Fiserv appoints Harry F. DiSimone to Board of Directors LeapRate

BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv appoints Harry F. DiSimone to Board of Directors

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Harry F. DiSimone to its board of directors. DiSimone, 63, founded and has served as president of Commerce Advisors, Inc., a consulting and advisory services firm founded in 2008 for the retail financial services and payments industries. From 2010…

ATFX teams up with major payment providers for LATAM and the Middle East

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

OKMerchant Payment Solutions reduces credit card transaction charges for merchants

Established over a decade ago, OKMerchant Payment Solutions is a Brooklyn, New York-based credit card processing platform which is an independent office of Card Connect a First Data Corporation that helps businesses of all sizes reduce and/or eliminate maintenance and transaction charges when they accept credit or debit card payments from their customers. My goal…

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Why the next oil boom will be fueled by blockchain

Big Oil is due for a disruption. The world's most important industry has been carrying on without any significant changes in its day to day routine for far too long. But now, the new tech on the block has its sights set on the multi-trillion-dollar oil and gas sector. It's official: Blockchain technology has infiltrated…

ANZ ends its $3 billion share buy-back program

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ appoints Kevin Corbally as Chief Risk Officer

ANZ today announced the appointment of Kevin Corbally as Chief Risk Officer, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Shayne Elliott. Mr Corbally joined ANZ in 2009 and is currently Group General Manager Internal Audit after having previously held senior institutional banking and credit management roles. Prior to joining ANZ, he was Managing Director and Head of…

EU launches €400M investment fund to enable AI and Blockchain projects

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IPC collaborates with GreenKey Technologies to bring AI-based speech recognition solution

IPC, a global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, and GreenKey Technologies, creator of patented voice software with integrated speech recognition designed specifically for the financial markets, today announced that they have just signed an agreement for a significant collaboration between the firms. The agreement brings to market…

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Self-regulatory body CryptoUK welcomes UK government Digital Currencies inquiry

CryptoUK is the first self-regulatory trade association for the UK cryptocurrency industry, established to promote higher standards of conduct, and has just informed that it has welcomed the UK government Digital Currencies inquiry. The inquiry will cover the role of digital currencies in the UK, including the opportunities and risks that digital currencies may bring…

U.S. IRS publishes new crypto tax guidelines for forks, income, and gains

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK investment managers association IA calls for increased transparency in FX Last Look

The Investment Association (IA) has today published a series of guidelines designed to ‘shine a light’ and address a number of concerns in the use of Last Look. These guidelines form part of the IA’s call for greater transparency in the use of Last Look, and seek to address concerns that it can negatively affect…

Crypto “bot” trading hurting market reputation and individual investors

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FMA opens applications for personalised robo-advice

The New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has announced that it is now open for applications from providers seeking to offer personalised financial advice to consumers through digital tools and platforms (so-called robo-advice). Digital advice is automated financial advice generated by computer program using algorithms which is usually delivered through a website or a software…

First Republic Bank joins S&P 500 index, replaces Scana Corporation

February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Solactive launches Industrial Robotics & Automation Index to Commerzbank

Solactive has introduced the Solactive Industrial Robotics & Automation Index, a thematic index track- ing companies providing robotics and automation solutions in an industrial context. The index holds globally listed companies with a minimum market capitalization of USD 1 billion operating in sectors such as factory automation equipment, semiconductors, industrial machine parts, and programmable logic…

February 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

France bans ads for cryptocurrency CFDs

France's financial regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued an opinion that it considers that the offer of cryptocurrency derivatives -i.e., CFDs on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ripple - requires authorisation and that it is prohibited to advertise such offer via electronic means. Essentially, by defining crypto CFDs as 'derivatives', the advertising of…