May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

muinmos teams up with NorthRow to offer automated onboarding solution

RegTech software specialist muinmos announced that it has partnered with NorthRow, a complementary RegTech compliance software provider, to offer a powerful combined fully automated solution to support client onboarding in the financial services sector. The integration between muinmos and NorthRow enables financial institutions to undertake all Know Your Client (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML)…

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May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX Payment Services teams up with Wordline

SIX has just announced that it is entering a strategic partnership with Worldline in the cards business (merchant acceptance & acquiring and international card processing). SIX will bring the existing cards business into the partnership and will receive a 27% stake in Worldline. SIX Payment Services and Worldline complement each other very well in terms…

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May 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch monthly revenues edge up to €1.7 million in Q1-2018

Financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has released its quarterly financial report for Q1-2018, indicating healthy growth across most of its business lines, including 16% top line Revenue growth. Euronext indicated that its recently acquired Forex ECN business, FastMatch, also did fairly well in Q1, with FastMatch revenues totaling €5.2 million (USD $6.2 million) in Q1,…

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May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Consultancy Ltd t/a Stratx Markets

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 Consultancy Ltd t/a Stratx Markets. Consultancy Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on…

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May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cryptonomics Capital selects AlgoTrader for cryptocurrency quant modelling

AlgoTrader Inc today announced that Cryptonomics Capital Ltd., a crypto-valley based AI crypto quant fund and blockchain boutique, has selected AlgoTrader, a single end-to-end solution for the design of its automated trading strategy, testing and deployment for all its quant modeling requirements. Quantitative modeling and automated trading have become increasingly more important in the cryptocurrency…

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May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ActivTrades 2017 Revenues up 16% to £40.4 million, monthly volumes $90 billion

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated MT4 broker ActivTrades has continued its impressive growth with the company reporting healthy financial metrics for 2017. ActivTrades, which is controlled by Swiss entrepreneur Alex Pusco who still serves as the company’s CEO, saw Revenues grow by 16% in 2017 to £40.4 million (USD $55 million), up…

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May 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against XFR Financial 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 XFR Financial. XFR Financial 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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May 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BCBS and IOSCO issue the shortterm STC criteria

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today issued the Criteria for identifying simple, transparent and comparable short-term securitisations (the shortterm STC criteria). The short-term STC criteria aim to assist the financial industry in its development of simple, transparent and comparable short-term securitisations. The criteria maintain…

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