June 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

MetaQuotes continues MT5 push: revamped website now in 7 languages

MetaQuotes Software Corp. today announced that an updated website for the MetaTrader 5 multi-asset trading platform has been launched. The streamlined site features an enhanced look-and-feel and completely updated content. In addition, the number of supported languages has been increased to 7: the new site is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Japanese and Russian.…

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June 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Evolving Global Payments Scenario Towards Cashless Transactions

The following guest post is courtesy of HiWayFX. [divide] On analysing the trends in consumer payments it can be seen that there has been a steady momentum built towards usage of card-based payment and usage of electronic modes of payments. It is worth highlighting that there have been on average more than 2.2 billion cards…

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June 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Speakerbus adds ADM Investor Services London as voice broking client

Speakerbus, the leading provider of innovative mission-critical voice collaboration solutions for financial institutions, today announced that ADM Investor Services International Ltd (ADMISI), a full service multi-asset brokerage company, has chosen Speakerbus’ iTurret solution as its specialist voice broking platform in London. ADM Investor Services has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Mumbai and Gibraltar providing coverage…

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June 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Forex broker FIBO Group adds CashU payment system

Globally regulated FIBO Group Holdings based out of Limassol, Cyprus with offices in Munich, Russia, Singapore and Vienna today announced that clients of the company now have another method for depositing funds into a trading account: CashU payment system. The CashU payment system has been in operation since 2002 and is very popular in Middle Eastern and North…

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June 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Morgan Stanley sells down Plus500 Ltd stake to below 3%

LeapRate has learned via filings made to the London Stock Exchange that global investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has sold down its stake in FCA regulated retail forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) to below 3%. Morgan Stanley had been the second or third largest outside shareholder in Plus500 at just under 7%, after UK investment manager…

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June 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - Saxo Bank limits leverage, Phillip Capital shuts US retail forex, Blackrock takes stake in ICAP, and lots more

Forex industry news at LeapRate this past week saw extraneous factors causing changes in the Retail Forex sector once again. There was our exclusive report on details of Saxo Bank's plans cut leverage and increase margin requirements for clients due to the upcoming Brexit vote. LeapRate broke the story of Singapore-based Phillip Capital, which has been…

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June 04, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC reports 63 licensed companies have ties to Panama Papers

Following our earlier coverage that Cyprus financial regulator CySEC had instructed all regulated companies on the island to investigate any links to Mossack Fonseca, CySEC has now announced that following its review it believes that 63 regulated entities had and/or have a business relationship with Mossack Fonseca and/or with persons included in the Panama Papers. CySEC has collected data from…

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June 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

The #1 problem with Forex mobile trading apps is...

The following is a guest post courtesy of Jon Hodgson, Global Account Director at mobile apps acceleration solutions provider Neumob. Jon works closely with large finance and FTSE100 organisations and has nearly a decade's worth of enterprise sales experience across EMEA, the US and Asia. Prior to joining Neumob, Jon was a top European sales rep at Akamai, CDNetworks and 1E. In…

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