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May 19, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Not all roses in Teddy Sagi's world: Playtech's X-Wise unit lays off 150

It looks like another unit of Teddy Sagi's online gaming and trading holding company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) is going through a series of large scale layoffs. After LeapRate's exclusive report earlier this year about mass firings at Playtech Retail Forex unit Markets.com in a restructuring of its sales, retention and customer service operations, it now appears as if…

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May 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Raymond James gets $17 million FINRA fine for systemic Anti-Money Laundering (AML) failures

US securities regulator The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has announced a fine against units of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE:RJF) totaling $17 million for what it called widespread failures related to the firm's anti-money laundering (AML) programs. The fines were for failing to establish and implement adequate AML procedures, which resulted in Raymond James' failure…

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May 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FXDD becomes first Retail Forex broker to launch Tradency's new RoboX algo trading tool

Retail forex broker FXDD Global and financial technology provider Tradency have announced that FXDD will become the first major broker to offer investors access to Tradency's new RoboX tool. RoboX is a new algo trading machine based on powerful packages of proprietary trading strategies. These trading packages are accompanied by proprietary risk matching engines which tailor each trader with…

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May 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FXDD becomes first Retail Forex broker to launch Tradency's new RoboX algo trading tool

Retail forex broker FXDD Global and financial technology provider Tradency have announced that FXDD will become the first major broker to offer investors access to Tradency's new RoboX tool. RoboX is a new algo trading machine based on powerful packages of proprietary trading strategies. These trading packages are accompanied by proprietary risk matching engines which tailor each trader with…

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May 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

SafeCharge reports strong Q1, hires Phil Atherton from Barclaycard as CRO

Payments services provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) issued a statement today indicating that it saw strong activity levels in the first quarter of 2016, with revenues and gross profit ahead of budget. In March SafeCharge processed record volumes, with the positive momentum continuing into April. About 10% of this volume was processed through SafeCharge's own acquiring platform.…

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May 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 apps and plugins provider Takeprofit Technology unveils redesigned website and new products

Following a trend we have been observing among leading Forex brokers and technology providers alike, MT4 solutions provider Takeprofit Technology has just come out with its redesigned, visual-heavy website alongside a number of new service and product introductions. Takeprofit released three new products as part of the website launch: EasyMAM allocation system. A simple money management solution…

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May 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorships get 'heavy': Orbex backs Eleiko Weightlifting

Retail forex brokers continue to use sponsorships of sports teams and events as marketing tools. And it is not just top-of-the-line Football and Formula One racing outfits getting the backing, as brokers get more creative and local with their sponsorships. Retail broker Orbex has expanded its backing of  WODWARS CrossFit fitness competitions, to sponsor Eleiko Weightlifting Training…

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May 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorships get 'heavy': Orbex backs Eleiko Weightlifting

Retail forex brokers continue to use sponsorships of sports teams and events as marketing tools. And it is not just top-of-the-line Football and Formula One racing outfits getting the backing, as brokers get more creative and local with their sponsorships. Retail broker Orbex has expanded its backing of  WODWARS CrossFit fitness competitions, to sponsor Eleiko Weightlifting Training…

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