March 27, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

New Binary Option Trading Platform Takes Bitcoin-Only Payments

Beta website for nine different binary options, including gold, silver and crude oil, plus six foreign exchange pairs Bitcoin ONLY! That is the terms of service of new binary option trading platform UpDown. A few online gaming and sportsbooks accepting Bitcoin have popped up since the digital currency went into the mainstream consciousness. However, the…

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March 27, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Deltix and CitiFX TradeStream team up for algo research and execution solution

Software company Deltix joins forces with Citi to provide integrated algo-trading solution for research and automated execution of FX Despite the European Parliament's openly adverse view toward algorithmic and high frequency trading (HFT) among institutions across the continent, North America's technology firms and fiscal authorities show no sign of halting their increasing will to refine…

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March 27, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

MONEX Group forecasts tenfold increase in annual interim dividend

Japan's retail FX firms enjoyed record volumes last year, with MONEX predicting dividends to reflect stellar performance MONEX Group has today announced its forecast for the payment of dividends for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. Bearing in mind the remarkable performance achieved by MONEX along with its contemporaries and compatriots last year, it…

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March 27, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CPattern launches retention alerts tool for Binary Options brokers

System provides alerts about critical behavior of traders to enable broker’s retention agents to target and engage Retention automation and marketing software is a very lucrative niche for companies that can develop a system that provides deep insight and results. CPattern is one of those companies, and has launched a new retention alerts tool for…

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March 27, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Full of eastern promise: Tradency collaborates with Simplex as Japanese focus continues

Social and copy trading provider Tradency is furthering its commitment to the Japanese market by cooperating with financial IT specialist Simplex Copy trading platform providers continue to make it clear that resting on their laurels is not part of their mantra, especially when in the popularity of such systems in current times has created widespread competition…

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March 27, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

London creates Renminbi clearing bank with China’s blessing

BoE and PBOC agree on renminbi clearing and settlement in the UK The bank to be named for clearing and settlement has yet to be determined according to Reuters. A clearing bank is considered a politically sensitive subject in China, and is usually a domestic entity, with Bank of China and ICBC seen as the…

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