May 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

What retail investors should know about crowdfunding

Starting next Monday, May 16, US investors will be able to buy securities in early-stage companies through crowdfunding. Under new rules effective May 16, 2016 as part of the JOBS Act, the general public can invest in capital raising by start-up companies through crowdfunding, which generally refers to the use of the Internet by small businesses…

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May 13, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CEX.IO Bitcoin Exchange integrates with C.A.T. Bot for automated trading

UK and USA registered Bitcoin Exchange CEX.IO has announced today its been added to C.A.T., an automated trading interface using Bitcoin exchanges API. C.A.T. is the most popular and highly reputable trading bot on BitcoinTalk with numerous positive feedbacks from users. The first version of C.A.T. was introduced back in 2013 and has experienced over 50…

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May 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Is Social Media still the wrong channel to do advertising?

Bart Burggraaf, Managing Partner at MediaGroup Worldwide takes an interesting look at the pros and cons of social media marketing channels for Forex brokers. It wasn’t too long ago I made the point that Social Media is the wrong channel to do advertising. The idea being that people are in content mode on social media,…

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May 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FXStreet's new website goes live (again)

After a stutter start last month which saw their newly redesigned website go from beta to live and then taken back down again following a series of glitches and crashes, popular FX trader website FXStreet has taken the plunge again and relaunched their new website at fxstreet.com. FXStreet management is of course confident that the kinks…

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May 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FXStreet's new website goes live (again)

After a stutter start last month which saw their newly redesigned website go from beta to live and then taken back down again following a series of glitches and crashes, popular FX trader website FXStreet has taken the plunge again and relaunched their new website at fxstreet.com. FXStreet management is of course confident that the kinks…

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May 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Brokers to add NextShares exchange-traded managed funds to offering

Online trading services provider Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) today unveiled plans to add NextShares exchange-traded managed funds to its offering to retail investors and financial professionals through its investing and trading platforms. NextShares are a new way to invest in actively managed strategies. Since they are actively managed, NextShares offer the potential for benchmark-beating…

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May 12, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Allocated Bullion Exchange announces four new liquidity providers

Allocated Bullion Exchange (ABX) announced today the addition of four new liquidity providers to its membership base. Gold Stackers, Lucius Precious Metals, House of Commodities and Silver Bullion Pte Ltd (Singapore) have recently joined the ABX. Based in Australia, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore respectively, these four liquidity providers constitute an invaluable addition to the ABX,…

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