ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for November 14, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The euro is up by over 0.15% against the US dollar following the publication of Germany’s Q3 GDP data, which showed quarter-on-quarter growth of 0.1%. This is good…
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CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has just announced that it is releasing an FX Forward Volume dataset as part of its comprehensive suite of executed trade data products. The new service will focus on outright forwards and swaps which provide an aggregated view of the forward market, therefore confirming…
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TradAir, a front end FX trading solution, has just announced that it has added Russell Sears to its team as Chief Revenue Officer. Sears is an expert in the FX industry and served at State Street as the European head of e-exchange group, including Currenex, FXconnect and other positions over his tenure with the group.…
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ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based blockhain software development company, has released a report about the potential of blockchain technology to disrupt and enhance the morass of back office processes that support the asset management business sector. While material benefits are available for all participants, the report notes “the industry itself needs to transform if its to realize…
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We are ten years into the Bitcoin revolution, but its global network of 200+ exchanges remains largely unregulated. Yes, there are money transfer agent regulations that must be complied with and KYC/AML rules that must be adhered to, but safety and security are large stumbling blocks. As for regulators, the industry must quickly deal with…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Deloitte and S&P Global Market Intelligence have teamed up to develop a prototype for an industry-wide FinTech Research Platform. The platform aims to help investors and financial institutions connect with FinTech start-ups that they can partner with or invest in. Deloitte discovered that investors and financial institutions don't have…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for November 13, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, Even though I've been blogging on financial markets for several years now, it's always great to get…
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The global remittance market, the movement of funds from various diaspora across the globe back to their home country, is a mammoth market. The World Bank Group expects remittances in 2019 to grow to $715 billion, and its shear size has spawned a multitude of startups over the past two decades, eager to run circles…
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Regulated London based fintech company X Open Hub has announced that it has added 2Ring Markets' Tekton to its list of integrated platforms. 2Ring Markets is an Introducing Partner and technology provider, recently launched in Cyprus by traders. The company aims to provide technology to retail traders not normally accessible to them, without a premium.…
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A new London-based software company, Knabu, is trying to achieve what many have deemed impossible – become the eight clearing bank in the UK in 250 years and one that serves crypto firms. The company focuses on blockchain solutions for the Fintech industry and is determined to fill a serious void in the crypto arena…
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