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 Capital Traders. Capital Traders 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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In the latest chapter of the continuing saga of Cryptopia, Binance has stepped forward and claimed to have frozen a portion of the stolen assets from the beleaguered crypto exchange. New Zealand police and the High Tech Crime Consortium (HTCC), an agency that deals with cybercrime, are presently conducting their investigation. All trading activities have…
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Eurex Clearing, part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has appointed Dmitrij Senko as Chief Risk Officer. It’s great news that Dmitrij has agreed to join the board,” said Erik Müller, CEO of Eurex Clearing. “Risk management is at the core of our business and is of special importance to Eurex Clearing. Dmitrij…
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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 St James Bank Limited. St James Bank Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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Blockchain assets exchange platform Gate.IO has just announced that it has launched a new perpetual BTC/USD contract feature. BTC/USD is going to be with optional leverage scalings from 1-100. The feature also includes the following contracts: ETH/USD, EOS/USD, XRP/USD, BCH/USD, BSV/USD, LTC/USD, TRX/USD, ADA/USD, XMR/USD, and XLM/USD. The current maximum principal for every investor is…
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IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) has announced the launch of its economic and financial scenario solution. The solution provides eight economic scenarios to help banks comply with the Current Excepted Credit Loss (CECL) estimation required under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standard going into effect in 2020. The eight scenarios include the Macroeconomic Advisers by IHS…
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Earlier this week, the news of the first hack of a crypto exchange in 2019 hit the airways. The Cryptopia exchange in New Zealand suspended operations, citing “significant losses”. Local police are investigating, with very few details forthcoming. The lack of information has led to widespread speculation as to the nature of the hack, whether…
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Huobi Derivative Market (Huobi DM), Huobi’s crypto asset trading service, has just announced its total trading volumes and it soared past USD $20 billion. Huobi DM has recently expanded its cryptocurrency contract trading services to include EOS. Apart from EOS, crypto asset contract trading service also includes taking long and short positions on Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH). We’re pleased with…
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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 Skye Tower Momentum Bank. Skye Tower Momentum Bank is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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Trading solutions provider Spotware has teamed up with Forex and cryptocurrency technology company Match-Trade Technologies, to bring a new quality of turnkey White Label solutions. Panagiotis Charalampous, Head of Community Management of cTrader at Spotware, has recently revealed in an exclusive LeapRate interview all about Spotware's flagship trading platform solution cTrader and Traders First approach. cTrader's offered White…
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