February 29, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Spain's regulator warns against binary options broker Empireoption.com

About two weeks after Spain's financial markets watchdog CNMV issued a warning against FX broker Financika and two binary options brokers – Safeklik and BK Trading, the Spanish regulator adds one more binary options broker to its list of unauthorized investment companies. The Commission today warned against Empireoption.com, a binary options broker that targets clients across…

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February 29, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Velocimetrics releases new functionality to improve market data quality assessment

Real-time business flow tracking and performance analysis solutions provider Velocimetrics today announces the launch of advanced functionality set to significantly enhance its clients' abilities to assess market data quality. Via the incorporation of innovative, stream-oriented machine-learning techniques, Velocimetrics will enable its clients to detect and alert on market data quality issues, providing real-time actionable insights…

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February 29, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Hong Kong's SFC imposes HK$4 million fine on Yuanta Securities over inaccurate price disclosure

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today announces that it has reprimanded and imposed a fine of HK$4 million (US$ 514,330) on Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yuanta Financial Holdings Co Ltd (TPE:2885). The regulatory decision stems from findings that Yuanta Securities has failed to disclose the actual…

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February 29, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SuperBet integrates SafeCharge's Personalised Cashier payments solution

Payments technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) today announces that its Personalised Cashier payments solution was chosen by SuperBet, one of the leading sports betting companies in Romania. The announcement comes several days after SafeCharge announced that the solution was also chosen by online betting giant Paddy Power Betfair. SafeCharge’s Personalised Cashier, which is…

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February 29, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

TechFinancials opens Hong Kong office to grow B2B services in APAC

Binary platform provider and operator TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) is expanding further into the Asia Pacific market. The company today announced that it has opened a new sales office in Hong Kong to promote the its B2B services and provide client support services in the region. This announcement comes shortly after TechFinancials announced the completion of…

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February 29, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Bank of Russia softens stance on crypto currency tech

It is a rare occurrence that the Bank of Russia publishes a press release on Sunday. But yesterday it did and the press release concerned financial market innovation and blockchain, in particular. The “Megaregulator” press release was published just a couple of days after it became clear that a bill penalizing Bitcoin use is drafted by…

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