Ahead of National Data Privacy Day, which is observed annually on 28th January, a selection of commentary can be seen below from a variety of industry experts discussing data privacy in the digital era. A poll carried out last year revealed a staggering 90% of people were “very concerned” about their internet privacy. Data privacy…
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Global clearing house LCH has announced that Corentine Poilvet-Clediere has been named Head of RepoClear and Collateral Management, LCH SA, effective immediately. She will be responsible for LCH SA’s euro-denominated debt and repo clearing service, RepoClear, as well as the clearing house’s collateral management function. Corentine Poilvet-Clediere previous work places include London Stock Exchange Group, CDSClear…
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Market volatility generated an exceptional amount of processing volume for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2018 – 66.7 billion electronic records per day, up 87.4% over the ADV in 2017. FINRA has already reported an unprecedented amount of market activity through the first six months of 2018, averaging a record 57.9 billion electronic records…
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Multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider smartTrade Technologies has just informed that it has strengthened its senior management and sales team with the addition of Annalisa Sarasini and Lionel Sancenot. Annalisa Sarasini, Chief Business Development Officer, will drive the Business Development Strategy and lead smartTrade through its next stage of growth. Sarasini has been promoted from Global Head of Sales…
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Have you ever woken up in a cold sweat in the early morning hours, suddenly thinking that you had sold your bitcoin for $35 instead of $3,500? Did you rush to your computer to check to see if the order had been entered correctly? Some poor fellow or woman in South Korea is living a…
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Dash, the digital currency for payments and e-commerce, has teamed up with Anypay, a global payment network, and eGifter, a gift card marketplace offering 300+ eGift cards to U.S. and global brands. People can turn their Dash directly into eGift cards without converting to fiat. We are very excited to be able to bring Dash…
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Retail FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has announced the appointments of Boris Levine as Head of IT Development and Rasmus Hansen as Head of Infrastructure Technology. Both executives report to Alastair Hine, Chief Operating Officer of GAIN Capital, and are based in GAIN's London office. Boris and Rasmus each bring many years of…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called Ainvestments. Ainvestments Associated entities/individuals: ESOS International Limited; Kadeky International S.R.O. Website: www.ainvestments.com Phone: +44 7 5206 40616 Email: [email protected] Reason for warning: It could be involved in a scam. The FMA believes the registration and regulation information claimed on…
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New information continues to surface related to the hacking incident at Cryptopia, a New Zealand crypto exchange that was compromised back on the 15th of January. It remains the first breach of an exchange in 2019, but details have been slow to surface. The company is still in shutdown mode, as executives and police try…
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The World Economic Forum is a much awaited event, especially when some of the “hottest” technologies are on the table: blockchain, digitalization, economic development, etc. It appears that there is a new blockchain “power” that is emerging right now. South Africa is currently positioned perfectly to be a global blockchain player among other “giants” such…
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