It was announced today that FCA-UK regulated e-money service TransferWise has partnered with Facebook. The company has unleashed the 'TransferWise Bot' within Facebook Messenger. If you’re a TransferWise customer, you can now send money - and set up rate alerts through the popular Facebook Messenger app. Here’s what TransferWise Bot does: - It guides you through…
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ChartIQ, the HTML5 charting, visualization and platform company today announced the release of an entirely new user interface to its WebTrader for MT4 platform. The new user interface has been redesigned around two concepts—product differentiation and user friendly, cross-platform technology. With brokerages looking to break away from the competition, the most innovative turn to technology and…
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Abu Dhabi based global forex brokerage firm ADS Securities has announced that it is joining with Emirates Airlines to sponsor its home UAE Pro Cycling team, ahead of the biggest cycling race in the Middle East, the Abu Dhabi Tour. Joining Emirates and ADS Securities as a team sponsor is defense services company International Golden Group.…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange, announced the launch of Euronext Family Business, the first European index dedicated to family businesses, designed to highlight the performance of 90 family companies listed in the four countries covered by Euronext. Components of the Euronext® Family Business Index are selected from listed companies in compartments A, B and C of…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) announced the official opening of Thomson Reuters Labs – Singapore. The Lab will collaborate with the government, customers, tech startups and universities to build partnerships and create innovative products and solutions for professional markets throughout the Asia Pacific region. The Singapore Lab is the first branch in Asia to…
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London-based online trading firm CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) launched its new limited-risk CFD account in France. The new account has been launched to comply with new regulatory rules from the French regulator (AMF), and is designed to best serve clients’ interests. Every new client opening a trading account with CMC Markets will now be able…
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LiquidityBook just announced its SaaS-based LBX Buyside POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) has been selected by three West Coast hedge funds: Pier 88 Investment Partners, Zeo Capital Advisors and Solstein Capital. Deployed by each firm in late 2016, the LBX Buyside platform provides a full range of order, execution and portfolio management capabilities,…
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Not too surprising. Distancing itself from its recent troubles including being banned from its home US forex market, retail forex broker FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM) has announced some major changes including: the resignation of co-founder Drew Niv (pictured above), who has been the CEO of FXCM and its public face since the company's inception in the…
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The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published a Joint Opinion addressed to the European Commission on the risks of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) affecting the European Union's financial sector. This Opinion will contribute to the European Commission's risk assessment work as well as that of the ESAs…
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