Steffy Bogdanova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced writer and journalist, working in the global online trading sector, Steffy is the Editor of LeapRate. She has previous experience as a copywriter and has been with the company since January 2020. Steffy has a British and American Studies degree from St. Kliment Ochridski University in Sofia.
brokeree solutions
July 26, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Brokeree Solutions boosts MetaQuotes app store with new gateways and services

Andrey Kamyshanov, managing partner of Brokeree Solutions, commented: Being a built-in feature in MetaTrader 5, gateways are a robust and flexible alternative to complex bridge installations. Our liquidity management solutions support DMA via over 30 liquidity providers, and now with an increasing portfolio of MT5 Gateways, brokerages have the opportunity to provide an STP service…

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CySEC
July 26, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CySEC warns against impersonators

The regulator reminded that these scams are seen often and could be a part of a bigger, sophisticated online campaign designed to defraud investors. CySEC gave a few examples of how the fraudsters usually proceed. They claim to be CySEC officers or representatives or other real or fake bodies. The scammers usually approach investors via…

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Acquisition
July 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Visa to acquire Currencycloud for $700 million

Cross-border payments have registered significant growth recently, attributed to growing demand from business of all sizes to engage in international trade. Currencycloud will contribute to Visa’s network by widening access to international payment products that help businesses meet their cross-border needs. Mike Laven, Chief Executive Officer, Currencycloud, said: At Currencycloud, we’ve always strived to deliver…

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July 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

European Union approves CME Group and IHS Markit’s joint venture

The statement said: The proposed transaction is largely complementary, and results in a few technically overlapping areas between the companies’ activities relating to trade processing products. The new joint venture will provide trade processing and risk mitigation services for global OTC markets across interest rate, FX, equity and credit asset classes. Business information provider S&P…

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acquisition
July 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Singapore Exchange acquires MaxxTrader in a $125 million deal

Manish Kedia, designated Chief Executive Officer, MaxxTrader, said: We share SGX’s FX vision to offer buy-side and sell-side clients a wide range of FX products and liquidity across OTC and futures globally. With SGX’s strong focus and investments in FX, we expect to accelerate innovation and deliver exciting new solutions for both our clients and…

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Exness joins the Financial Commission as a member
July 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Exness joins the Financial Commission as a member

The broker members and their customers benefit from an unbiased 3rd party mediation platform that helps resolve complaints in such cases when parties are unable to directly come to an agreement over disputes. The approved members and their clients trading in CFDs, forex, and cryptocurrency, the Financial Commission helps facilitate a simpler and quicker resolution…

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LCH
July 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Rohit Verma joins LCH as Head of Asia Pacific

Isabelle Girolami, CEO, LCH Ltd, said: I am delighted to welcome Rohit to LCH to lead our team in Asia. Rohit has extensive experience of the derivatives markets in Asia and across the world. Asia Pacific is a region of strategic growth and importance for LCH and I look forward to working with him and…

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