Fintech company Bankorus adds three new faces to its team LeapRate

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fintech company Bankorus adds three new faces to its team

Bankorus, a fintech company and creator of China’s first robo-advisor, has announced three new additions to its team. Silicon Valley Bank’s former head of corporate Marketing, Anne-Flore Goldsberry, to lead long term marketing strategy as Bankorus’ first Chief Marketing Officer, Carl Bennetts, Co-Founder of Status, to advise on business and technical strategy and David Johnston,…

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Money Saving Expert clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Money Saving Expert. 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…

Dukascopy Bank announces live testing of crypto-funding functionality

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dukascopy launches BTC/USD for trading on LIVE

Geneva based Retail FX broker Dukascopy has just announced that the Bitcoin to US Dollar (BTC/USD) is now available for regular self trading LIVE accounts of Dukascopy Bank. Maximum leverage on BTC/USD is set to 1:3. The broker has expanded the range of instruments with CFDs on cryptocurrencies trading earlier this month, when Bitcoin to…

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LFE Corporation ex-director jailed for furnishing false statements to Malaysia Exchange

The Court of Appeal on Friday, 23 March 2018, has dismissed an appeal by former director of LFE Corporation Bhd (LFE), Alan Rajendram a/l Jeya Rajendram, against his conviction for furnishing false statements to Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa) in 2007. In 2012, Alan, 62, was sentenced to one year jail and fined a total…

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Modex launches Smart Contract Marketplace

Modex has announced that it has launched its first fully functional product alpha, bringing to the market the World's First App Store for the Blockchain. Modex's Smart Contract Marketplace aims to tackle the 'last mile' adoption problem that will bring blockchain technology into daily use for everyone, by facilitating access to multi-protocol smart contracts. The…

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Europe adds Saxo Bank as new indices customer

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has signed a license agreement to utilise 15 Cboe European national benchmark indices, including its FR 40, DE 30 and CH 20 indices. Saxo Bank plans to utilise the Indices for benchmarking against European markets and the creation of…

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Indian online gold dealer RSBL upgrades to MetaTrader 5

RSBL is India's leading bullion company, with a turnover of over $1.5 billion. Its RSBL Spot is one of the few platforms supporting physical gold and silver dealings and deliveries. The system today has thousands of registered jewelers, spread across all the corners of India. All RSBL's clients will now be able to trade via…

March 26, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ATFX accelerates Asia growth with new Malaysia office

Online trading services provider AT Global Markets Limited (ATFX) has announced its third office launched since its entry into Southeast Asia in 2017 with the launch of a new office, AT Global Markets Malaysia, in Austin Heights, Johor Bahru. ATFX looks to continue to accommodate rapid growth and leverage the diverse high-technology talent pool, having…

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Heritage Capital clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Heritage Capital. 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…

R3 and SBI Holdings plan to accelerate Corda adoption in Japan

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HQLAX joins Deutsche Börse to build securities lending solution on R3 Corda blockchain platform

Deutsche Börse Group and HQLAX announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent to form a strategic partnership for the creation of an innovative securities lending solution using the R3 Corda blockchain platform. Using Corda’s blockchain technology, the partners will build a fully integrated front to back operating model to facilitate more efficient collateral…