May 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Horizon Software expands its footprint in Indonesia

Horizon Software, the provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, announced today its intention to expand into the growing Indonesian market during 2018. With the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is hugely significant for the development of the region’s financial sector. Horizon has been working closely with a number of institutions in Indonesia’s…

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May 21, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Investment and Binary Options scams rise in record $340 million 2017 in Australia

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has reported that Australians lost more money to scammers in 2017 than in any other year since the ACCC began reporting on scam activity. According to the ACCC’s ninth annual Targeting scams report released today, more than 200,000 scam reports were submitted to the ACCC, Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network…

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May 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Leverate departures, Regulated crypto exchange launch, and lots more

Forex Industry News this past week at LeapRate covered topics including... Which senior executives have left FX platform and technology provider Leverate? And Saxo Bank? Which former Retail FX broker CEO (Oanda, Alpari) has launched a new regulated cryptocurrency exchange called DX.Exchange, in partnership with NASDAQ? Who is behind INFLYX, which has launched regulated liquidity…

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May 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: smartTrade hit by hackers at LD4 causing downtime to clients

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider smartTrade Technologies was hit by hackers last week, at its LD4 hosting location. Service was partially and intermittently not accessible to smartTrade clients in LD4 for several hours last Wednesday, May 9. At around 5:30pm UTC a smartTrade monitoring tool raised an alert at…

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May 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Save Power UK Ltd 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 Save Power UK Ltd. Save Power UK Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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May 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX welcomes Hyphens Pharma International Limited to Catalist

Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it has welcomed Hyphens Pharma International Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “1J5”. Hyphens Pharma International Limited is one of Singapore’s leading specialty pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare groups with a diverse footprint in ASEAN countries. The Group is in the business of selling and marketing of specialty pharmaceutical…

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May 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Hash Finance Limited 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 Hash Finance Limited. Hash Finance Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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