Finastra announced that it has joined Finance Innovation – a community focused on supporting innovation across all areas of financial services in France. The innovation hub brings banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions together with Fintech firms, industry bodies and academics to collaborate and drive innovation across the industry. Hugh Cumming, CTO, Platforms at…
Read moreThe SEC’s “SALI” tool will allow investors to identify individuals subject to judgments or orders in enforcement actions The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the launch of an additional online search feature that enables investors to research whether the person trying to sell them investments has a judgment or order entered against them in…
Read moreSteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm and MAP Financial Technologies Limited, (MAP FinTech) which specialises in regulatory reporting solutions have announced a research and development partnership. The partnership will focus on the two firms’ complementary areas of regulatory reporting, specifically relating to EMIR, MIFID-II/MIFIR and Best Execution solutions. SteelEye has developed an intelligent…
Read moreCboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the expansion of its Market Data Services team with two key appointments in its London office. Richard Barden has been appointed as Director, Market Data Sales and Stephen Dorrian has been appointed Director, European Market Data. Mr. Barden is responsible for the expansion and distribution of Cboe’s…
Read moreASIC announced that it has permanently banned Queensland financial adviser Mr Michael Gordon Taylor from providing financial services. Mr Taylor was an authorised representative of Morgans Financial Limited from 10 March 2004 until 21 September 2015. Between 2007 and 2015, Mr Taylor borrowed approximately $1.2 million from 16 clients. Borrowing from clients involved a conflict…
Read moreTelegram was is probably one of the most successful ICOs in history. The messaging app that offers unique texting features such as encryption, called off its public ICO after it raised the staggering amount of $1.7 billion in the presale round. Reportedly, the money raised is from a small, very private group of investors. The…
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Private equity firm CVC Capital has made another acquisition in the online space. Several months after partnering with Blackstone in the $4 billion buyout of online payments specialist Paysafe, CVC has acquired retail FX broker OANDA. The price and other terms of this deal, however, were not announced. The press release follows: CVC Capital Partners…
Read moreUK 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 Finance Lenders. Finance Lenders is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
Read moreNinjaTrader, LLC has announced the addition of Oanda and City Index as supported forex brokerage service providers expanding the options available for forex traders. Raymond Deux, Founder and CEO of NinjaTrader said: Providing traders with choice when it comes to their brokerage and market data providers is a key component of what makes NinjaTrader unique.…
Read moreAustralian regulator ASIC announced that it welcomes the authorisation by the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services of the operator of the new single external dispute resolution (EDR) scheme for consumer and small business complaints: the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA will be able to deal with complaints about financial firms including banks, credit…
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