Itiviti teams up with Bloomberg to facilitate transition for SSEOMS clients LeapRate

July 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Itiviti teams up with Bloomberg to facilitate transition for SSEOMS clients

Itiviti, Technology and service provider to financial institutions, Itiviti, has announced yesterday that it has teamed up with Bloomberg L.P.. The partnership aims to enable a seamless transition and onboarding process for clients currently using Bloomberg SSEOMS to Iitiviti’s multi-asset Order Management System (OMS). This collaboration also enables pre-integration of key Bloomberg products, including the…

TechFinancials converts loan into Footies

July 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

TechFinancials continues to support the Footies venture

Fintech software provider of financial solutions TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has provided an update on progress in the Company's 75% owned subsidiary, Footies Ltd. LeapRate reminds that October last year, TechFinancials entered into non-binding heads of terms with Footies Tech Ltd, a Blockchain based ticketing platform for sports venues and teams, to establish a new company…

July 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Netflix expands internationally

The following article is courtesy of Nikolas Papas, Market Strategist, InvestingCube.com and ATFX. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) focus has turned to international expansion as the fast-growing company is looking for new clients. Netflix is working on projects across many countries such as Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Germany, France, and Turkey. It also has a strong portfolio…

Nuvei completes acquisition of SafeCharge for US $889m

July 10, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nuvei to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of SafeCharge

Montreal-based payment technology company Nuvei has just confirmed that the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has approved the proposed change in control of SafeCharge Financial Services Limited and, as such, the relevant condition to the Acquisition has now been satisfied. LeapRate reminds that back in May 2019 Nuvei announced an all cash offer to acquire the…

July 10, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto advocates view Lagarde replacing Draghi as ECB head as favorable

It’s official – Christine Lagarde, the current head of the IMF, has been nominated to replace the outgoing Mario Draghi as head of the ECB. Known as both a politician, as well as an economist, Ms. Lagarde will bring a much-needed breath of fresh air to the central banking affairs of the EU. Although Lagarde’s…

July 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group's ADV up 16% MoM in June

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has just published its operating metrics for the month of June 2019. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.88 trillion, up 16.1 percent from USD1.62 trillion in May 2019. Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS…

July 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

TechFinancials provides an update to the MarketFinancials deal

Binary options platform and brokerage group TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) provided the market with an update last week relating to the sale of its shareholding in MarketFinancials Limited (MF). The Company has agreed to extend the completion date of the conditional Share Purchase Agreement (the “SPA“) to sell its entire holdings in MF to 31 August…

June 26, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Lovell Minnick Partners invests in oneZero Financial Systems

Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in the global financial services industry, including related technology and business services companies, announced that it has completed a significant minority investment in software and technology solutions provider oneZero Financial Systems. LeapRate reminds that just a week ago, oneZero Financial Systems released Liquidity Hub…

June 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

JST Capital launches full suite of digital asset offerings

Global financial services firm JST Capital just announced that it has launched a full suite of offerings, now available to institutional investors, blockchain companies, banks, and brokers in the digital assets ecosystem. These offerings include over-the-counter (OTC) trading via a sophisticated GUI and FIX connection, risk management modelling, crypto optimization strategies and consulting services. JST…

June 24, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

More financial institutions join the Trade Finance Distribution Initiative

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), ABN Amro, London Forfaiting Company, Crown Agents Bank and Natixis have joined the Trade Finance Distribution Initiative (TFD Initiative) as members. The TFD Initiative is an industry-wide drive to use technology and standardisation for the wider distribution of trade finance assets. The project launched earlier this year, attracting number of…

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