The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced that it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC). The agreement paves way for both institutions to co-operate in the areas of product development and on the potential provision of banking services that are vital for supporting…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Exness has earlier today issued a statement regarding ongoing DDoS attacks causing service disruptions affecting the broker's website and trading terminals. The first of the attacks affected the clients' Personal Area, whereas another was detected last night and targeted Exness' trading servers. Although the issue has been resolved, some clients may experience slow…
Read moreRetail Forex broker FxPro has just released a new and updated version of its Economic Calendar application for iOS devices. The new version (2.1.21) of the solution, which aims to keep traders informed about the latest economic events and reports, includes calendar auto time zone adjustment. There are also a number of bug fixes. FxPro's Economic…
Read moreFX trading marketplace R5 has announced that live trading has commenced in Singapore, after the company has received its authorisation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). R5 went live with its London clients during the last quarter of 2015, for eNDF trading. The ASEAN launch is strategically important due to the substantial volume of…
Read moreTracey McDermott, Acting Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has today announced that she will leave the UK regulator on July 1, 2016. The announcement comes after in January this year, Ms McDermott announced her decision to abandon the race for the permanent Chief Executive position at the FCA but would continue as Acting…
Read moreInternational provider of financial services Markit Ltd (NASDAQ:MRKT) and Moscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO(MCX:MOEX), today announce that Markit's FX pricing distribution hub service added MOEX to its network of trading venues. The partnership will provide FX market participants with cost-effective trading access to one of the world's fastest growing exchanges. MOEX's FX ruble…
Read moreGMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), the parent of Japanese online trading giant GMO Click Securities, today published its preliminary financial metrics for March 2016 and the fiscal year to end-March 2016, with revenues and profits showing a significant rise. During the 12 months to March 31, 2016, GMO Click had operating revenues of JPY 29.02…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Andrew Gibson has left institutional electronic FX platform FastMatch, following just four months on the job as Director of Sales for Europe. We had reported that the very colorful Mr. Gibson had joined FastMatch late last year from Tradair, where he was Global Sales Director. His tenure at TradAir was also…
Read moreIn tune with LeapRate's earlier report, provider of HTML5 charting technology ChartIQ today announces the launch of a brand new version of its technical analysis and trading app Technician. The release follows 10 months of research and development. The new version of Technician will look and feel much different than the previous version while adding…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Amana Capital announced on Tuesday that it secured a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and launched the operations of its new subsidiary, Amana Financial Services (Dubai) Limited, in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). DIFC serves as the financial and business hub that connects the region’s emerging markets…
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