February 17, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

Fintech Firm Payoneer Receives UK FCA E-Money License

The company already holds licenses in countries such as Japan, the United States, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and India. Payments processed via Payoneer are made through a compliant, tightly audited, and secure payments platform supervised by financial regulators worldwide, the company states. The company said the new FCA authorisation demonstrates its commitment to the UK…

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CFTC
February 17, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

CFTC Charges Vista Network Technologies and CEO for Ponzi-Like Scheme

The CFTC says the defendants' representations were false because Vista never traded customer assets and did not even have a trading program capable of generating the promised returns. CFTC Acting Director of Enforcement Gretchen Lowe commented: This action demonstrates our ongoing commitment to use the tools at our disposal to hold bad actors accountable in…

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Cboe
February 16, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

Cboe to Launch One Options Feed Starting March

The new Cboe One Options Feed will offer real-time quote and trade data consolidated from all four Cboe options exchanges, aggregating the best bid and offer of all displayed orders for ETF, equity, and index options traded on the exchanges. Cboe Global Markets' Executive Vice President, Data and Digital Solutions, Catherine Clay, commented: The launch…

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February 16, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

MT4 Creator MetaQuotes Announces New Trading-Focused Messaging App

Various market participants and trader-focused groups online already use apps such as Discord and Telegram for subscription services where customers can interact. Much like those other apps, the MQL5 Channels Product allows users to subscribe to trading channels, follow market updates or create a channel and promote their expertise. However, MetaQuotes distinguished its offering by…

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FXCubic
February 15, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

FXCubic and TraderEvolution Announce Integration to Create ‘Unique and Efficient’ Trading Systems

Wassim Khateeb, Chief Commercial Officer at FXCubic, commented: We are constantly working on making our system interoperable and adding as many options as possible for our clients to choose from. FXCubic, has changed the fintech landscape over the last few years with the stability, unique features, numerous integrations, and high performance of our bridging and…

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February 15, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

Hargreaves Lansdown Revenues Rise 20% Despite Net New Business Decline

Despite the decline in some metrics, Hargreaves Lansdown's pre-tax profit rose 31% to £197.6 million from £151.2 million, while underlying pre-tax profit, which excludes the strategic investment costs for the period, increased 30% to £211.9 million from £163.5 million. As a result, earnings per share were 33.1p, 29% above the previous year's period of 25.7p.…

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plus500 revenue
February 14, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Plus500 reports $832.6 million in net revenue in 2022 and announces final share buyback program

Final share buyback program The London-listed broker also reported a $100 million distribution to investors of final and special share buybacks and dividends. Plus500 today announced a final share buyback program to purchase $42.4 million worth of company shares and a special buyback program of $27.6 million. The firm will also pay out final dividend…

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Interactive Brokers
February 14, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Interactive Brokers introduces crypto trading in Hong Kong

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong’s new crypto trading has commissions of 0.20% - 0.30% of trade value, which also depends. Additionally, there is a $2.25 minimum per order charge with no added spreads or markups. David Friedland, Head of APAC at Interactive Brokers, said: Investor demand for digital assets continues to grow in Hong Kong and…

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February 14, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Industry veteran Andres Cifuentes joins Edgewater as Global Head of Liquidity

Cifuentes brings nearly two decades of experience in the financial markets. Throughout his career, he has held senior roles in liquidity management and prime brokerage at custody firms, exchanges, bulge-bracket banks. Andres Cifuentes, commented: I’m excited to be joining Edgewater during a time of tremendous global expansion. I have worked closely with the Edgewater team…

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