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utrader offshore cfd broker warning
November 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator warns against offshore CFDs and Binary Options broker uTrader

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List offshore CFDs and Binary Options broker uTrader, operating from en.utrader.com. uTrader claims to be an online Contracts For Difference (CFDs), Forex and options trading platform provider.  Day Dream Investments Ltd., which claims to be located in the Republic of the…

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Euronext terminates Deutsche Borse services to Irish Stock Exchange, now Euronext Dublin
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Euronext acquires Irish Stock Exchange plc for €137 million

The very acquisitive financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has announced the acquisition of 100% of The Irish Stock Exchange plc (“ISE”), for €137 million. ISE is Ireland’s incumbent stock exchange operator and a leading global debt and fund listing venue. ISE is currently owned by five Irish financial institutions, J&E Davy, Goodbody Stockbrokers, Investec Capital &…

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activ8 platform
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

“One with it All”: How to Select the Right Trading Platform

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. The success of your brokerage, no matter how good your marketing and acquisition funnel is, will be pinned to the quality of your trading platform. But with their being so many platforms on the market, choosing the right one is not an easy task.…

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Betex binary options platform
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Peer-to-peer Binary Options platform Betex launches ICO

LeapRate Exclusive... A new Binary Options peer-to-peer trading platform called Betex is planning to launch and - like many new companies which are basing their execution on blockchain technology - is looking to fund itself via an ICO. Betex aims to be a leading-edge platform for P2P financial derivatives trading. It enables users to place…

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PrimeXM
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

PrimeXM announces integration with Azul Zing for its order routing service XCore

Aggregation and connectivity solutions provider PrimeXM has announced that it has been collaborating Java runtime solutions specialist Azul Systems and its Azul Zing to further facilitate the low latency nature of PrimeXM’s proprietary order routing service, the XCore. Zing is a unique Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that has been deployed extensively throughout the financial sector industry.…

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Milan trading
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

smartTrade opens Milan office

Multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider smartTrade has announced the opening of a new office in Milan, Italy, to support the company's continued growth. smartTrade stated that it was seeing strong growth in its FX and Fixed Income market shares and in its number of clients. smartTrade said it has not only witnessed a strong increase…

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pay with payment gateway
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

What links payment methods and conversion rates?

The following article was written by freelance writer Agnieszka Pulak. Choosing the right payment system is directly related to increasing conversion rates on your e-commerce website. We can clearly see the impact of payment methods on conversion rates – it can be positive or negative depending on the merchant's choice. Any merchant who is interested in increasing…

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