Hynes and Aspinall's new company Black Lake Financial will work with SwipeStox's developer The Naga Group in bringing the app to brokerages. Naga was started by Varengold Bank founder Yasin Qureshi.
Read moreSaxo Payments, founded by multi-asset investment and trading services expert Saxo Bank in 2013, today announced the appointment of Paul Townsend as a Non-Executive Director. Mr Townsend brings with him 15 years of experience in the electronic payments sector and more than 20 years of expertise in mainstream banking. At present, Mr Townsend is MD…
Read moreBoston Ivy Registry, home to some of the most specialised financial domains, today announced the addition of .broker to its collection. As a result, businesses can now request a .broker domain via an approved and accredited registrar. Boston Ivy sees the future of .broker web addresses as specialist hubs for all broker-related activities online. The…
Read moreOne more trading venue has just reported its operating metrics for October 2015 and once again we witness a decrease in trading activity when compared with September 2015 levels. The latest monthly report by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) shows that in October, derivatives average daily trading volume decreased 26.5% from September to 167,999 contracts.…
Read moreAustralian Forex broker AxiTrader today announced the appointment of Greg McKenna as their new Chief Market Strategist. Mr McKenna brings with him more than 25 years of experience in senior positions across the financial industry, including as a Fund Manager, the first Currency Strategist at Westpac, head of Currency Strategy at NAB and a current Contributing…
Read moreFINAM Forex, part of the FINAM Group of Companies, has announced that it has submitted the relevant documents for obtaining a Russian Forex dealer license. The documents have been filed with the Bank of Russia, which is responsible for the regulation of Russia's FX industry. The review of FINAM's application will take up to 60…
Read moreAmana Capital, a major provider of financial services in the Middle East, announced today that it has sealed a partnership agreement with Tradepedia LLC, a professional institute specialized in learning, coaching and mentoring programs for financial services companies and private investors. The collaboration fits with Amana Capital and Tradepedia's vision to provide top-quality financial education…
Read moreA good portion of the investing world will continue to follow the fallout from Friday's ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris for the coming days and weeks, especially if EU governments ramp up their commitments to a real ground war on ISIS. That, of course, remains to be seen. But in the near term, the financial…
Read moreBorsa Istanbul and ICBC Turkey Invest have unveiled plans to launch US Dollar/Chinese Renminbi (USD/CNH) and Chinese Renminbi/Turkish Lira (CNH/TRY) futures contracts. ICBC Turkey Invest, the brokerage arm of ICBC Bank Turkey, intends to apply to be the market maker in Chinese Renminbi futures contracts set to be launched at Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP),…
Read moreJapan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has earlier today updated its list of businesses that target Japanese investors but lack the necessary authorization to do so. The latest additions to the Warning List include seven companies, all of which are Forex and/or binary options brokers. Many of them are registered overseas, but the regulator stresses that…
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