Maria Nikolova
LeapRate Analyst
January 21, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SafeCharge forecasts EBITDA of $31M in 2015

SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH), an international provider of payments services, technologies and risk management solutions for online and mobile businesses, today issued an upbeat trading update ahead of its 2015 full year results, which are set to be announced on March 10, 2016. From earlier reports we know that SafeCharge had a very strong…

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January 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Dukascopy TV receives online media license from OFCOM

Swiss Forex broker and bank Dukascopy today announces that Dukascopy TV has received a license from the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM). As a result, Dukascopy TV is now officially recognized as a Swiss Financial Television channel. Dukascopy TV, which started operations in 2008 as an online financial & analytics TV site, has developed…

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January 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Coinbase adds Bitcoin Price Alerts to mobile apps

Bitcoin exchange expert Coinbase is known for regularly bolstering the capabilities of its Bitcoin Wallet mobile applications. Following the recent addition of Bitcoin price charts, new languages and consolidated account balances, the company has made the next step towards improving users' experience. The latest update to the mobile applications for both iOS and Android devices…

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January 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group registers record volume of Eurodollar options

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just announced it marked a trading volume record for Eurodollar options yesterday, January 19, 2016. On Tuesday – January 19th, Eurodollar options trading volume reached 4,279,584 contracts, beating the previous record of 3,493,675 set on June 24, 2013. Open interest in Eurodollar options also increased by 1.6…

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January 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

R3 CEV completes distributed ledger experiment with 11 financial giants

Financial technology innovation company R3 CEV today announces the successful completion of a distributed ledger experiment involving 11 of the world’s leading financial institutions. R3 and consortium member banks Barclays PLC (LON:BARC), BMO Financial Group, Credit Suisse, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA), Natixis SA (EPA:KN), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS),…

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January 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Spanish regulator warns against binary options broker Citrades

Spain's securities regulator CNMV has published a warning against Citrades, a binary options firm offering its services via https://www.citrades.com/. The watchdog notes that the company is not authorized to provide investment services and/or investment advice regarding financial instruments, including foreign currency. The website of Citrades says the broker is owned and operated by CIT investments…

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January 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click sees profit jump 37.8% in 9-mo FY 2016

After a very robust December, GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), the parent company of Japanese online trading giant GMO Click Securities, has just reported a set of solid financial metrics for the first nine months of fiscal year 2016. The company said the profit attributable to shareholders reached JPY 4.99 billion ($42.75 million) in the…

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January 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC issues CIF license to binary options firm Daweda Exchange

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today announced that it has issued a Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license to Daweda Exchange Ltd. The license was issued on January 11, 2016 and is the first CIF permission granted by the Cypriot financial watchdog for 2016. Worth noting is that the license has yet to be…

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