USA Retail Forex Broker (the few which are left) assets just reported for April held steady with a total of $524,757,888 in customer funds. This is a slight 0.19% MoM increase from March's $523,750,637. With FXCM out of the market, selling its accounts to Gain Capital, the Gain Capital retail brand Forex.com remains the clear…
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NEX Markets, a NEX Group business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, announces today that Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, a mainstream bank as well as an integrated and regional financial group with roots firmly planted in Hong Kong for 100 years, will be joining…
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OANDA’s retail clients now get access to the OANDA Algo Lab, where they can utilize QuantConnect’s cloud-based algorithmic trading engine for free. OANDA, a global regulated leader in online Forex trading services today announced they have integrated with QuantConnect’s open-source, cloud-based algorithmic trading engine to offer their clients the ability to research, build, test and…
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Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and Astana International Financial Centre JSC (AIFC) today announced a new, significant agreement. Nasdaq has been selected to power Kazakhstan’s nascent stock exchange, the AIFC Exchange. The exchange is targeted to launch in late-2017 and will initially trade equities and fixed income with other asset classes for future phases. Within the…
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BrokerSourcing.com Limited of London announced they've contracted with FX Large, also of London, to provide ongoing and fixed content for its value added VPS service to retail brokers. FX Large will be providing market commentaries, videos, and webinar content for BrokerSourcing. Tim Blanchard, Managing Director of BrokerSourcing.com said, “our aim is not just to provide…
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French bank BNP Paribas (BNPP) has today been struck with a $350 million USD fine by New York State's banking regulator. The bank is being held responsible for its Foreign Exchange “Cartel” manipulating foreign exchange rates, engaging in collusion, executing fake trades, coordinating trades to enhance profits at customers’ expense, and improperly sharing confidential customer…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announced further collaboration with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) as the two exchanges signed a strategic cooperation agreement during a meeting in Moscow on Monday of this week, May 22nd 2017. The strategic cooperation agreement focuses on a number of areas of shared interest to MOEX and SSE that can support…
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UK money transfer provider TransferWise today launched its 'borderless' bank account for businesses that need a multi-currency account for trading in overseas markets. The UK-based money transfer company is set to record its first operating profit this year and claims more than one million customers. The company reportedly has more than doubled revenue in the…
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Still awaiting regulatory approval, the we last heard from LedgerX, a swap execution facility (SEF) for bitcoin options was in 2015 when the CFTC issued temporary registration status. Hoping to push forward, the company announced today closing of a Series B round of $11.4 million in financing. Led by Miami International Holdings Inc. and Huiyin Blockchain…
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Match-Trade Technologies LLC, headquartered in Irvine, California, is pleased to announce the launch of new data feeds for eight (8) most popular cryptocurrencies. Like other offerings, Match-Trade has based this new feature on its proprietary matching engine technology. The Company can provide direct feeds and liquidity for the most popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin,…
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