Direct Trading Technologies has announced the launch of their LATAM entity, DTT Español, regulated by the Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores de Panamá. Expected to launch March 1, their office in Panama is strategically located in the center of Latin American and will cater to clients throughout the region. DTT’s FX and CFD product offering…
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Copenhagen based multi asset brokerage group Saxo Bank A/S has released its financial results for 2017, showing moderate growth and improved profitability over 2016, but also revealing that the company's business slowed considerably in the second half of the year. For the full year 2017, Revenues at Saxo Bank came in at DKK 3.03 billion…
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Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE:LUK) released its fourth quarter and full year 2017 results yesterday, along with management's annual Letter to Shareholders, which gave more insight into how different parts of the business and certain investments have fared. One of the more interesting disclosures of the Letter was news that the company was already well "in…
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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced that it has withdrawn the CIF license suspension of Boursotrade Ltd. We had reported in March 2017 that CySEC had issued a temporary suspension of Boursotrade's license, due to “Persons who effectively direct the business”. Boursotrade Ltd operated several website brands, including boursotrade.com, boursepro.com, and Binary options broker boursebinary.com.…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Rowena Harris-Doughty has left her role as Marketing Director at Retail FX broker Destek Markets, to become Marketing Manager at deliverable spot FX dealer Monex Europe. Not to be confused with either Monex Group Inc. (TYO:8698), the publicly traded Japanese FX broker or Indonesia-based PT Monex Investindo Futures, Monex Europe is…
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France's financial regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued an opinion that it considers that the offer of cryptocurrency derivatives -i.e., CFDs on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ripple - requires authorisation and that it is prohibited to advertise such offer via electronic means. Essentially, by defining crypto CFDs as 'derivatives', the advertising of…
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Following a recent change-of-control at Saxo Bank, changes at both the management and board level continue. Copenhagen based multi asset brokerage group Saxo Bank A/S has announced that company chairman Lone Fønss Schrøder has decided to retire from the board of directors of the company. Vice chairman Henrik Normann (pictured above) will assume the position…
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Online gaming and financial trading systems giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has announced its results for the full year 2017, indicating a major slowdown in most key business units in the second half of the year. Overall, Playtech revenues in 2H-2017 totaled €385.5 million, down 9% from the first half's €421.6 million. And that, despite the…
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The SEC alleges that BitFunder and its founder Jon E. Montroll operated BitFunder as an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded exchange users by misappropriating their bitcoins and failing to disclose a cyberattack on BitFunder’s system that resulted in the theft of more than 6,000 bitcoins.
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Ally Ventures, the strategic investment arm of online brokerage and banking company Ally Financial Inc (NYSE:ALLY), has announced that it has made an investment in Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., creator of smart debit cards for kids, teens, and college students. The company stated that the investment supports Ally Ventures' goal of promoting innovation through key alliances…
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