April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Societe Generale selects big xyt's Liquidity Cockpit for equities trading activity analysis

big xyt, the independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has announced the addition of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) as a client of its Liquidity Cockpit, providing a consolidated view across all European trading venue activity with on-exchange and off-exchange liquidity including over-the-counter (OTC) equities and Systematic Internaliser (SI)…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv launches FinKit for Open Banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology, has just announced that it has launched FinKit™ for Open Banking to help financial institutions meet and keep pace with rapidly unfolding regulations. The move toward open banking, driven by the European Union's Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and the United Kingdom's Open Banking…

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April 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Understanding MiFID II National IDs

The following article was written by Quinn Perrott, General Manager of  regulatory and compliance solutions provider TRAction Fintech. Natural person identifiers are an important part of transaction reporting and contain some complexity in their application due to the variety of identifiers available. It’s widely-known that corporate counterparties need to be identified by their legal entity…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

DasCoin set to trade on public exchanges

DasCoin, the Currency of Trust and the store of value within DasEcosystem, has just announced that it has completed a well structured two-year journey of preparation and strategic activity to develop its business platform. The company has shared that it is now ready to launch onto public exchanges in conjunction with a landmark launch event…

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April 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX affiliate group Investoo buys Dutch cryptocurrency portal Cryptostart.nl

Continuing its year-long acquisition spree, Investoo Group has announced the acquisition of Cryptostart.nl, a Dutch online portal for all cryptocurrencies in use worldwide. The acquisition follows Investoo's purchase of German cryptocurrency portal Bitcoinmag.de, announced in November. Investoo Group has grown to become one of the largest affiliates to FX and cryptocurrency brokers. Investoo has already been actively consolidating…

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April 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Capital.com launches Investmate educational app for traders

Fintech company Capital.com has announced the launch of an educational app, Investmate, which provides training for new and budding traders, allowing them to learn the basics of finance on the go. The app delivers an expansive range of introductory trading courses on financial instruments, derivatives and CFDs, as well as a course on understanding the…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX expands Asia FX market presence with new Thai, Malay, Hindi and Urdu language websites

Online trading services provider AT Global Markets Limited (ATFX) has announced that it has launched websites in four new languages, bringing the total number of languages on the company website to thirteen. The additional languages are Thai, Malay, Hindi and Urdu, highlighting the financial company’s plans to expand its operations in South East Asia. With…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bursa Malaysia's profit up 13% YoY in 1Q 2018

Bursa Malaysia Berhad announced that it has registered a Profit After Tax and Minority Interest (PATAMI) of RM63.8 million for the first quarter ended 31 March 2018 (“1Q2018”), an increase of 12.6% from RM56.6 million reported in the previous first quarter ended 31 March 2017 (1Q2017), and an increase of 15.4% compared to the preceding…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange launches Light Sweet Crude Oil futures

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced that it will launch a Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract and futures-style options on the futures to facilitate investment in global commodity instruments by Russian participants and their clients. This will happen on 25 April 2018. Igor Marich, Managing Director of the Money and Derivatives Markets at Moscow…

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