May 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank releases new developer portal for its Open API Banking initiative

Multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has announced the release of its new developer portal. The portal provides technical documentation, reference guides, sample code and interactive tools for many of the technologies which in combination underpin Saxo’s Open Banking initiative. Saxo’s Open Banking strategy is built on the premise that going forward an increasingly broader range of…

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May 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: GCM Prime names Levy Benarroch as COO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated Forex and CFD brokerage GCM Prime Ltd has named Levy Benarroch as its COO. Mr. Benarroch has also been added to the company's board. Levy Benarroch joined GCM Prime via its acquisition late last year of CMS UK / CapMarFX, where he was Compliance Officer. Prior…

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May 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Infinity into production testing for FX and cash equities on the distributed ledger

NEX Optimisation, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, announced today that it has built the underlying architecture for NEX Infinity, a cloud hosted, Software as a Service (SaaS) platform which will transform the delivery of NEX Optimisation’s services to clients. From July 2017, clients will be able to start…

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Shenzhen Stock Exchange publicly denounces Changsheng Bio-technology
May 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Shenzhen Stock Exchange releases guideline for information disclosure of civil engineering to deepen industry regulation

In order to further regulate the information disclosure of listed companies engaging in civil engineering and construction industry, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has recently formulated and released the No. 7 Guideline of Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Industry Information Disclosure of Listed Companies Engaging in Civil Engineering and Construction Business. In recently years, SZSE has been…

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May 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Colt to offer new low-latency network route between stock exchanges in Tokyo and Chicago

Colt Technology Services has announced newly optimised low-latency network routes linking stock exchanges in Tokyo and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which will be available from May 23, 2017. Connectivity will be provided through the company's private Ethernet-based Colt IQ Network. Latency between Tokyo and Chicago will reach a speed of 121.07ms between each endpoint after…

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Euronext acquires FastMatch FX ECN
May 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Euronext buys forex ECN FastMatch for $153 million

Well, it looks like FXCM will have some more money to pay back its loan from Leucadia. Pan European exchange group Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 90% of Forex ECN FastMatch for $153 million in cash, plus a $10 million contingent earn-out. The remaining 10% of FastMatch…

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