April 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tech firm Metamako buys xCelor’s hardware business

Metamako, provider of low-latency, FPGA-enabled network solutions, announced today the acquisition of xCelor’s network device business. Metamako is making its first acquisition, strengthening its position as the premier network technology platform for companies developing and deploying high-performance applications. xCelor will now concentrate on its applications business, providing its apps on the Metamako hardware. This is…

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April 26, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

How Sport Sponsorship is delivering immediate ROI for Blockchain brands

The following article was written by Stephen Pearson, CEO of Sports Media Gaming Ltd (SMG). SMG is a leading international sports marketing agency and has been at the forefront of brokering recent blockchain sports sponsorships. Stephen has held Board roles at UEFA Champions League and English Premier League. Sports sponsorship is fast becoming the staple marketing platform…

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April 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse announces strong start of 2018 in 1Q report

Deutsche Börse AG has just published its results for the first quarter of 2018 on Wednesday. The company generated net revenue of €691.6 million, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year (Q1/2017: €623.4 million). Deutsche Börse thus achieved secular net revenue growth of approximately 7 per cent, in line with its projections. In…

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April 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Magento Commerce selects Klarna as one of its core payment solutions

Klarna, a global payments provider, has announced its integration with Magento Commerce as a Core Bundled Extension (CBE) in the latest release of its flagship commerce platform. The integration will allow merchants to activate Klarna’s Pay Now, Pay Later and Slice It, which will provide customers with flexibility in payments and an overall smoother shopping…

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April 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ghanaian broker Precise FX rolls out MT5 trading platform

Traders of Ghana and other West African countries are now able to trade using the innovative platform developed by MetaQuotes. Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has announced that Ghanaian broker Precise FX is the first in the region to switch to MetaTrader 5, offering its customers the full package of services. The African traders have…

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April 26, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Civil action filed against Michael Salerno and his companies for LinkedIn-based Retail Forex fraud

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has filed a civil enforcement action charging Defendants Michael Salerno of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and his companies Black Diamond Forex LP and BDF Trading LP, both Pennsylvania limited partnerships, and Advanta FX, a Pennsylvania corporation, with fraudulently soliciting members of the public to become foreign currency (forex) proprietary traders and…

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April 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Money Financers 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 Money Financers. Money Financers 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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April 26, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Pressure mounts on UK banks as PPI deadline inches closer

The following article was written by Kamran Mirshahi, founder and director of the leading PPI claims company, Canary Claims. The beginning of April saw the Financial Conduct Authority release its latest PPI deadline advertisement. The first announcement of the deadline last August has encouraged UK consumers to check if they were mis-sold PPI. Some policies…

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April 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Aion launches blockchain interoperability platform

Blockchain network Aion has announced the launch of the first public blockchain interoperability platform. The Aion network will allow for independently operated blockchains to connect, enabling the instant, global transfer and recording of data and value, streamlining communications, and bridging disparate blockchains. Use cases for the Aion protocol include cross-organizational functions like supply chain operations,…

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