CopyCash ICO social fx trading
December 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Tradency's Lior Nabat and Fullerton's Mario Singh back Blockchain based social trading CopyCash.io

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a new Asia-focused social trading and investing site called CopyCash (at copycash.io) has launched. The new Blockchain-based project is being backed by some names familiar to those in the Retail FX world, including Lior Nabat, founder and still CEO of Tradency which pioneered the mirror trading concept during the…

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December 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dukascopy launches Private Retail Banking

Swiss Forex brokerage house Dukascopy Bank SA just announced that it has entered the new domain of core banking business – retail banking. The cornerstone of its new business model is a combination of online video identification and banking infrastructure built around a modern messenger and social network. Dukascopy has achieved the technological point, at…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Amundi Asset Management clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Amundi Asset Management. 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…

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December 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC issues reminder on cryptocurrency-related products and derivatives

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a circular which cautions investors of the risks associated with Bitcoin futures contracts and other cryptocurrency-related investment products and reminds financial service providers of the legal and regulatory requirements when they target customers in Hong Kong. The circular notes that futures and commodities exchanges in…

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hiding from MiFID
December 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Why there is nowhere to run from MiFID II

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. So you’re thinking that perhaps you can escape from beyond the grasp of MiFID II? Well you can’t because it’s going to affect everyone, and by everyone we’re including little Johnny’s savings account to Aunt May’s pension fund. And here’s why. What is Mifid…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Waybridge Financial clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Waybridge Financial. 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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December 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Bitcoin Futures open for trading

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that Cboe bitcoin futures (XBT) began trading exactly as planned at 5:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at the start of Global Trading Hours. The opening price for XBT was $15,000 and 890 contracts were traded by 7:15 p.m. CT. Monday, December 11, will be…

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