Category: Financial Services

fca clone firm
November 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK FCA warns against Aproch Bank clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of another clone firm this week. The latest addition to the regulator’s warning list is Aproch Bank. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in the UK: Aproch Bank (clone of FCA firm) Address: 8008…

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Integral volumes
November 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Integral and Jefferies FXPB launch OTC transparent solution TrueFX

Fintech company Integral and Jefferies, a global investment banking firm, have just announced the launch of a fully integrated service designed for buyside firms to conveniently connect and trade with the FX market at a fraction of today’s trading costs. TrueFX is designed for the buyside community, including retail brokers, macro hedge funds, prime of…

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Vertical Knowledge launches Robotic Process Automation to alternative data
November 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

MayStreet to provide market data for SEC’s MIDAS platform

MayStreet, the market data platform, announced that it has taken over the role of market data provider, previously held by Thesys Technologies, for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Market Information Data Analytics System (MIDAS). This selection brings the company closer to its mission of bringing the speed and integrity of such systems to…

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data
November 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fintech company Integral’s ADV drop 2% MoM in October

Fintech company Integral just released its volumes report for the month of October 2019. The firm reported average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totaled $36.4 billion last month. This represents an increase of 5.2% YoY and a 2.4% drop MoM. LeapRate reminds that in 2018 Integral invested in Mint Exchange, a cryptocurrency clearinghouse designed for…

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Euronext
November 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext launches Green Bonds offering

Euronext has announced the launch of a new Euronext Green Bonds offering across its six regulated markets. The initiative is operated out of Euronext Dublin, the group centre of excellence for Debt, Funds and ETFs, and is designed to encourage and promote more sustainable investment in Europe. The Green Bonds offering goes live today with…

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Bud launches API portal for SMEs and fintechs
November 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bud launches API portal for SMEs and fintechs

Financial services aggregation platform provider Bud has announced the launch of its new SME / fintech platform. The API is now open through a self-service portal to all comers regardless of size and sector. The new portal provides access to: Open Banking via Bud’s AISP licence A suite of enrichment APIs designed to help treat…

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fca warning
October 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK FCA warns against several unauthorised companies

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several unregulated firms. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are Investteck, Alliance Capital, and Payment Solutions. According to the regulator, the fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in…

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cssf warning
October 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Luxembourg regulator CSSF warns against Alysa Group

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has just warned the public of the activities of an entity named Alysa Group and/or Alysa Finance Holding SA. Alysa Group and/or Alysa Finance Holding SA, Société de Gestion de Patrimoine Familial SPF is operating via the website www.alysa-group.com and claims to be supervised by the CSSF.…

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clsnet
October 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX becomes clearing member on SGE

The National Clearing Centre (NCC), a Moscow Exchange Group company, has announced that it has obtained clearing membership on the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE). The exchanges signed an MoU back in April 2018 and a MoU on cooperation in gold trading signed by the Bank of Russia and the People’s Bank of China in September…

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