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January 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank hires Sberbank executive Damian Bunce as its new Chief Client Officer

Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has made another senior addition to its executive management team, announcing the appointment of Damian Bunce as the company's new Chief Client Officer (CCO). Mr. Bunce's appointment becomes effective February 19, 2018. He joins Saxo Bank’s executive team and will report directly to Kim Fournais, CEO and Founder.…

January 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SpotOption Binary Options offices raided by FBI; CEO: I may close the company

After we reported last week that the FBI had sent investigators to Israel as part of their ongoing fraud investigation of Lee Elbaz, former CEO of several Binary Options broker brands, Israel business news website TheMarker has reported that those FBI investigators last week raided the offices of leading Binary Options platform provider SpotOption. Lee Elbaz…

January 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

UFX.com Weekly Trading Review: MoneyGram-Alibaba deal blocked, VW’s $290M payout

Your Weekly Trading Review by UFX.com – Sunday, January 14th, 2018 Some of this past week’s leading economic news and events affected the financial markets: The EUR/USD and GBP/USD increased by 1.41% and 1.40%, respectively. Gold rose by 0.94%, while Crude Oil saw an increase in value of 0.78%. The 3 major US indices all saw positive…

January 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank reports slow December with multi asset volumes down 26% MoM to $289 billion

Following a strong November which saw its most activity of the year, Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has reported that it ended 2017 with a somewhat slow month of December. December volumes totaled $289 billion at Saxo Bank, down 26% from November's $388 billion. FX volumes comprised 68% of the total in December…

January 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: FBI investigates Binary Options fraud, MT4 sales stopped, Pepperstone exec leaves, and lots more…

As 2018 trading pulled into full swing with the new year's first complete week of activity, so did Forex Industry News. And, carrying over from last year, all the key stories appeared only at LeapRate including two key executive moves involving some of the world's leading FX brokers. Who's in and who's out after a…

January 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Institutional Forex broker GMI hires Exness executive John Taylor as UK COO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that institutional FX broker Global Market Index (or 'GMI') has hired former Exness executive John Taylor as COO of its FCA regulated UK operation, Global Market Index Limited. John Taylor served as CFO of Exness for the past three years, and helped spearhead the launch of Exness' UK operation and FCA…

January 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials shares soar on increased Cedex ICO size

Shares of binary options technology (and more recently Blockchain tech) provider TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) were soaring by 28% to an all time high of 37 pence on Friday morning, after the company announced that it was increasing the size of the planned token sale for Cedex Holdings Ltd. TechFinancials recently invested in Cedex, which is setting…

January 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Trading Strategists Advise Clients to Watch Bank Stocks in 2018

The following article was written by Jeff Broth, a business writer and personal finance advisor. Consulting for SMB owners and entrepreneurs for more than 7 years. 2018 is the year of big banks in the United States. Truth be told, this reality has been a long time coming. The Federal Reserve Bank officially reversed course…

January 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote announces positive earnings surprise for 2017 driven by Cryptocurrency trading

Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it will report better-than-expected results for the second half of 2017 (when final results are released in early March). The driver - cryptocurrency trading. Swissquote was the first European online bank to introduce Bitcoin CFDs in mid 2017 as well as trading…

January 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

LMAX Exchange hires Standard Chartered exec Quentin Miller as Head of Institutional FX APAC

As it moves to continue to grow its business and market share in the Far East, institutional FX broker and liquidity provider LMAX Exchange Group has announced the appointment of Quentin Miller (pictured above) to the newly created position of Head of Institutional FX for Asia Pacific. Quentin Miller will be based in Singapore. He will…

Saxo Bank hires Sberbank executive Damian Bunce as its new Chief Client Officer

SpotOption Binary Options offices raided by FBI; CEO: I may close the company

UFX.com Weekly Trading Review: MoneyGram-Alibaba deal blocked, VW’s $290M payout

Saxo Bank reports slow December with multi asset volumes down 26% MoM to $289 billion

FX Industry Week Review: FBI investigates Binary Options fraud, MT4 sales stopped, Pepperstone exec leaves, and lots more…

Exclusive: Institutional Forex broker GMI hires Exness executive John Taylor as UK COO

TechFinancials shares soar on increased Cedex ICO size

Trading Strategists Advise Clients to Watch Bank Stocks in 2018

Swissquote announces positive earnings surprise for 2017 driven by Cryptocurrency trading

LMAX Exchange hires Standard Chartered exec Quentin Miller as Head of Institutional FX APAC

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