October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

IbanFirst raises €10M to become the new online financial service platform for SMEs

Fintech company IbanFirst, specialized in international payments with real-time exchange rate access, raises €10 Million announcing their next growth phase as well as new innovative online financial services for SMEs, available in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) mode. With BaaS, IbanFirst can bring together all Fintech companies under one single web platform to provide the day to day financial…

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October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Hirose UK doubles Revenues in fiscal 2016

LeapRate has learned via filings made with UK regulatory authorities that Hirose Financial UK Ltd., the FCA regulated arm of Japanese retail forex brokerage group Hirose Tusyo Inc (TYO:7185), saw a doubling of its revenues in fiscal 2016. For the year ended March 31, 2016, Revenues at Hirose UK came in at £928,000, up 126% from…

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October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

LMAX plans move to Ireland if UK MiFID financial passorting removed in Brexit

LMAX Exchange, UK technology firm and an FCA regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for FX trading, plans to be regulated in Ireland unless the British government preserves the EU single market passporting rights for the financial services industry. LeapRate recently shared an article, indicating that the EU powers are going to take a hard stance on enacting a Hard Brexit, including…

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October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Effortless Ways to Increase Productivity

The following guest post is courtesy of New Zealand based Forex broker Titan FX. For a successful and enjoyable career in forex trading, master effortless ways to increase productivity. One of the best methods to improve performance is by optimizing productivity. Time and energy are invaluable currencies. By making sure that both time and energy…

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October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC regulated Retail Forex broker Icetrader.com closed, license renounced - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated Retail Forex broker Icetrader.com has shut its (virtual) doors. The company's website icetrader.com, which as recently as Monday morning was operational and appearing as normal, now shows the following message: In a related development, Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has posted a note on its website that regulated entity Glistentree…

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October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX Swiss Exchange launches mid-point pricing service

As part of SWXess Maintenance Release (SMR6), SIX Swiss Exchange has launched SIX Swiss Exchange At Midpoint (SwissAtMid). This new service allows execution of Swiss equities in a non-displayed pool at the mid-point of its lit order book. SwissAtMid provides trading participants with significant price improvements in all Blue Chips as well as Mid and…

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October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

OzForex group’s OFX rolls out integration with cloud accounting software Xero

International payments provider OFX has announced the roll-out of its integration with Xero, the cloud accounting software for small businesses, in the UK and New Zealand. The integration makes overseas payments easier for Xero’s small business customers in the UK and New Zealand, who will be able to take advantage of quick international batch payments at competitive…

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October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX Listing Committee censures former executive director of China Nonferrous Metals Company Ltd.

The Listing Committee of the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (GEM Listing Committee) has censured Mr Mei Ping, former executive director, chairman of the Board and compliance officer of China Nonferrous Metals Company Limited (Stock Code: 8306) at the material time for his breaches of: director's duties under Rules…

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