Seven leading banks are teaming up with R3 and Finastra to create a blockchain-based syndicated loan market, LenderComm. This new disruption in the lending market is yet another blockchain application that is going to be used to ease the loan market and serve as a platform for efficiency and up-to-date information. This new project will…
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Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) published today the third edition of the Whitebook on Communication of Listed Companies, an assessment carried out with a purpose of evaluating the quality and accuracy of information provided to investors by issuers listed on BVB‘s Main Market. The purpose of the Whitebook is to show best practices of listed companies…
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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 firm Chinatsu & Partners. Chinatsu & Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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RoboForex, an international brokerage group which provides online trading services on the global financial markets, just announced that it has expanded the list of its offers available to clients and enabled access to trading CFDs on cryptocurrencies. Two of the most liquid digital currencies, bitcoin and ethereum, have been added to the list of trading…
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A2X Markets, South Africa’s newest stock exchange, announced that hsd made its debut on Friday 6 October with three listings and four of the industry’s leading brokers on board. A2X competes directly with the JSE and provides an alternative platform for companies to secondary list and trade their shares. Financial services companies, African Rainbow Capital…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) has just announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd’s Global Payments Division (the Company) offers indicative exchange rates, viewable in real-time for more than 175 currencies through its proprietary Global Payments Network, which is specifically enhanced for corporate clients. Through its Rate Feed, INTL FCStone is the only company…
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The company offers support for new VAT, adds dedicated sales team and strengthens partner ecosystem to meet growing demand for cloud ERP in region Oracle NetSuite, a provider of cloud-based financials / ERP, HR, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and omnichannel commerce software suites, just announced the expansion of operations in the Middle East to meet…
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has launched Fixed Income Callouts, a flexible and transparent App on the Eikon platform that facilitates the negotiations and agreements of fixed income bond trading terms within banks in country and across African markets, improving price discovery, market monitoring, execution and market transparency. Fixed Income Callouts has been specifically built for African…
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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 firm Ellis and Tate. Ellis and Tate is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that on 5 October 2017 has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX). Under the agreement, signed by MOEX CEO Alexander Afanasiev and SPIMEX President Alexey Rybnikov at Russian Energy Week 2017, the two organisations will work together to promote a regulated market for commodities…
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