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.
Stripe Issuing launches in 20 European countries
April 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Stripe Issuing launches in 20 European countries

Stripe Issuing integrates with Stripe’s suite of products and allows users to manage card issuing programmes alongside payments, fraud prevention, analytics, invoices and recurring billing. Businesses can design their own cards with their own branding in the Stripe Dashboard. Stripe handles card production, fulfillment and shipping. Virtual cards are created instantly, while physical cards are…

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Whistleblower
April 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC awards joint whistleblowers with nearly $50 million

So far, the agency has awarded over $812 million to a total of 151 individuals since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible for…

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Forex Weekly Look Back
April 16, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: HYCM on the rise of retail trading, ATFX launches AT Premier

Qinox Tech, a white-label and service provider for brokerage and exchange firms, has included a regulatory license of the South African Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in the list of financial operational licenses. South Africa’s FSCA supervises financial institutions such as banks, brokers, market infrastructure providers. The regulator aims to increase the efficiency and integrity of…

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daily market analysis
April 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: The dollar remains the centre of attention, continuing to lose ground

EUROPEAN SHARES  European markets traded in green territory from Stockholm to Madrid on Thursday as investors’ optimism is on the rise following the latest batch of corporate results. Despite disappointing trading in Coinbase shares yesterday, with the stock price dropping shortly after the IPO, this was more than offset by strong earnings from the banking…

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FXCM
April 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FXCM enhances Single Share and Stock Basket offerings

The Big China Tech (ATMX) basket includes four of the most popular Chinese tech stocks listed in Hong Kong, Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan Dianping and Xiaomi. These stocks are quickly growing and are considered a benchmark index for the performance of the Chinese Tech industry, comparable to its US counterpart - the FAANG index. Brendan Callan,…

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Masami Johnstone joins BMLL as Senior Client Advisor and Simon Ellis as Head of Strategic Partnerships
April 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Masami Johnstone joins BMLL as Senior Client Advisor and Simon Ellis as Head of Strategic Partnerships

Masami Johnstone, Senior Client Advisor, said: Flexible and rapid access to data and analytics tools to navigate complex markets has never been more important as capital markets participants seek to make more informed decisions and maintain their competitive edge. BMLL has an award-winning track record in providing buyside and sellside firms with the data and…

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