The freelancing eco-system has come of age over the past decade. Originally, the users of these global contractor job sites were considered “misfits” or outcasts from the corporate mainstream, but the “digital nomad rocketship” has taken flight. In the U.S. alone, recent studies peg 36% of the U.S. workforce, some 57 million people, as freelancers,…
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Canadian regulator BCSC has recently issued a warning against the company Edu-Pension and its website http://www.edu-pension.com. According to the watch dog, the company claims to be based in Toronto, Ontario, and offers forex and cryptocurrency trading. BCSC, however, recently became aware that Edu-Pension accepted funds from a British Columbia (BC) resident. The company is not…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for November 14, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, The economic landscape has undergone a radical swing from an expected recession to a somewhat stable footing…
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We live in a digital age, where the ability to send instant messages resides in our hands via our various smart phones and smart devices. The mechanism rests in the coding of a variety of “apps” on the market. This apps market is highly competitive. You need only conduct a simple Internet search to arrive…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for November 14, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The euro is up by over 0.15% against the US dollar following the publication of Germany’s Q3 GDP data, which showed quarter-on-quarter growth of 0.1%. This is good…
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CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has just announced that it is releasing an FX Forward Volume dataset as part of its comprehensive suite of executed trade data products. The new service will focus on outright forwards and swaps which provide an aggregated view of the forward market, therefore confirming…
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TradAir, a front end FX trading solution, has just announced that it has added Russell Sears to its team as Chief Revenue Officer. Sears is an expert in the FX industry and served at State Street as the European head of e-exchange group, including Currenex, FXconnect and other positions over his tenure with the group.…
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ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based blockhain software development company, has released a report about the potential of blockchain technology to disrupt and enhance the morass of back office processes that support the asset management business sector. While material benefits are available for all participants, the report notes “the industry itself needs to transform if its to realize…
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We are ten years into the Bitcoin revolution, but its global network of 200+ exchanges remains largely unregulated. Yes, there are money transfer agent regulations that must be complied with and KYC/AML rules that must be adhered to, but safety and security are large stumbling blocks. As for regulators, the industry must quickly deal with…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Deloitte and S&P Global Market Intelligence have teamed up to develop a prototype for an industry-wide FinTech Research Platform. The platform aims to help investors and financial institutions connect with FinTech start-ups that they can partner with or invest in. Deloitte discovered that investors and financial institutions don't have…
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