June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Paysafe's Payolution launches e-commerce payments service in Netherlands
Payolution makes its Dutch market debut with online retailer Bergfreunde.
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Russell Investments’ RFX Network receives certification for Charles River Network Service
Portfolio management specialist Russell Investments has announced that its RFX Network is now a certified end point on the Charles River Network Service, expanding RFX Network’s real-time connectivity to the global financial community. This development bolsters liquidity in the cutting-edge alternative to the London fix. RFX Network, our end-to-end trading solution for the buy-side community, features executable…
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
easyMarkets goes against the trend, guarantees 200:1 leverage through Brexit vote
LeapRate readers will have noticed a marked trend recently of retail forex brokers large and small putting out notes to clients that they are increasing required margin on new and existing positions ahead of next Thursday's Brexit vote in the UK. Well CySEC regulated retail forex broker easyMarkets, which rebranded earlier this year from EasyForex,…
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
PsyQuation behavioral profiling based trading tool goes live with Pepperstone, IC Markets, Global Prime and AvaTrade
LeapRate has learned that PsyQuation has launched live as of today with a number of retail forex brokers including Pepperstone, IC Markets, Global Prime and AvaTrade. PsyQuation has developed a new way to improve trader performance - and to prevent traders from ‘blowing up’ their accounts - using techniques and technology from the school of Behavioral Profiling. We…
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Fortex completes design overhaul of its flagship MT4 Bridge OMX interface to HTML5
ECN trading platform and technologies provider Fortex has announced that it has just completed a major design overhaul of its flagship MT4 Bridge OMX interface, transitioning over to a progressive HTML5 technology. This new, sleek interface allows users to easily make changes to the quote maker, and other execution configuration parameters, from any web browser, on-the-fly…
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Hong Kong regulator SFC adds Central Option, Sachs International, Momentum FX and FXUM to its Alert List
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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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Former Alpari Director of Compliance Andrey Lisitsyn named President of CRFIN
Russia’s Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN), an FX body seeking to obtain official status as a Forex self-regulatory organization in Russia, has named Andrey Lisitsyn (pictured at left) as its new President. Lisitsyn graduated with a PhD in law from Russia's National Research University Higher School of Economics. He has worked for…
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Velocimetrics adds web-based analytics to its VMX EndToEnd application
Real-time business flow tracking and performance analysis solutions provider Velocimetrics has announced that firms adopting VMX EndToEnd will be able to provide an unlimited number of users with direct access to its powerful, actionable insights without incurring additional cost or implementation effort. Introducing a new secure browser-based user interface, clients will be able to retrieve VMX EndToEnd’s…
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Duma amendments may limit Russia Forex trading to wealthy clients only
Russia's Forex law, originally enacted in late 2014 and meant to protect Retail Forex traders in the country, might become tougher. A lot tougher. Although the law is now nearly two years old and was formally enacted earlier this year, amendments to the Russia Forex Law are still being considered by Russia's State Duma. And…
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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Thomson Reuters and OTC Markets Group agree to add end-of-day pricing data distribution for OTC equity securities
Financial news and information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has announced that it has expanded its distribution arrangement with OTC Markets Group to include OTC Markets Group’s End-of-Day Pricing Data for OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink securities. In addition to the Real-Time Level 1 and Level 2 Data that OTC Markets Group already makes available through…
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