital asset by next year. The coin, called MUFG Coin, will be launched with…

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EBS launched a EBS Direct platform.
May 21, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Devexperts develops BayGlobal trading app for Global Securities in Turkey

Munich, Germany based Devexperts, which develops retail and institutional trading platforms and market data solutions, has announced that together with Global Securities (Global Menkul Degerler), a brokerage firm operating in Turkey, they have launched BayGlobal - a custom made notification and trading platform created specifically for the Turkish financial markets. BayGlobal is a new generation trading…

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May 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Tradeinvest90 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 Tradeinvest90. Tradeinvest90 is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…

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May 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Firmo launches blockchain agnostic platform for cryptocurrency derivatives

Firmo, the company bringing financial contracts to the blockchain, just announced that it has launched its contract engine and simple domain-specific language. The simplicity of Firmo’s domain specific language opens the door for people without coding skills, to create safe and secure financial contracts on the blockchain. The Firmo Protocol, acting as an interface, provides…

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