UK becomes first country outside US to go live with Apple Pay
Following its inaugural launch in the US, British customers now can use Apple Pay to conduct contactless payments with a limit of £20. Visa, Mastercard and American Express, along with certain large banks have signed up to support the service, with HSBC and Barclays relying on their proprietary systems for the meantime
Read moreR5FX selects smartTrade Technologies for Emerging Markets FX platform
“smartTrade’s award winning platform will enable R5FX to offer its customers increased liquidity and a broader range of emerging market related instruments, some of which were not previously available” - David Vincent, CEO of smartTrade Technologies
Read moreOp Ed: Should I pay or should I go?
According to my calculations, should Europe be successful in making Britain pay £1 billion in emergency funding to Greece from taxpayers' money, that would equate to £1,445 for each person employed in London's financial sector, which is the economic powerhouse of the entire continent. Should Britain bow to European pressure and pour hard-earned money down the black hole?
Read moreEXNESS streamlines withdrawals with Visa and MasterCard debit cards
Previously, withdrawals to a bank card could only be made by canceling the payments made using that card and profits were withdrawn to a bank account, however now profits can be withdrawn to a card after the payments have been canceled
Read moreWhy Greece caved to the Eurozone - Guest Editorial
Steven Knight, Market Strategist for Blackwell Global looks at the economic effects of Greece's capitulation to the Eurozone and its last-ditch attempts to cling onto socialism
Read moreBrazil names 30 traders at major international banks in 'cartel' and 'mafia' investigation
Brazilian competition authority CADE is investigating as to whether traders within banks breached competition laws by sharing sensitive data about customer orders on commercial chatrooms
Read moreAutochartist launches Delkos Research trading analysis solution for futures industry
Autochartist CEO Ilan Azbel: "The futures industry is far more segmented than the FX business, and IBs tend to own the relationships with customers as opposed to the larger brokers. As such, Delkos created the product in a way that can be distributed directly from IBs to their customers"
Read moreJon Vollemaere's new R5FX emerging marketplace enters Beta test phase
“R5FX continues to make significant progress, and I am happy to announce that we have successfully completed a number of BRIC beta test trades” - Jon Vollemaere, CEO of R5FX
Read moreHantec Markets returns to normal margin requirements following Eurozone agreement on Greece
Having doubled its margin requirements in the advent of market uncertainty over the Greek debt crisis, Hantec Markets has now restored the margin requirements to normal
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