Exclusive: Pepperstone UK reopens after suspending FX trading in February LeapRate

August 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Pepperstone UK reopens after suspending FX trading in February

LeapRate Exclusive... After we exclusively reported back in February that leading Australia based retail forex and CFDs broker Pepperstone suspended all activity in its FCA-regulated UK subsidiary Pepperstone Limited, LeapRate has learned that the company has finalized its management and operational changes and is now once again open for business. We expect the company to…

August 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Former Binary Options and CFDs brokerage operator Lionsman renounces CySEC license

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced that regulated CIF license holder Lionsman Capital Markets (Cyprus) Ltd renounced its authorization as of June 9, 2017. We had reported last month that CySEC had issued a €90,000 fine to Lionsman, which used to operate Forex and Binary Options brokerages. CySEC did not specify the exact reason for the fine, but…

August 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Trading platform provider SpotOption announces support for Cryptocurrencies

Online trading platform and technology provider SpotOption has announced the addition of new cryptocurrencies in the latest update of its trading platform, Spot5. The Spot5 platform was introduced by SpotOption focusing on autonomous capabilities, giving operators a" business that sells itself" solution, in terms of sales, marketing, and retention. The latest advancement is the addition…

Germany's BaFin maintains restrictions on retail trading with financial CFDs

August 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exciting News! 100% Protection - Starting Today

The following article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Member of the Management Board of Admiral Markets Group AS. Hello, Thursday, 10 August 2017, signifies the start of a new era for the German Forex & CFD market! By the national BaFin regulation, any CFD offering without 100% protection is banned as of today, including marketing,…

August 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Microsoft to bring distributed ledger Blockchain to enterprises networks with Coco

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) just announced the Coco Framework, innovation that will advance enterprise adoption of blockchain technology. Current blockchain protocol technology requires complicated development techniques to meet the operational and security needs of enterprises. The Coco Framework reduces this complexity, and when integrated with blockchain networks addresses critical needs for commercial adoption like high-transaction speed,…

August 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

World Federation Of Exchanges releases steady H1 2017 market results

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published its H1 2017 Market Highlights report. Market performance in the first half of 2017 was mixed. Overall, domestic market capitalisation reached record levels. Listings were also up on the same period. Secondary market activity was…

August 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bank Of England won't change the composition of future polymer banknotes

The Bank of England has announced that after careful and serious consideration and extensive public consultation there will be no change to the composition of polymer used for future banknotes. The new polymer £20 note and future print runs of £5 and £10 notes will continue to be made from polymer manufactured using trace amounts…

August 10, 2017 BY admin

XTX Markets moves Forex business to 'zero hold time' last look model

Leading non-bank forex liquidity provider XTX Markets announced today it is now operating a ‘zero hold time’ (ZHT) model in its application of last look to its FX counterparty businesses. This is in response to market structure changes and is in accordance with the principles of the recently published Global FX Code. Until the new…

August 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Money Solutions UK clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Money Solutions UK. 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…

August 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Regulatory Reporting launches EMIR RTS Rewrite solution

NEX Regulatory Reporting, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides regulatory reporting services across global regulatory regimes, announced that it has launched a new solution to support the EMIR Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) Rewrite. Due to come into effect on 28 October 2017, ESMA’s EMIR RTS Rewrite aims to improve the transparency of the over-the-counter…