December 02, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Belize's IFSC warns against unauthorized Forex broker TradingBanks

Shortly after warning against unauthorized Forex broker Grizzly Limited, the International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC) has issued another warning against an unlicensed company, offering Forex services. The IFSC warns that an entity calling itself “TradingBanks” claims to be a brand owned and operated by one of the companies licensed by the Belize financial…

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December 02, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Australia's DMM FX says its network is now enhanced

Australian retail Forex broker DMM FX Australia Pty Limited (DMM FX) today provided another update regarding the problems experienced by some of its clients in late October. DMM FX said on Wednesday that it has rectified the recent issue, which resulted in intermittent access issues to the trading server for some clients. The company initially…

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December 02, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Japanese broker FXTF marks 60,000 Forex trading accounts

Japan's retail Forex broker FXTrade Financial (FXTF) has announced that the total number of Forex trading accounts opened by its clients exceeded 60,000 on November 30, 2015. This is a landmark achievement for the company, which is amid the handful of Japanese Forex companies offering MetaTrader 4 (MT4) to its clients. The company mentions that…

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December 02, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote shares rise to highest level since early August

Shares of Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN), Switzerland's leading online broker, began December on a strong note rising 3% on Tuesday, to hit their highest level in about four months, since early August. Swissquote shares took a bit of a hit in late July after reporting somewhat disappointing first half 2015 results, which included a CHF 20…

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December 02, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CBOE Holdings' trading volumes drop 16% M/M in November 2015

CBOE 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 just published its volume metrics for November 2015, with the results highlighting a downward trend already exhibited in September and October 2015. Total trading volume in November for options contracts…

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December 01, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

SEC charges Josh Garza in Bitcoin mining Ponzi scheme fraud

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today charged two Bitcoin mining companies and their founder with conducting a Ponzi scheme that used the lure of quick riches from virtual currency to defraud investors. The SEC alleges that Josh Garza perpetrated the fraud through his Connecticut-based companies GAW Miners and ZenMiner by purporting to offer shares…

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December 01, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FxPro bolsters lineup of spot indices with four new instruments

Retail Forex broker FxPro keeps expanding the offering of trading instruments for its clients. Today the company announced the launch of four new spot indices: • US30 (Dow Jones Industrial Average); • USSPX500 (S&P 500); • AUS200 (ASX 200); • Japan225 (Nikkei 225). The new instruments complement a menu of dozens of spot indices from various…

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