Forex sports sponsorship: Plus500 extends with Atletico Madrid through 2021 LeapRate

November 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorship: Plus500 extends with Atletico Madrid through 2021

FCA regulated CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced that it has extended its official Main Sponsor agreement with Club Atlético de Madrid, SAD, for the 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons, with both parties actively considering extending the relationship further. Plus500 first became the Official Main Sponsor of FC Atletico Madrid in January 2015 and…

November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IMFC Chair Agustín Carstens tenders resignation, new Chair to be selected

Agustín Carstens, Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), has formally resigned, effective December 1, 2017, as he steps down as Governor of the Banco de Mexico and assumes the position of General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). I am grateful for Agustín’s service to the IMF and its membership,…

November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bell Potter Securities Limited pays $358,000 in infringement notice penalty

Bell Potter Securities Limited has paid a penalty of $358,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP), ASIC informed earlier today. The ASIC Market Integrity Rules (ASX Market) 2010: prohibit a market participant from making bids on its own behalf with the intention, or having the effect,…

æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform

November 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Why Cryptocurrency is a Platform

The following article was written by Luis Aureliano, a business writer and financial analyst. With over 15 years of experience in global finance and an MBA in economics and management, Luis’s areas of expertise include business, marketing, communications, personal finance, macro economics, stocks and emerging markets. Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency on the market, paved…

November 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Brendan Callan and Jimmy Hallac speak about GLBR Chapter 11 filing and FXCM

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... We often begin interviews with leading FX industry figures with a lengthy "setting the stage" intro. But not here. Following this weekend's news of the Chapter 11 reorganization filing by Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), we're just as curious as our readers to hear directly the people leading FXCM Group, in which GLBR owns…

November 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

AFX Group goes live with Quantic Prime FX execution unit, hires HSBC exec Arnaud Clerisse

LeapRate has learned that AFX Group's FX prime brokerage unit Quantic Prime formally launched on November 1, 2017, with website quantic-prime.com now online. Quantic Prime is the institutional arm of AFX Group and a joint venture between the AFX and iBanFirst, an expert in banking and physical FX payments licensed by the Bank of Belgium as…

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches its new digital platform Sahmi

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ADX achieves 99% in disclosure compliance of 3Q 2017 financial report

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that it has succeeded in achieving a compliance rate of 99% regarding the disclosure of the 3rd quarter financial statements of its listed public joint stock companies within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the financial period. 64 listed companies out of 65, local and foreign,…

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NICE Actimize launches Trade Reconstruction solution, helps FSOs meet MiFID II demands

New automated solution leverages sophisticated analytics, correlation capabilities to cut trade reconstruction time from days to minutes, and improve responsiveness to regulators NICE Actimize, a NICE (Nasdaq:NICE) company, just announced that rapid trade reconstruction is mandated by the global-reaching MiFID II, MAR, Code of Conduct and Dodd-Frank regulations, and in most cases with a demanding 72-hour…

Paysafe merchants can now automatically retrieve failed payment transactions

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

PPRO Group and Klarna partner to offer credit payment methods across Europe

PPRO Group, the cross-border e-payment specialists and e-commerce payment provider Klarna Bank AB will partner to enable Payment Service Providers (PSPs) to offer credit-based payments through PPRO’s payment hub to European merchants, risk-free. This will allow eCommerce businesses to improve conversion rates and provide a fast and smooth checkout process. The partnership will be marketed…

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LiquidityBook launches LBX Outsourced Trader

SaaS-based POEMS with fully integrated managed FIX service designed to meet the unique needs of an outsourced trading desk Platform currently in use by multiple outsourced trading firms, including JonesTrading New York-based LiquidityBook, a fintech provider of trading and messaging solutions, has just announced the launch of LBX Outsourced Trader. The advanced POEMS (portfolio, order and…