May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ActivTrades 2017 Revenues up 16% to £40.4 million, monthly volumes $90 billion

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated MT4 broker ActivTrades has continued its impressive growth with the company reporting healthy financial metrics for 2017. ActivTrades, which is controlled by Swiss entrepreneur Alex Pusco who still serves as the company’s CEO, saw Revenues grow by 16% in 2017 to £40.4 million (USD $55 million), up…

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May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SafeCharge reports record Revenues and transaction processing volumes in Q1-2018

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has issued a brief trading update for the first quarter of 2018, indicating that the company generated record revenues and transaction processing volumes in Q1, driven by new customer wins in the second half of 2017. SafeCharge didn't give any number specifics to those records, but in…

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May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials issues 12.4M shares worth $2.8M to China binary options JV partners

Binary options brokerage and blockchain technology company TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has announced it that has issued 12.4 million to its joint venture partners in its China binary options business, DragonFinancials. DragonFinancials has been the main revenue generator for TechFinancials for the past year-plus, with the company shutting down its own OptionFair binary options brand and starting…

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May 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

4 factors that make EOS undeniably attractive to investors

The following article was written by Blockchain advisor Osher Deri. EOS has succeeded in taking a position among the fastest-growing cryptocurrencies in the market – it now sits in fifth position by market cap behind Bitcoin Ethereum, Ripple and Bitcoin Cash. From an underdog position with lofty ambitions to challenge Ethereum, EOS has built a…

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May 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Forex and Bullion broker Truevalue Investment

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated offshore broker Truevalue Investment International Limited. The company operates from websites truevalueinvestmentint.com and truevalueinvestsint.com. Truevalue Investment claims to provide sophisticated forex, bullion and…

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May 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

How is the Flattening of the Yield Curve Effecting the Forex Markets?

The following article was written by Jasper Lawler, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The yield curve is in the process of flattening, where short-term bond yields are rising relative to longer term bond yields. This is sending mixed signals to the forex markets. There are several reasons why…

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