Global forex brokerage NordFX has informed today that the Thailand based MyPay Payment System has officially announced that, starting from August 2, 2017, it will stop processing payments including the option to Deposit into MyPay Pocket. The management of MyPay told NordFX the reason for this is the unprofitability of working in Thailand due to…
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The Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE) is opening up a new dimension in electronic trading in Austrian and international stocks today. After having run the exchange for 17 years on the Xetra system, the Vienna Stock Exchange is now going live with the T7 trading system, next generation global trading technology. The system is provided by…
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Pan-Canadian financial regulator Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has issued its 2017 annual report, highlighting the CSA's ongoing fight against Binary Options scams targeting Canadian consumers. The CSA comprises a council of securities regulators of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories. It coordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets. The CSA devoted an entire section…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight announced today that it has issued the results of a rule enforcement review of the North American Derivatives Exchange Inc. (Nadex), with the review results being fairly positive. Nadex is a regulated Binary Options exchange, owned by UK based online trading leader IG Group Holdings…
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Match-Trade Technologies LLC, headquartered in Irvine, California, has announced the launch of a new cryptopayment gateway which will enable various institutions to handle payments in the most popular cryptocurrencies. Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009, cryptocurrencies market is constantly gaining popularity among clients around the world. As a result, Match-Trade is responding with innovative…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Merit Loans. 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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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, just announced that ICE Futures U.S. plans to launch a new London Silver Daily Futures contract on September 5, 2017, pending regulatory review. The contract offers physical delivery of unallocated silver held in a London Precious Metals…
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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has taken note of recent articles in the media referring to virtual currency ATMs and the installation of a first such ATM in Malta. The MFSA informed that a virtual currency (also known as cryptocurrency) such as Bitcoin is an unregulated digital instrument used as a form of money…
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OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCMKTS: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, has today announced that Aerkomm Inc. (OTCQX: AKOM), a holding company whose operating subsidiary is developing in-flight connectivity and entertainment, or IFEC, solutions, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Aerkomm upgraded to OTCQX from the OTCQB®…
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paysafecard, an online prepaid payment methods company and part of Paysafe Group plc (LON:PAYS), announced that enters the United Arab Emirates, offering a secure and fast prepaid payment solution that will not require bank or credit card details. The UAE continues to embrace technology innovation in line with its government's 'Smart Dubai' initiative to transform…
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