Category: Forex

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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acquisition
October 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MUFG Union Bank to acquire Intrepid Investment Bankers

MUFG Union Bank, N.A. has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Intrepid Investment Bankers, a Los Angeles-based regional middle market investment banking firm. Following the close of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, Intrepid Investment Bankers will operate under its current name as a subsidiary…

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Microsoft announces expansion of blockchain offering on Azure Cloud
October 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Appsbroker launches Google Cloud market data platform

Appsbroker, one of Google's European Premier Cloud Partners, has just announced the launch of Appsbroker Cloud Data, the first native Google Cloud market data platform. Appsbroker Cloud Data delivers buy-side and sell-side firms flexibility in accessing market data at a lower cost compared to existing offerings, removing the dependencies on legacy market data infrastructure and…

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Paxos teams up with bitcoin payment service BitPay
October 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ITFC and IRTI to develop innovative trade finance solutions

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), both members of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration to develop innovative trade finance solutions and enhance human resources for Islamic financial institutions. ITFC is a multilateral trade financing institution established to…

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Stax Inc. teams up with Coleman Research
October 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA data analysis values EU derivatives market at €660 trillion

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its first Annual Statistical Report on the European Union’s (EU) derivatives markets. The Report, based on data submitted under the European Markets and Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), provides the first comprehensive market-level view of the EU’s derivatives markets which, at 31 December 2017, amounted to €660tn of…

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