The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several unregulated firms. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are ash.trades, Easy Money Finance, Miyamoto, Asuka and Associates, The Financial Consultancy Group (Scam), Best Returns, Cash FX Group. According to the regulator, the fraudsters are using or giving out…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 13, 2019. So the results are in and as widely tipped by the polls, the Conservatives have secured a significant majority in the UK Election. It now appears very likely Boris Johnson will follow through on…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for December 13, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT The pound’s reaction to the Conservative landslide is a sigh of relief from markets. Sterling gained almost 2% following the publication of the first exit polls, which pointed…
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International forex technology company, Tools for Brokers, has just announced that t has added to its Trade Processor system aggregation and consolidation features. Trade Processor 3.0 is a secure, multi-part modular system, integrated with MT4 and MT5. It combines a risk-free liquidity bridge and a market making order pool, which offers advanced bridging and all…
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Veterans of the payment industry can remember the advent of point-of-sale electronic terminals back in the early eighties, and one of the early pioneers in this effort to automate merchant acceptance of payment cards was Ingenico. The Ingenico Group, headquartered in Paris, France, has grown and prospered with the industry over the past four decades.…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced its foreign exchange (FX) futures reached a new single-day volume record of 2.7 million contracts on December 11, 2019. Previous record of 2.5 million contracts was set on June 14, 2017. Open interest (OI) for CME Group FX futures also reached a record 2.3 million contracts on December…
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Boris Johnson's Conservative party has won a resounding overall majority in the United Kingdom's snap general election. Johnson remains prime minister and should now be able to get his Brexit deal through parliament. It was the party's most successful election since the 80s. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, announced he would…
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Multi-asset prime broker Invast Global has just announced that it has expanded its suite of Index & Commodity CFDs by releasing two new Cash Oil CFDs: Brent Crude Oil (Cash) and WTI Crude Oil (Cash), as well as 6 new Equity Index CFDs: Japan 225 (USD settled), US 2000, Netherlands 25, Swiss 20, India 50…
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Saxo Bank has reported its worst monthly FX volume in almost 4 years. This time of year is particularly hard for brokers, and Saxo Bank proved no exception. Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank that specializes in investment and online trading. During November, the multi-asset broker posted a month-on-month drop across the board for…
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While the beginning of December is usually a calmer time for traders and bookies, as holidays are coming, this year is an exception. As we go into the long British election night, so do traders and markets. It is Thursday night, December 12th, and as the fate of the UK is being voted, traders are…
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