April 30, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Paysafe expands payment processing solution integration with NMI

NMI, a leading provider of payments enablement technology for independent sales organizations (ISOs), independent software vendors (ISVs), value-added resellers (VARs) and payment facilitators, and Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, today announced an expanded partnership which sees NMI leverage Paysafe’s global acquiring and processing reach and Paysafe deepen its integration and offering accessible through NMI’s payments enablement technology.…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Amalgamated Properties Limited clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Amalgamated Properties Limited. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…

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April 30, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

How can the US Government calm markets' fears of a trade war?

The following article was written by Amram Margalit, content manager at Leverate. Following an unprecedented climb from levels below 7,000 in 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial average recently attained the dizzying height in excess of 26,000 some nine years later. However, since the beginning of 2018, the market has been stuck in a volatile range, with prices…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet announces enhancements to its Next Gen Algo suite

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced two enhancements to its Next Gen Algo suite, Liquidnet’s premium offering of liquidity-seeking and benchmark strategies designed specifically for institutions. The newest addition to the Liquidnet Virtual High Touch® suite: Targeted Invitations from Algos integrates one of Liquidnet’s most popular liquidity-seeking products with its Next Gen Algo…

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April 30, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

How China is becoming the real "king" of cryptocurrencies

While China may be doomed by many as the "not-to-go" place when it comes to cryptocurrencies, because of heavy regulations, the country may be the real king of cryptocurrencies after all. The well-known "heavens" of altcoins are countries such as Singapore, Japan, Estonia and others. All of these countries have embraced a rather friendly and…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Global Market introduces regulatory framework for spot crypto asset markets

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has just informed the public that it has today published a consultation paper setting out its proposed framework to regulate spot crypto asset activities, including exchanges, custodians and other intermediaries, to be undertaken in ADGM. The FSRA is proposing a fit-for-purpose regulatory framework…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICE Benchmark Administration becomes authorised benchmark administrator

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has been authorised as a regulated benchmark administrator under the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). Authorisation was granted by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on April 27, 2018.…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Activ Financial joins the BT Radianz Cloud

ACTIV Financial Inc, a financial market data vendor, has just announced that as part of a drive to expand its customer base, it has joined the BT Radianz Cloud, the financial cloud community. The move provides ACTIV with access to a global community of thousands of financial services institutions who consume and distribute applications and…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mosaic Smart Data adds former EBS CEO Jack Jeffery as Chairman

Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the FICC data analytics company, just announced that Jack Jeffery has joined the company as Chairman of the Board. With over 35 years’ experience in the financial markets, Jack Jeffery has previously held CEO positions at electronic fixed income platform MTS and ICAP Electronic Broking, which included responsibility for Brokertec and…

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