AcadiaSoft Inc. just announced that its longtime Board Chairman Howard Edelstein will step down later this year. AcadiaSoft has already started a search for a replacement. Howard Edelstein has been in the company since its very beginning, either as the independent director or Board Chairman. AcadiaSoft CEO Chris Walsh commented on the news: Howard Edelstein…
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SGX-listed global financial technology group, ayondo, announced that it has entered into a non-binding strategic alliance terms with social investing company iMaibo. iMaibo is a Chinese company, offering a cost-efficient social investing platform for Asian, European and other global CFDs to facilitate investment-related business, via its network of social media influencers and key opinion leaders…
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Estonia based Retail FX brokerage group Admiral Markets informed its clients that it has added mini and micro lots for US Stock CFDs. As of 19 August, the company has reduced the minimum contract size and contract step across its US Stock CFDs offer. The minimum contract size and contract step of many US Stock…
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Itiviti, a technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, announced that it has teamed up with Blaze Portfolio, a software provider focusing on scalable investment portfolio rebalancing and real-time trade order management technology. Blaze's clients will now have access to Itiviti’s NYFIX suite of services including, its FIX connectivity network, monitoring and execution reporting.…
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On April 13 2019 the FCA regulated online CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) announced that it is starting a Share Buyback Programme. The broker has already purchased a certain number of its ordinary shares of ILS 0.01 each through Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited. Details of the purchase can be seen below: Plus500 will hold…
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The folks at Bloomberg UK recently interviewed Hunter Horsley, the CEO and head of research at Bitwise Asset Management along with Matt Hougan, Bitwise’s global head of research, to determine their views on the continuing delays by the SEC in approving any applications for a Bitcoin Exchange-Trade Fund (ETF). The Bitwise application decision was delayed…
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Bitcoin enthusiasts were shocked when Samsung’s newest models, the Galaxy S10 and the Note 10, hit the market in March, and Bitcoin apps were nowhere to be found on the devices. What happened? There was so much press that had hyped the inclusion of a Bitcoin wallet app and support on the Samsung phones and…
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Bank of America is one of the US banks that is clearly leading in the blockchain-patent game. BofA has filed for over 60 blockchain-related patents so far. This is a major breakthrough since Bank of America is actually the second largest bank by assets in the US. Considering the tight regulations and the inability of…
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eToro UK markets analyst, Adam Vettese, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for August 19, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, This week may well be as volatile as last week. Attention will be focused on the Federal Reserve’s FOMC minutes…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Gerhard Moser Investment Capital Holdings. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of…
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