Saxo Payments, the global transactions services provider which is part of Saxo Bank, today announces the expansion of the reach of the Saxo Payments Banking Circle through the addition of six new currencies. In response to customer demand, Banking Circle transfers can now be carried out in United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED), Hong Kong Dollar…
Read moreEBS BrokerTec, the electronic Forex and fixed income business of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today that EBS Treasury (known previously as MyTreasury), the liquidity management platform for the corporate treasury community, has been chosen by the UK Municipal Bonds Agency (MBA) to offer electronic inter-authority lending and borrowing in the UK. The platform will support…
Read moreThe Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today announced that, at its meeting held on January 25, 2016, it decided to temporarily suspend the ‘fast track’ examination scheme that was launched to help investment firms get their Cypriot authorization faster. The Commission said it reached the decision to put the program on hold due to the…
Read moreAfter failing to acquire retail forex brokers Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) and AvaTrade late last year in deals which would have totaled more than $800 million, online gaming and forex giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) is apparently returning its M&A appetite to its core business of online gaming platforms and the possible acquisition of rival OpenBet. Owned by…
Read moreTechnician App has integrated with Tradable, enabling a new level of top-quality Forex trading and analysis experience. Technician app users are now able to trade from the chart. Technician, powered by ChartIQ, was first launched in July last year as a personal trading and analysis tool for mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. The free app provides…
Read moreFollowing the court approval of the proposed merger of online betting operators Paddy Power plc and Betfair Group plc, the deal was today completed. As a result, there is a new combined entity named Paddy Power Betfair plc, operating from https://www.paddypowerbetfair.com. Trading in the Betfair Shares on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities and…
Read moreRetail Forex broker EXNESS, being a true proponent of transparency, keeps publishing details about its monthly performance. The company has just reported a set of rather solid metrics for January 2016, with both FX volumes and new account numbers increasing in the first month of the new year. EXNESS reported monthly Forex volumes of $197.3…
Read moreIt is not just the retail brokers launching new websites. Interdealer broker ICAP plc (LON:IAP), a major platform for institutional trading of interest rates, credit, commodities, equity derivatives as well as FX (via its EBS unit), has launched a brand new website for corporate news and information at https://newsroom.icap.com/. ICAP's new site is a lot more visual than…
Read moreTullett Prebon Plc (LON:TLPR) has earlier today issued an update about the proposed acquisition of the global hybrid voice broking and information business of ICAP plc (LON:IAP). Tullett Prebon said it received a request for additional information and documentary material from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the transaction. This form of…
Read moreCBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE), the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange (C2), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), and other subsidiaries, has posted its operating metrics for January 2016, adding its voice to the chorus of companies seeing increased trading activity in the first month of the new year. The average daily…
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