CME Group record
December 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Market uncertainty leads to CME Group open interest record of over 120 million contracts

Continued market volatility and uncertainty has led derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) to announce that it has set a total open interest record of 120.7 million contracts on December 13, 2016, surpassing the previous record of 119.4 million contracts set on December 12, 2016. According to Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer:…

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December 14, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Amplify ETFs lists new fund on the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats Global Markets, Inc.(Bats: BATS) today welcomed another new fund from Amplify ETFs to the Bats ETF Marketplace, the second Amplify fund listed on Bats. The Amplify YieldShares CWP Dividend & Option Income ETF (BATS: DIVO) is a professionally-managed equity income portfolio that seeks to deliver both dividend and option income to investors on a…

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Corda Network announces Board of Directors
December 14, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Credicorp joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

Financial innovation firm R3 has announced Credicorp (NYSE: BAP) as the first Spanish-speaking Latin American financial institution to join its consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. Credicorp provides corporate and personal banking, brokerage services, and other financial services across its six principal subsidiaries in Peru, as well as…

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December 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

eToro joins Saxo Bank as retail forex partner of China internet finance giant Lufax

Retail forex broker eToro has announced a cooperation agreement with China’s largest internet finance company, Lufax Holding Ltd. The strategic partnership will introduce eToro to Lufax's overseas Chinese clients. LeapRate readers will recall that multi-asset online broker Saxo Bank announced a similar partnership with Lufax back in May. We understand that the Saxo Bank partnership is…

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December 14, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv research: Consumers expect multi-channel financial services yet many still prefer the branch

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, has released the results of Expectations & Experiences, its quarterly consumer trends survey. Consumers increasingly expect financial services on-demand and on their terms, and the study revealed that transaction type and life stage often relate to how people bank. While a majority of consumers…

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December 14, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on clone firm of Escrow Custodian Services

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Escrow Custodian Services. 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…

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