Barclaycard teams up with TouchBistro POS solution LeapRate

August 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Barclaycard teams up with TouchBistro POS solution

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, announced today that it has teamed up with TouchBistro, a global iPad-based POS solution for restaurants and pubs. Through the partnership, Barclaycard’s payment solution is now integrated with TouchBistro, unlocking improved speed and accuracy of the bill-paying process for both restaurants and…

August 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery. Fraudsters try to convince people in the UK that they work for an authorised company are giving out the following details as part of their scam tactics: Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery (clone of…

August 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Can companies do the right thing without a regulator telling them what to do?

The following article is courtesy of Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Adv., former head of enforcement at the Israel Securities Authority. The piece is about Colu's Token Repurchase Plan. Colu DLT, the Gibraltar based subsidiary company of the Colu Group becomes one of the first companies to voluntarily offer to purchase the entirety of tokens sold during…

August 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Equiti Group teams up with Saudi Arabia’s Riyad Bank for FX liquidity

The Executive MD of Equiti Group, Mohamed Alahmad, just announced that an agreement with Riyad Bank is now in effect to provide FX liquidity to the bank using the Equiti platform. The Group’s UK based entity, Equiti Capital, will provide its trading infrastructure and a 24-hour FX service to the bank. Commenting on this agreement,…

August 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Craig Wright – Satoshi Nakamoto imposter or not – Judge not impressed

In an ongoing reality play that has continued for nearly two years, the grandstanding performance of a one Craig Wright, who claims to be the real “Satoshi Nakamoto”, the inventor of Bitcoin and the blockchain, was brought to a semi-close, when a Federal judge, the Honorable Bruce E. Reinhart, ruled that he had “intentionally submitted…

August 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

What’s up with Bitcoin? Its volatility is at its lowest ebb since mid-June

Concern is growing within the Bitcoin analyst community of late, since its 30-day volatility measure has been dipping from a recent high of nearly 130% to a current low of 64%. BTC has earned a reputation for being the most volatile asset class in history, and for good reason, but its latest descent has confused…

Binance seeks to curb SEC’s hunt for “fraud”

August 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Binance Lending will launch today, ostensibly to fund its margin trading

August 28th, a day that might go down in history books to denote when Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, began its lending services, while at the same moment it came perilously close to crossing a major compliance land in the sand. The firm’s outspoken and charismatic leader and CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao,…

August 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

MT4 is still standard for Forex Trading industry – Here are 5 reasons why

Way back in the year 2000, MetaQuotes, a Russian software development company, released its entry for the online retail trading industry – MetaTrader 4 or MT4 for short. Little did they know at the time that they had a winner on their hands, especially in the fledgling retail forex trading arena. In a few short…

August 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: GBPUSD tests $1.22

eToro UK markets analyst, Adam Vettese, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for August 28, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Telegram Launches Own Crypto: The crypto will be called ‘Gram’ and act as a decentralised structure, where similar to Bitcoin,…

August 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The Pound is once again on the backfoot

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 28, 2019. See details below: FOREX The Pound is once again on the backfoot, both against the Euro and the Dollar. This follows yesterday’s recovery, on the back of news that opposition leaders had agreed on a strategy, to prevent…