The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has informed that the ESMA Guidelines on the management body of Market Operators and Data Reporting Services Providers have been adopted by CySEC. The complete text of the announcement can be seen below: TO : Market Operators and Data Reporting Service providers FROM : Cyprus Securities and Exchange…
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Instructure, Inc. (NYSE: INST), a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company, today announced the pricing of its registered underwritten public offering of 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $39.50 per share. In addition, Instructure has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 375,000 shares of common…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... About six months ago LeapRate reported exclusively that Alex Mackinnon had left AxiTrader to join the CFH Systems FX technologies arm of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). With obvious global expansion plans after Playtech bought CFH Group for $120 million just over a year ago, CFH Systems brought on the very experienced Mr. Mackinnon, who…
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Offering the first payment gateway using cryptocurrency supported by gold, Puregold.io just announced that it has entered into a partnership with Business Operating System (BOS) pioneer Orca. Puregold's ICO is now live, and is offering a 10% bonus. Orca, an easy-to-use, intelligent BOS based in Singapore and Malaysia, is used in food and beverage (F&B)…
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ISDA has announced that regulatory fintech firm REGnosys has been appointed to develop a digital version of the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM). REGnosys was selected following a request for quotations issued in the fourth quarter of 2017, and will now assist ISDA in developing the framework to build a digital version of the ISDA…
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Continuing our coverage of the interesting ways Retail FX brokers spend their marketing dollars in the "offline" world - in particular in the area of sports sponsorships, Invast Global, the ASIC-regulated Australian-based arm of leading Japanese brokerage Invast Securities Co. Ltd. (TYO:8709), has announced that it is becoming a major sponsor of the Australia Men’s & Women’s…
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ASIC announced that it has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking from director Mr David Orth under which he will cease to provide financial services for five years. In addition, Mr Orth will make a community benefit payment in the amount of $400,000 to Financial Literacy Australia to support the financial capability of vulnerable people. Mr Orth…
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has warned investors that USI Tech Limited (USI Tech), Eleanor Parker and Casey Combden are not registered to sell securities in Ontario. USI Tech, Ms. Parker and Mr. Combden appear to be involved in a multilevel marketing scheme that targets Ontario investors and encourages them to purchase bitcoin packages. We…
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Centroid Solutions announced that it has just launched a portfolio of upgraded risk-management solutions. These products are fully-compatible and synchronize seamlessly with the MetaTrader 5 platform. The company recently joined forces under 180 Capital along with FCA and CySEC licensed Amana Capital, and investment management firm 514 Capital Partners. Centroid Solutions released a set of simple, yet…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a Customer Protection Advisory that warns customers to beware of and avoid pump-and-dump schemes that can occur in thinly traded or new “alternative” virtual currencies, digital coins or tokens. As with many online frauds, this type of scam is not new - it simply deploys an emerging…
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