April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Polish forex broker XTB claims blackmail, ex-client claims fraud, KNF investigates

A war of words is brewing between Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), a former disgruntled client named Krzysztof Kramarczyk, Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego, or KNF), and Polish prosecutors with charges of asymmetric slippage, fraud, and blackmail being bandied about. X Trade Brokers operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub…

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April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Binary Options exec Mickey Winitsky replaces Itay Gissin as CEO of Investing.com

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular financial news site Investing.com has appointed Mickey Winitsky as its new CEO. Mickey Winitsky is replacing Itay Gissin, who was brought in by Investing.com founder Dror Efrat in 2014 to take over some of the key senior management responsibilities. Mr. Efrat remains active with the company. Mickey Winitsky is…

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April 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitfinex adds 12 new tokens as crypto exchange's daily trading volume hits $500 million

Digital asset trading platform Bitfinex has announced the introduction of 12 new token listings to its trading platform. The crypto exchange, which services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers, announced the introduction to the platform of the following tokens: Aion (AION), IOSToken (IOST), Request Network (REQ), Raiden Network (RDN), Loopring (LRC), BnkToTheFuture Token (BFT), Cofound.it…

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April 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Bee Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Bee Loans. 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 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Linq Capital National Bank

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 Linq Capital National Bank. Linq Capital National Bank is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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April 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Godewind Immobilien AG listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Deutsche Börse has announced that Godewind Immobilien AG (ISIN: DE000A2G8XX3) was just listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Its shares opened trading at €3.60 following an issue price of €4.00. A total of 93.75 million shares were admitted for trading, of which 15 million stemmed from current share capital. J.P. Morgan…

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April 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Record activity in Eurex Clearing’s Partnership Program

In March, Eurex Clearing’s OTC Interest Rate Derivatives (IRD) segment saw record activity under the new Partnership Program. Volumes increased around elevenfold compared to March 2017 with a total of EUR 1.7 trillion notional cleared. The total notional outstanding reached EUR 4.7 trillion compared to EUR 1.2 trillion in March 2017. Eurex Clearing’s Partnership Program…

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April 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against Lanvert Limited

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Lanvert Limited. The entity is not licensed under the IFSC Act to provide, carry on, transact, or hold himself out as providing, carrying on, or transacting any of the international financial services as set out in the Schedule of the IFSC Act…

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