September 24, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
September 24, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Swissquote Daily Technical Report: USD/CAD - Challenging its recent highs
In Swissquote’s Wednesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/CAD and EUR/JPY. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). USD/CAD: Challenging its recent highs • USD/CAD continues to improve after its successful test of…
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September 24, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
MetaQuotes courts the Middle East - opens representative office in Dubai
Resting on its laurels in the face of competition across many markets from platform innovators is not an option for MetaQuotes, which has announced the opening of a representative office in Dubai
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September 24, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
PayPal begins to accept Bitcoin representing a new dawn for online payments
Online payment giant PayPal has partnered with three Bitcoin payment processing companies in order to begin supporting virtual currency. Could this be the springboard into mainstream use?
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September 24, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Cross-border rules under scrutiny as Giancarlo speaks out
CFTC Commissioner Chris Giancarlo calls for an entire restructure of the method by which international transactions concerning swaps and OTC derivatives can be regulated
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September 23, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Gallant Capital Markets offering new "Pro Account Bonus"
Gallant Capital Markets, authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Commission (“FSC”), (License Number: SIBA/L/11/0964) in the British Virgin Islands officially announced this week the launch of its updated 'Pro' account offering. Gallant offers traders access to institutional grade STP/DMA liquidity utilizing aggregated bank feeds. They claim its low-latency offering brings an average matching speed…
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September 23, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
OANDA's fxTrade offers greater insight into transactions history
Traders using OANDA's fxTrade platform can access the new version of the page via the Account menu and can order full transaction history
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September 23, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Goldman Sachs European spot FX trading head departs
Mitesh Parikh's exodus to join a hedge fund is believed to be unrelated to global probe of FX markets...
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September 23, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
France's AMF blacklists 166 unregulated Forex and binary options brokers
With a large number of unregulated FX and binary options firms targeting the lucrative French market, France's national financial markets regulator has issued a comprehensive list of firms which do not possess the correct license to solicit French clients
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September 23, 2014 BY Mike Fox
SunGard reveals key requirements to help growth in the Islamic banking industry
New research undertaken by SunGard, one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies, has identified key requirements to support the growth of the Islamic banking industry. The survey also highlights the most important challenges faced by industry professionals today. SunGard surveyed 50 banking executives based in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.…
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