February 26, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 integrator Gold-i promotes longtime employee Julian Elliott to Operations Director

Julian Elliott, one of the first employees at MT4 trading systems integrator Gold-i, has been promoted to Operations Director. In his new role Julian will continue to be responsible for the day to day operations of the company and will take on additional responsibilities including financial management and client account management. Julian joined Gold-i as Operations Manager…

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February 26, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Banc de Binary reaches $11 million settlement with US authorities: WSJ

The Wall Street Journal has reported that binary options broker Banc de Binary has agreed to an $11 million settlement with U.S. authorities, following allegations that Banc de Binary illegally signed up U.S. investors to its binary options trading platform. The CySEC-regulated company, which also has operations in Israel and the Seychelles, reached the agreement after being…

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February 26, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Updated eToro Social Trading app for Android offers detailed trading history

Social investment services provider eToro keeps beefing up the capabilities of its mobile applications, with the Social Trading app for Android devices getting updated earlier this week. After adding seamless switching between Real & Virtual accounts to the capabilities of the solution in January, eToro is making further strides into improving the trading experience for fans of…

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February 25, 2016 BY Mike Fox

ThinkForex launches ThinkAffiliates with new CPA rates and marketing tools

ThinkForex, a global provider of financial derivatives trading in FX, CFDs and financial spread betting has announced the launch of its brand-new affiliate program which pays some of the highest CPA rates in the sector. To celebrate the launch of the program ThinkForex is giving the first 100 affiliates an extra $100 Bonus on top of the rewarding…

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February 25, 2016 BY Mike Fox

FxPro to disable cMirror copy trading software

In a notice sent out today, globally regulated forex brokerage FxPro informed clients they are disabling cTrader's mirror/copy trading feature cMirror starting from this upcoming Friday. cMirror is trading software company Spotware's mirror trading application, complementing its robust cTrader platform. By using cMirror, any trader can become a strategy provider, broadcast trading signals and charge commissions. Other traders…

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February 25, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Lars Seier Christensen, Bjarne Riis to launch World Tour cycling team

A follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report about the collaboration between Lars Seier Christensen, Saxo Bank co-founder and former co-CEO, and Bjarne Riis, a former manager of the Tinkoff-Saxo team and 1996 Tour de France winner. Earlier today, Mr Riis and Mr Christensen unveiled more information about the project, dubbed Riis*Seier. Both have invested around EUR 5…

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February 25, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Israeli OCS approves merger of Spondoolies-Tech and Bitcoin firm BTCS

Israel's Office of Chief Scientist (OCS) has approved the proposed merger of blochain technology focused group BTCS Inc (OTCMKTS:BTCS) and Israeli transaction verification server manufacturer Spondoolies-Tech Ltd. The companies receive this regulatory nod of consent about five months after they sealed a definitive merger agreement. The OCS approval is one of two key conditions for…

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February 25, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Leucadia paints rosy picture of FXCM prospects

Investment holding group Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) has recently been quite vocal when it comes to FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM), to which it extended a $300 million loan following the sharp Swiss franc spike on January 15, 2015. In its annual report for 2015, Leucadia confirmed it was in discussions with the Forex broker over restructuring the…

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February 25, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Bloomberg Tradebook adds in-trade functionality to Strategy Analyzer product

Bloomberg Tradebook, Bloomberg's global agency brokerage business, today announced the addition of In-Trade functionality to its award-winning Strategy Analyzer (STAZ) product. STAZ combines the breadth of Bloomberg’s data and analytics with Tradebook's proprietary predictive models to help traders evaluate and adjust their trading strategies in real-time to achieve better execution results. This enhancement to STAZ…

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