Belize FX regulation
September 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against Bitcoin wallet company Birch Stone Limited

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Birch Stone Limited. It has come to the notice of the International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC) that Birch Stone Limited, an International Business Company registered in Belize, operating with trading name Bitlio, is offering bitcoin wallet services which allows its…

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Deutsche Börse
September 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse AG paves the way for closure of the investigation proceedings

The Executive Board (Vorstand) and the Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat) of Deutsche Börse AG announced that have decided to seek an understanding with the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor. The Company will inform the Public Prosecutor that it would accept the fines announced in relation to the accusations of an alleged violation of the prohibition against insider trading…

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forex broker life
September 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Top Easy Ways to Find ECN Brokers

The following article was written by freelance writer Awais Ahmed. Electronic Communications Broker is an individual who will help you access the communications network on which you can place your bids on auctions and sales, and get a good chance to access worthwhile deals. However, the market for brokers is a mini representation of the…

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CoinDesk Marc Hochstein
September 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

American Banker editor Marc Hochstein joins digital media site CoinDesk as Managing Editor

Digital currency and technology dedicated website CoinDesk has announced that outgoing American Banker editor-in-chief Marc Hochstein has joined the company in a senior editorial role. A 17-year veteran of SourceMedia, which owns American Banker, Hochstein will now serve as CoinDesk's first Managing Editor, a role in which he'll be working hands-on with editorial content, while…

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bitcoin china price crash
September 13, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Prices Collapse As China's BitKan Bans OTC Trading

As China's BitKan announced it would officially ban both over-the-counter bitcoin and bitcoin cash transactions, bitcoin fell to around $3,800, denoting more than 20% drop in value, after reaching almost $5000. According to TheStreet, BitKan informed that as the trading of initial coin offerings or ICOs is also suspended, the ban on bitcoin was the…

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BMFN FX Prime website
September 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

BMFN acquires FTT Sweden and launches FX liquidity provider BMFN Prime

Boston-based Retail FX brokerage group BMFN (short for Boston Merchant Financial Ltd.) and Sweden-based FX trading technology solutions provider Fair Trading Technology (FTT) have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership, with the aim of benefiting from each other’s core competencies. Paul Belogour, founder and director of BMFN says: While BMFN over the years…

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clone firm FCA warning
September 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Positive Lending clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Positive Lending. 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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Belize regulator IFSC warning
September 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against Ferdinald Hill individual

Another announcement made by Belize financial regulator IFSC today, the regulator has issued a Warning Notice regarding a person named Ferdinald Hill. According to the IFSC, a person by the name of ‘Ferdinald Hill’ is falsely and fraudulently representing to hold a personal licence issued by IFSC for the carrying on of the business of…

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