April 18, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Belgium's FSMA updates “Black List” of unauthorized binary options, FX brokers

Belgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has earlier today updated its lists of unauthorized binary options and Forex firms, unlawfully targeting Belgian investors. The latest additions include: Banque Investissement; CapitalCourtage, Eich Invest Ltd, 10 Spheres Media Ltd and First Consulting SCS; CEDIE; E Trade Securities (cloned firm); FXSEP, SEP Global, Hedge Funds Liège 2015…

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April 18, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Velocimetrics introduces VMX EndToEnd

Provider of real-time business flow tracking and performance analysis solutions Velocimetrics today announces the launch of VMX EndToEnd. VMX EndToEnd is an innovative platform that allows buy and sell-side firms, trading venues and technology providers to deploy the full spectrum of advanced functionality required to track and analyse in real-time what is happening across complete…

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April 18, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FxPro adds MT4 Web to offering

Retail FX and CFD broker FxPro announces that as of today traders may log into their MT4 account(s) via the new MT4 Web Terminal from MetaQuotes. To check out the offering, visit https://mt4webtrader.fxpro.com/. The MT4 Web Terminal offers much of the functionality of the popular desktop platform, while being less resource intensive and allowing traders to…

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April 18, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FXCM relaunches FXCMPro prime services

FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) continues the rebuilding of its FX trading franchise. The provider of FX trading and related services today announced the relaunch of FXCMPro.com, its institutional prime brokerage arm. LeapRate had exclusively reported last year that FXCM was looking for a buyer for FXCMPro, as it was looking generally to sell assets to pay…

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April 18, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Tradimo adds Chinese to Little Traders language lineup

Less than a week after Tradimo announced that its innovative mobile application Little Traders is available in German and Arabic, on top of English, one more language is added to the lineup – Chinese. The move is set to apparently widen the number of users diving into 1920s Great Gatsby retro pixel environment as they…

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April 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Israel court overturns algo trading ban at USG Capital

Some good news for Israel based retail forex brokers, or at least those who serve Israel based clients. Israel business newspaper Globes has reported that the Tel Aviv District Court has overturned a previous decision by the Israel Securities Authority (ISA), which had frozen retail forex broker USG Capital's algorithmic trading business on the grounds that it…

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April 18, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

MasterCard, Western Union, bKash launch new international remittance receiving service in Bangladesh

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), bKash and BRAC Bank today announce the launch of a new, international remittance receiving service in Bangladesh. The new service enables bKash’s registered customers to use their mobile phones to get remittances from abroad directly into their bKash accounts. bKash has attracted more than 22 million customers…

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April 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Understanding Financial Markets: Part 3

Anyoption analyst Elise Blanford takes an interesting look at explaining the inter-connectivity of global financial markets. For more of Elise’s research see the Anyoption blog. [divide] Oil Tanks & Bottoms Out Near $27 Before Upsurge Begins From well over $100 per barrel, the price of crude oil dropped to the upper $20 range by February…

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April 18, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FXTM announces launch of its fully operational division in the UK

We believe that this is called 'coming full circle'. Retail FX broker ForexTime Limited (FXTM) has announced the opening of its fully operational division in the UK. Located in the City of London, the UK division will service retail and institutional clients, offering them access to FXTM's products and services. Some brief history... FXTM was…

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