June 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CFTC signs MOU with ESMA related to recognized central counterparties

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regarding cooperation with respect to derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) established in the United States that have applied or that may apply to ESMA for recognition as central…

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June 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

IHS and Markit Announce Senior Executive Leadership Appointments for IHS Markit

Business analytics provider IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) and financial info services specialist Markit Ltd (NASDAQ: MRKT) today announced senior executive leadership appointments for IHS Markit following the consummation of their planned $13 billion merger that was announced on March 21, 2016. The appointments will be effective upon completion of the proposed merger transaction, which is…

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June 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Fidessa signs ABN AMRO Clearing for global execution platform

Fidessa group plc (LON: FDSA) today announced that it has signed a contract to provide cross-asset execution services to ABN AMRO Clearing (AAC). This allows AAC to offer its clients low-latency access to more than 110 futures, options, equities and FX markets worldwide via a globally consistent interface, delivered out of 11 key locations around…

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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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