UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Aragon Loans. Aragon Loans is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
Read more
Despite China’s anathema for all things crypto, Donald Tapscott, chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute and noted author on blockchain matters, believes that, over time, Chinese officials will get over their fears and embrace cryptocurrencies. In an interview with Bloomberg, he noted: In 20 years, we’re not going to be using bitcoin in China. The…
Read more
ASIC and FCA licensed Retail FX broker AETOS Capital Group have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for April 23, 2019. EURUSD The Euro closed higher on Monday, closing at 1.1259(+15 pips) against the greenback as the Wall Street opened in the red, although the three main indexes bounced from their early lows, unable anyway…
Read more
IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, just announced that it has appointed Paul Jackson as Sales Director. Jackson will be reporting directly to the IS Prime Board. Paul Jackson has over 20 years’ experience in the financial markets including almost 5 years at CFH Clearing where he was a member of the management team,…
Read more
Today Sydney Football Club (Sydney FC) is gearing up for a massive AFC Champions League away game against Chinese Champion Shanghai SIPG at Shanghai Stadium. Councillor Mike Thomas, Senior Vice President of AETOS Capital Group, visited Shanghai to support Sydney FC and to attend an exclusive interview along with the team, Head Coach Steve Corica…
Read more
Last month, JFD Group Ltd announced that it has combined its retail and institutional services under the brand JFD Bank, making the website www.JFDBANK.com its new online hub for all current and future services offered by the FinTech group. Nikola Marinov, JFD Bank's Head of Marketing, joins LeapRate today to discuss the company move from…
Read more
After raising $300 million last October, Coinbase has been eager to put that capital to work. There have been acquisitions, but primarily the stellar crypto exchange has been expanding its global footprint across the world. The crypto exchange currently provides service to 42 countries, situated in North America and Europe, along with Australia and Singapore,…
Read more
The first of the "grand masters" in art has officially gone on blockchain. One of Rembrandt's 17th-century etchings has been validated and thus, immortalized through the power of blockchain. The ultimate goal is to protect the art work from art fraud. The etching in question is the famous “The Virgin and Child in the Clouds”.…
Read more
CySEC licensed online trading platform Libertex has announced that it has just launched a new CFD for shares of Lyft Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT). Lyft has recently raised 24,3 bln USD following its blockbuster IPO at the end of March, 2019. Igor Galkin, Head of Global Business Development and Sales at Libertex Group, commented: Lyft held an…
Read more
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has fined the company Nine Masts Capital Limited $1.2 million for failures relating to the short selling of Yuzhou Properties Company Limited shares in May 2015. Back then, on May 12, 2015, Yuzhou Properties proposed placing of new shares, subject to the fulfilment of…
Read more