June 24, 2014 BY Mike Fox
USA: NFA's Board approves prohibition of credit cards to fund retail forex accounts
The new ban is subject to approval by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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June 23, 2014 BY Mike Fox
RisePay to integrate Spindle payment processing aggregation in strategic partnership
Geared towards smaller firms looking for this kind of payment processing aggregation and a solution for mobile payments
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June 23, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Intercontinental Exchange agrees to sell NYFIX and Metabit to ULLINK
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2014. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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June 23, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Sucden Financial's Hong Kong office becomes fully regulated to offer futures and options trading
Sucden Financial steps up its presence in the heart of Asia's institutional FX center, as its Hong Kong operation gains the ability to offer full brokerage facilities.
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June 23, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
The sun rises on technology: MONEX Group restructures its development business
Japanese FX firm MONEX prepares for senior level changes, as well as keeping pace with the emphasis on technology.
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June 23, 2014 BY Mike Fox
More banks confirming move away from human traders
FX volume being directed to electronic trading platforms within respective investment banks
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June 23, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Switzerland's FINMA grants first Bitcoin Trader license to SBEX, deems Bitcoin a means of payment
Switzerland accepts Bitcoin with open arms as Swiss Bitcoin Exchange launched, nationwide ATMs to follow, and virtual currency set to become a mainstay of the coveted Swiss financial sector.
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June 23, 2014 BY Gerald Segal
SafeCharge stock takes off, nears $500M valuation as shares hit post-IPO high
It hasn't really released any earth-shattering (or financial) news since going public in a $126 million IPO at the end of March, but stock market investors seem to finally be warming up to PSP (payments service provider) company SafeCharge. SafeCharge is an important services provider to companies in the Forex, Binary and iGaming industries, helping…
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June 22, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Leverate’s Sirix updates method of ranking top traders
Social trading has become a very effective means for brokerages to engage clients. Leverate evolves this further in a complete redesign of how Top Traders are ranked on its Sirix Social Community.
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