How would the FCA use the temporary transitional power or what firms and other regulated persons to do now
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

How would the FCA use the temporary transitional power or what firms and other regulated persons to do now

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued an announcement earlier today how it would use the temporary transitional power in an UK leaves the European Union without a withdrawal agreement scenario. Nausicaa Delfas, Executive Director of International at the Financial Conduct Authority said: The temporary transitional power is an important part of our contingency…

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February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Sanostro announces partnership with AlgoTrader

Sanostro, a platform for trading signal intelligence sourced from systematic managers, has just announced that it has joined forces with institutional algorithmic trading software provider AlgoTrader. AlgoTrader provides a comprehensive platform for developing, testing and running quant trading strategies, and supports all asset classes including cryptocurrencies. Last year, Cryptonomics Capital Ltd., a crypto-valley based AI crypto quant…

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February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: The many faces of Brexit and its impact on the pound

LeapRate Exclusive... This article is courtesy of Ricardo Evangelista, Senior Analyst at London based financial broker ActivTrades. The broker has recently launched its proprietary platform ActivTrader. The results of the June 2016 referendum, and the process of establishing the terms of the separation from the EU, revealed deep running divisions in British politics and society…

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MT4 integrator Gold-i adds PrimeXM's Laurence Luo to its Shanghai team
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: Forex technology provider Gold-i adds PrimeXM's Laurence Luo to its Shanghai team

LeapRate Exclusive... Forex technology provider Gold-i just announced that it has bolstered its account management and on-boarding team in Shanghai with the appointment of Laurence Luo as a Technical Support Engineer.  Prior to Gold-i, Laurence Luo was a Technical Account Manager at PrimeXM, which makes him the second PrimeXM employee to join Gold-i this year. Mike Dugdale,…

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fca warning
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Heritage Acquisitions firm

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 Heritage Acquisitions. Heritage Acquisitions 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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cysec cif licence suspension
January 31, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC warns against fraudulent emails

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has warned the public that emails are being sent by unidentified sources, illegally using the logo or the name of CySEC. These impersonators emails seek payment of so-called outstanding sums to or from the Commission. This is not the first time CySEC issues an impersonators scam warning. The regulator has already issued…

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January 31, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Global payments provider Paysafe teams up with Visa

The global payments provider Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has just informed the public that it has teamed up with Visa (NYSE:V), confirming its status as a Principal Member of the card scheme. Paysafe will now be authorised to issue Visa prepaid cards to businesses and consumers in Europe. Paysafe research shows that 10% of consumers…

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