GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), which operates the FOREX.com and City Index retail forex brands, has released its trading volumes for the month of January 2019. LeapRate reminds that January 2018 volumes at Forex.com were the company’s best result since November 2016, the month of the U.S. election which included some record trading days after the…
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FCA regulated FX and CFD broker Infinox (formerly Go Markets UK) has just announced that it has joined the Gold-i Matrix NETwork, signing an agreement for its multi-asset liquidity to be available through Gold-i’s technology. With Matrix Net, Infinox’s liquidity will be available to brokers worldwide who use Gold-i’s Matrix, MT4 Bridge and MT5 Gateway. Other brokerages…
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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 Astaria Group. Astaria Group is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just released its execution data for January 2019. Last month, FXCM Group has expanded its cryptocurrency offering by adding its second crypto CFD, Ethereum (ETH/USD). The broker released Bitcoin CFD trading back in October 2018 and has added three new CFD products for trading two months later. Earlier today the broker announced that…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe:CBOE) released its results for Q4 2018 as well as for the full year on Friday last week, both of which beat analysts’ estimates. The company grew its net revenues, total operating income as well as its operating margins. The higher operating income helped offset the slight increase in operating expenses,…
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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 RB Wealth. RB Wealth is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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Last year, payment systems provider Paysafe Group (LON:PAYS) “doubled down” on esports, with its paysafecard brand becoming Global ESL payment platform partner and one of ESL’s main sponsors worldwide. paysafecard has just announced the expansion of its partnership in 2019 with ESL. In addition to paysafecard’s sponsorship of community competitions through ESL Play, paysafecard will…
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Global commodities broker Marex Spectron has just completed the acquisition of the Irish energy broker Energy Broking Ireland Limited (EBI). Marex Spectron has returned to FX markets with a new platform back in October 2018. Last month, the broker announced another acquisition of Rosenthal Collins Group’s customer business. Marex Spectron started the acquisition process last month, just one day after completing…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just announced that FXCM Pro, the institutional arm of the business, has joined LiquidityFinder.com an information and matching service for businesses looking for liquidity. Sam Low, Founder of LiquidityFinder said: FXCM have a compelling liquidity offering with FXCM Prime and FXCM Omnibus. It is of great benefit to…
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LeapRate reported few days ago that the Board of Directors of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA have decided not to recommend Euronext’s acquisition offer, despite the fact that it is supported by the majority of Oslo Børs VPS shareholders. Euronext, however, showed its determination to acquire Oslo Børs VPS. Euronext's first all-cash tender offer for…
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