March 31, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
How investors can avoid getting fooled, by FINRA
On the eve of April Fools' Day, FINRA offers five tips to help investors avoid being tricked out of their money.
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March 31, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Leverate named to Red Herring's Top 100 finalist list for 2016
LeapRate has learned that leading Forex and Binary platform provider Leverate has been named as one of the few fintech companies to make Red Herring's annual Top 100 exciting technology companies list in Europe, for 2016. The Red Herring Top 100 highlights the most exciting startups from Asia, Europe and the Americas. Hundreds of companies…
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March 31, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Marketing in the Online Wealth Management Industry
The following guest post is courtesy of Bart Burggraaf, Managing Partner, MediaGroup Worldwide. [divide] Online wealth management is a rapidly growing industry and an interesting one to follow for brokers. What’s more, the relatively stable income, large assets under management and a different target audience makes for an attractive diversification play for brokers looking to…
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March 31, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
FlexTrade Systems expands FX sales staff for APAC region
After recently building its sales staff in the EMEA region, FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced the appointments of Tim Wong, Maroof Khan, and Dan Enstedt as Vice Presidents of Business Development, Multi-Asset Sales, for the company’s APAC region. According to Manish Kedia, Managing Director of FlexTrade Systems…
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March 31, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
CMC Markets quarterly trading update: Client growth 13% YoY
Newly-public CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has issued its first Trading Update as a public company, and it looks fairly good. The leading Forex, CFD and spreadbetting broker has a March 31 year end. For its end of year quarter (January-March) CMC stated that trading activity has been 'in-line with expectations with the recent market volatility…
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March 30, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
FXCM transfers its NZ clients to Halifax New Zealand as part of white label agreement
Halifax New Zealand clients will get access the FXCM Trading Station or FXCM MT4 trading platforms and services.
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March 30, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Binary options broker Anyoption latest to receive CySEC fine at €235,000
As part of the 'corrective measures' agreed to, Anyoption will be moving all call centers to Cyprus.
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March 28, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
IB: Taking the next step
Opening up your own brokerage makes sense, but let’s explore your options so you make the best decision for you and for your clients.
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March 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Starfish Markets CIF license not yet activated: CySEC
Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued a reminder that the CIF license held by retail forex and binary options brokers Starfish Markets has not yet been activated. Starfish's CIF license was granted last December 18. Starfish Markets is a registered New Zealand company controlled by Malaysian national and now Chinese resident Choon Keit Wong. CySEC's reminder…
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March 24, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
UK regulator PSR issues final guidance on EU payment card legislation to lower Interchange Fees
New caps mean that the average credit card Interchange Fee will fall by around 70%.
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