Category: Experts

FCA publishes its Quarterly KPIs, no clear trends indicative of firm responses to Brexit
February 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Investors relieved at smooth roll out of MiFID II

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. In 2004, the European Commission Financial Services Action Plan launched the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID, which subsequently morphed into MiFID II. This directive contained a total of 42 regulations that were intended to significantly change how the EU’s financial service markets…

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VPN
February 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bypassing Blockchain GeoIP Bans through VPN Use

The following article was written by Chris San Filippo of the Hotspot Shield Marketing Team. Over the course of 2017, there was a massive surge in both the use and value of cryptocurrencies. The most prominent of these, BitCoin, shot up from $1,000 to $20,000 within that year, while less widely-used cryptocurrencies saw more rapid…

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gdpr are you ready
February 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MiFID II Is Now in Effect, but Will It Conflict with the Upcoming GDPR?

The following article was written by Scott Whitney, senior vice president of product management at communications compliance, archiving, and analytics company Actiance. Much has been written about Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) over the past year. But only recently people have people started to notice that…

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real time market data
February 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

The Key Behind Data-Driven Marketing

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. “Hiding within those mounds of data is knowledge that could change… the world.” (Atul Butte, Stanford) The world as we know it is driven by technology, data, and information. Concepts such as Big Data motivate competition in the global business sector, whereby companies have…

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Bitcoin
February 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

How to Ensure Your Long Bitcoin Offerings Remain Profitable

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. There are two types of financial-market players—those who trade, and those who “buy and hold” (B&H). Many recent investors in the cryptocurrency market are of the B&H variety and are in it for the long haul. There is an old expression in the financial markets—bells…

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UFX weekly fx market review
February 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

UFX.com Weekly Trading Review: Wall Street ends on a low, Bitcoin ban is spreading

Your Weekly Trading Review by UFX.com – Sunday, February 4th, 2018 Here are some of this past week’s leading economic news and events that affected the financial markets: JPMorgan, Bank of America Corp., and Citigroup Ban Bitcoin Three of the leading U.S. financial intuitions are deciding to prohibit the purchase of cryptocurrencies on their financial cards. JPMorgan…

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SEO trends 2018
January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Experts on the SEO trends that will count in 2018

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. With the new year comes a new set of SEO trends. It’s important that you keep track of these changes as it isn’t going to be slowing down anytime soon. In fact, what you knew to be effective strategies in 2017 may no longer…

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forex broker life
January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

7 Essential Tips for Aspiring Traders

The following article was written by freelance writer Emily Miller. 1. Learn, learn & learn some more Lacking the financial knowledge or trading acumen? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. The more knowledge you accumulate, the more skilled you’ll be. Many aspiring investors start out without any prior Forex trading experience. With…

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