Category: Forex

Fiserv and the Co-operative Bank expand relationship in readiness for open banking
October 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv and the Co-operative Bank expand relationship in readiness for open banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced a newly expanded agreement with The Co-operative Bank to provide more flexibility for customers to choose how they conduct their everyday banking in relation to the European Union’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The bank will implement FinKit™ for Open Banking…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
October 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe hires former Evertech exec Peter Smith as CFO

The global payments provider Paysafe has just announced that it has appointed Peter Smith as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). A US national, Smith is based in Paysafe’s U.S. office in Houston and reports into President and CEO, Joel Leonoff. He takes over as head of Paysafe’s global finance function which includes treasury, tax, financial planning…

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FlexTrade integrates MSCI Risk and Factor Analysis
October 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FlexTrade integrates ipushpull platform into FlexNOW EMS

FlexTrade Systems, a global provider in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced the integration of ipushpull (iPP), a real-time interoperability platform, with its FlexNOW execution management system to provide users with access to iPP’s live data sharing and workflow automation between desktop applications, messaging platforms, in-house systems and cloud services. We chose ipushpull…

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playtech offices
October 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Boussard & Gavaudan sells down Playtech stake from 9.1% to 4.8%

LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Paris based asset manager Boussard & Gavaudan has sold down its equity position in online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) from 9.1% to 4.8%. Boussard & Gavaudan holds its entire Playtech stake in the form of CFDs. Its 15.28 million Playtech CFDs are worth approximately £67.7 million…

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Alpha FX adds HiFX founder Matt Knowles to its Board
October 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpha FX adds HiFX founder Matt Knowles to its Board

Alpha FX Group plc (LON:AFX), a UK-based foreign exchange service provider working for corporates and institutions, has just announced the appointment of Matt Knowles to the Board as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect. Matt Knowles has significant industry expertise having spent 19 years at HiFX, a business providing international payment services to both…

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Leo Melamed
October 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FSA appoints Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed of CME Group as Advisor

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has announced that it has appointed Mr. Leo Melamed, Chairman Emeritus of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), as the FSA advisor. Mr. Melamed became the chairman of the CME in 1969, and has been Chairman Emeritus since 1997. He has contributed to the development of financial futures markets, including…

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Monex teams up with Shizuoka Bank to launch financial instruments intermediary services
October 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monex teams up with Shizuoka Bank to launch financial instruments intermediary services

Monex, Inc. has announced that it has signed a financial instruments intermediary service agreement with The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture; Hisashi Shibata, President) and will begin offering the bank’s customers financial products and services, including domestic equities, as of Friday, October 19, 2018. Shizuoka Bank, which has entered into a capital and…

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