April 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: CySEC licensed institutional FX broker PositivaFX acquired and rebranded to ATFX, expands to Retail

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that ATFX has expanded to Cyprus, acquiring control of CySEC licensed institutional FX broker PositivaFX. ATFX is a co-brand shared by a number of different entities globally including FCA regulated AT Global Markets (UK) Limited in the United Kingdom, ATFX Global Markets (CY) Limited in Cyprus, AT Capital Markets Limited…

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April 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FINRA names Timothy C. Scheve to Board of Governors

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has named Timothy C. Scheve, President and Chief Executive Officer of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, as a new Large Firm Governor on its Board of Governors. Scheve was appointed to complete the term of former Governor John W. Thiel, who left the Board earlier this year.…

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April 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC charges former financial adviser charged with dishonesty

Following an ASIC investigation, former financial adviser Mr Trevor William Martin, has today been charged with twenty-one counts of dishonestly obtaining client funds and five counts of using false documents to obtain a financial advantage under the NSW Crimes Act. ASIC alleges that on twenty-one occasions between 1 June 2011 to April 2015 Mr Martin,…

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April 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe SEF launches two new NDF currency pairs

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has just announced that its swap execution facility, Cboe SEF, has launched trading of U.S. Dollar (USD)/ Russian Ruble (RUB) and USD/Peruvian Sol (PEN) non-deliverable foreign exchange forward currency pairs. Bryan Harkins, Executive Vice President and Co-Head, Markets Division, at Cboe, said: We have seen success in trading non-deliverable…

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April 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tradency adds new APIs and services to its core auto trading engine

Tradency, a financial technology provider, has just announced the expansion of its F-PaaS, technology outsourcing offering. Tradency’s core auto-trading engines were added to the F-PaaS offering and are now available for integration with a wide range of applications through its easy to learn, use and maintain APIs. The F-PaaS technology offering also includes complementary professional…

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April 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Bluestone Asset Management (Europe) S.A. 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 Bluestone Asset Management (Europe) S.A. Bluestone Asset Management (Europe) S.A. is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…

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April 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary options and crypto CEO Blake Kantor arrested, faces 20 years in jail for fraud

The US Department of Justice has announced that a three-count indictment was unsealed yesterday (see below) in federal court in charging Blake Kantor, also known as “Bill Gordon,” with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an official proceeding and making false statements to Special Agents of the FBI. Kantor was arrested by federal authorities yesterday and…

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