June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Zilliqa teams up with payments platform Xfers to drive efficiencies among Southeast Asian businesses

The public blockchain platform Zilliqa just informed that it has teamed up with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-approved Widely Accepted Stored Value Facility (WA SVF), Xfers. The partnership aims to explore the use of payment solutions powered by distributed ledger technology for over 500,000 users in Southeast Asia. Xfers facilitates digital financial inclusion for online…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Pico names Emma Wheeler CCO for Europe and the EMEA

Pico, a connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the financial services industry, just announced that they have appointed Emma Wheeler as their Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) starting this July. She now will be a member of the global senior executive team, reporting directly to Pico…

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Daily Market analysis
June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: Darker days for European stocks

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 18, 2019. See details below: FOREX Trading at yearly lows to the Dollar, just above $1.25, the Pound is under pressure. Another would be potential Tory leader and future Prime Minister pulled out from the race and vowed to support…

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ASIC office
June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

AFCA Rules change for legacy complaints approved by ASIC

Australian regulator ASIC informed today that it has approved changes to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) Rules which give effect to the AFCA authorisation condition introduced by Government on 19 February 2019. The Government requires AFCA to give expanded access to the AFCA scheme for consumers and small businesses that were harmed by financial…

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MT5 upgrade: Integration with Python, support for Market and Signals services in Wine (Linux/MacOS) added
June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

MT5 upgrade: Integration with Python, support for Market and Signals services in Wine (Linux/MacOS) added

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes announced last week that it has added several new features to its MetaTrader 5 platform. A new API has been added, especially to enable request of MetaTrader 5 terminal data through applications, using the Python high-level programming language. The API contains multiple libraries for machine learning, process automation, as well…

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AETOS daily forex market commentary
June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

AETOS daily forex market commentary

ASIC and FCA licensed Retail FX broker AETOS Capital Group have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 18, 2019.  EURUSD The euro strengthened on Monday, closing at 1.1222(+7 pips) against the greenback. The greenback started the week advancing against most major rivals, although its strength faded as the day went by, ending it…

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Facebook
June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Facebook to take on banks, not Bitcoin

Facebook has announced the launch of its Calibra wallet that is backed by the Libra Association, an independent consortium with members such as Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Coinbase. The association will independently govern and oversee Calibra's bespoke cryptocurrency, Libra—with the digital coin imagined to further a global financial system, this historically marks the social media…

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