April 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Trade Korea clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Trade Korea. 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 to…

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April 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX adds Ripple to its cryptocurrency trading platform

Online trading services provider AT Global Markets Limited (ATFX) has announced  that it has added Ripple to its cryptocurrency trading platform in March. By adding Ripple, it takes its cryptocurrency lineup to four following recent additions of Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum, as the company continues to fulfill its commitment to offering a better choice of…

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April 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

UFX.com Weekly Trading Review: Amazon's AWS Blockchain Templates, Netflix earns $3.7B

Your Weekly Trading Review by UFX.com – Sunday, April 22, 2018 Here are some of this past week’s leading economic news and events that affected the financial markets: Amazon Launches "AWS Blockchain Templates" Amazon’s web services developed a new technology known as  "AWS Blockchain Templates". The new blockchain templates will make the process of creating projects based…

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April 20, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Blockchain Tour Market in Dubai

Dubai is undoubtedly one of the most famous destinations for tourists from around the world. Blockchain is now entering the "game" in Dubai. The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, or for short - DTCM has just launched a blockchain platform called Tourism 2.0, which allows tour operators and hotels and the like to…

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April 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Charges against co-founder Raymond Trapani added in $32 million fraudulent Centra Tech ICO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced additional fraud charges stemming from an investigation of Centra Tech Inc.’s $32 million initial coin offering (ICO) In an amended complaint filed today, the SEC charged one of Centra’s co-founders, Raymond Trapani, in a fraudulent scheme related to Centra’s 2017 ICO, in which the company issued “CTR…

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April 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NSD conducts first Federal Treasury repo auction with a floating rate

On 12 April 2018, Russia’s Federal Treasury has informed that it has successfully conducted its first repo auction with a floating rate via National Settlement Depository’s Collateral Management System (CMS). The amount of concluded transactions reached RUB 60.7 billion. Federal Treasury repos with a floating rate is a new product in NSD’s CMS product range.…

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April 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HSBC strengthens energy policy

HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) has announced a withdrawal from the coal fired power sector, as part of its efforts to support a transition to a low-carbon economy. In 2011, HSBC decided to significantly restrict its support for new coal-fired power plants and effectively ceased financing them in 78 developed countries. It will now stop financing…

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April 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA and PRA conclude investigations into Jes Staley and Barclays

As announced April last year, the Financial Contract Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have been conducting investigations into Jes Staley, Group Chief Executive Officer of Barclays, and Barclays Bank PLC (LON:BARC) in relation to an attempt by Mr Staley in 2016 to identify the author of an anonymous letter. The FCA and…

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