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.
FCA regulation
December 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

The FCA sets up a temporary registration regime for crypto firms

The Temporary Registration Regime is intended for existing cryptoasset businesses which have applied for registration before 16 December 2020, and whose applications are still being assessed. The regime is meant to enable those existing businesses to continue to trade after 9 January 2021 until 9 July 2021, pending the FCA’s determination of their application. The…

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FXCM
December 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FXCM to continue European operations with CySEC licence

A subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group, the FXCM group has a pan-European operation. Currently, the brokerage conducts its services in the European Union with its FCA licence. However, the validity of that licence inside Europe may be questionable in case of a no-deal Brexit. FXCM is still operating im Europe under its UK licence but…

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partnership
December 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

B3 taps Genesis Low-Code Application Platform for Brazil’s financial markets

The collaboration between the two companies follows a thorough due diligence process and review of a number of low-code platforms. B3 selected Genesis to deliver a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) to process and test millions of real-time post-trading allocation messages, in a low-latency and high-throughput secure and performant environment. Within a period of six week, the PoC…

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December 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ANZ is the first APAC bank to settle all 18 currencies on CLS

Margaret Law, Head of Client Management, APAC at CLS, commented: With the growth of FX trading particularly in Asian currencies, settlement risk has become an increasing concern for banks in the region, and it is essential that they consider executing appropriate FX settlement risk mitigation measures. We anticipate that other banks in Asia Pacific will…

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Forex broker HYCM
December 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HYCM explains how to invest responsibly in the post-Covid era

For professionals, leverage is reserved for certain high conviction trades. It’s used sparingly, only in certain situations, and never at the ratios that retail traders routinely use it. If you’ve just started your trading career and are using the maximum amount of leverage your broker offers you, then you’re begging for trouble. HYCM’s advice would…

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Whistleblower
December 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC awards whistleblower with $300K

So far, the agency has awarded over $731 million to total of 124 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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