Blockchain revolution has allowed hundreds of tech companies to revive their business strategies through implementing smart tech solutions to the products they offer. IBM, MasterCard and many more are just a few of the hundreds of giant tech firm that have recently applied for different blockchain-related patents. The latest company to apply for three blockchain…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 12, 2018. Highlights include: 1-Yr. Anniversary of Bitcoin Futures: BTC futures volumes often reach up to about 8% of the volumes reporter by major global exchanges — a trend likely to grow when Nasdaq…
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Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade Systems has just announced that it is employing Corvil Analytics across its trading solutions. FlexTrade's latest additions to its trading solutions also include the integration of the Bernstein Cube into the FlexTRADER EMS, as well as the integration of ipushpull (iPP), a real-time interoperability platform, with its FlexNOW execution…
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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 The Pension Assessment Agency Ltd. The Pension Assessment Agency Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has announced it has added three new Executives to its Markets division. Arianne Criqui has been added as Senior Vice President, Head of Options and Business Development, Robert Hocking will serve as a Senior Vice President, Head of Derivatives Strategy, and Matthew McFarland has been promoted to Vice President, Head of…
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Right after publishing its Quarterly KPIs, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has informed the public that it is going to allow retail investors greater access to long-term investment opportunities. Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy and Competition at the FCA, commented: We are proposing changes to allow retail investors greater access to long-term investment opportunities.…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called OneCoin Limited. OneLife Network Limited and OneCoin Limited Trading name: OneLife, OneCoin Address: OneLife Network Limited, 2118 Guava Street, Belama Phase I, Belize City, Belize OneCoin Limited, 6a “P. R. Slaveykov” Sqr., Sofia 1000, Republic of Bulgaria Website: www.onelife.eu,…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Authorisations Quarterly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as at September quarter. These indicators provide key metrics on the performance of the FCA’s Authorisations Division, including authorisations, cancellations, variations of permission, change in control, and passporting. The latter seems to be of most interest these days due…
Read moreThree brokers will pay more than $6 million in order to settle Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges. Citadel Securities LLC, Natixis Securities Americas LLC, and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. have provided the SEC with inaccurate securities trading information, when asked for the so called “blue sheet data,” which the SEC uses to carry out regulatory…
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After launching 11 new contracts for difference (CFDs) and expanding cryptocurrency CFD trading list to 40 instruments earlier this year, CySEC licensed online trading platform Libertex has announced that, effective from December 11th, 2018, five new CFDs are available for trading. All new five instruments represent the world’s most popular companies operating in the growing sphere of…
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