TraderTools appoints Robert Varga Director of Sales in Europe LeapRate

September 16, 2014 BY Mike Fox

TraderTools appoints Robert Varga Director of Sales in Europe

TraderTools Inc. (TraderTools), technology company committed to delivering the world’s most advanced FX trading platform for banks and brokerages, announced today that it has appointed Robert Varga Director of Sales in Europe. He will be based out of the company's London office reporting to TraderTools EVP Sales, Mark Mayerfeld. Before joining TraderTools, Robert Varga was…

September 16, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Proposed launch of 1,000 Bitcoin ATMs scuppered as relationship between BitXatm and CryptVision crumbles

Whilst government disapproval has been a large barrier to the proliferation of Bitcoin infrastructure in many nations, corporate disagreement puts a stop to an entire ATM network in virtual currency-friendly United States and Canada

September 16, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

FXCM hints at further acquisitions in the retail FX space

Having spent the last year acquiring a harvest of firms and high value client books within the FX business, FXCM sets its sights on further acquisitions

September 16, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Swissquote Daily Technical Report: GBP/USD - The short-term bounce is fading

In Swissquote’s Tuesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for GBP/USD and AUD/USD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). GBP/USD: The short-term bounce is fading • GBP/USD is losing its short-term bullish momentum. A…

September 16, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LeapRate Daily FX Industry Catch Up: Presented by Dukascopy TV

September 16, 2014 BY Mike Fox

ITG launches FX Volatility Index application

ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading execution and research broker, today announced the launch of the ITG FX Volatility Index (ITG FXVX), an innovative daily benchmark for Foreign Exchange traders and portfolio managers. The ITG FX Volatility Index forecasts the volatility in the coming trading day based on historical trends and adjusts for implied volatility as well…

September 16, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Social trading turbulence continues as TradeNext and TradeCrowd part ways

TradeNext and TradeCrowd have mutually agreed to part ways, signalling another development in social trading sector

September 16, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Exclusive Interview: SignalPush taking on the binary industry one trade at a time

LeapRate's exclusive interview with the CEO and founders of SignalPush, an upstart American based signal platform provider for binary options traders. How are they innovating with integrity within this nascent sector. Read about where they see their service and the industry headed...

September 16, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Plus500 dividend payment - 15% tax to be withheld

With Plus500 shareholders anticipating the payment of dividends on September 19, the company has announced that it is withholding tax on the forthcoming payment

September 16, 2014 BY Mike Fox

SafeCharge granted European e-money institution license

It looks like SafeCharge is putting the infrastructure in place to make room for it's digital wallet product, which remains on-course for launch in Q1 2015 according to last week's interim financial report.