While the cryptocurrency market seems to have stabilized, the value of Bitcoin is constantly argued about, especially after its value took a huge dip in January 2018 falling from what was $20,000 in December, to less than $7,000 at one point in January. The Bitcoin community, however, seems to be more united than ever. Now,…
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Retail FX broker FXCM continued its strong start to 2018, reporting overall FX trading volumes of $239 billion. That ranks just 4% below January's $250 billion, but given that February had fewer trading days than January (20 versus 22), February's $12.0 billion average daily volume was actually 5% above January. Keeping in mind, that January…
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It isn't just the bank and brokers getting fined. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it charged the New York Stock Exchange and two affiliated exchanges with regulatory failures in connection with multiple episodes, including several disruptive market events. The charges arose from five separate investigations and include the first-ever charged…
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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 Cabbot Law Group. Cabbot Law Group is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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Payment and commerce solutions company Verifone (NYSE: PAY) and global payments provider Paysafe (LON:PAYS) have announced an agreement for Paysafe to be the first adopter in the independent sales organization (ISO) space to deploy Verifone Connect with Carbon and Engage devices to its network of quick service restaurants (QSRs) and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)…
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Eventus Systems, Inc., a provider of regtech software solutions for the capital markets, has just informed that it has established a presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The decision to provide a regional sales presence for its Validus surveillance and risk software platform follows growth throughout 2017 in the firm’s client base, as well…
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The financial technology company NEX (LON:NXG) and the research, advisory, and consulting firm focused on financial services technology, Celent, announced that they have published a new white paper. named ‘Cloud in Capital Markets - Getting ahead of tomorrow.’ The white paper provides an in-depth analysis of the benefits and risks of cloud technology and its…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has announced that it has teamed up with eBrevia, a machine-learning contract analytics platform, to help enterprises tackle large and complex contract remediation projects involving commercial contracts. The collaboration enhances the managed services from Thomson Reuters with greater technology enablement, accelerating clients’ ability to execute on contract remediation. Thomson Reuters…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Policy 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 to…
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Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) are becoming a hugely popular means of raising digital capital to fund the launch and growth of innovative business ideas. However, there are often stumbling blocks and campaigns can fall flat and fail to attract the necessary interest. Here are five key points to consider when launching an ICO, by Egor…
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