Category: Forex

Deloitte becomes first Diamond-Tier firm in Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE program
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deloitte becomes first Diamond-Tier firm in Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE program

Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) and Deloitte have announced that Deloitte has achieved Diamond-Tier status in the Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Certified Implementer Program (CIP). Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE CIP empowers accounting and consulting firms to provide businesses with comprehensive product knowledge and support, from design through deployment, of ONESOURCE tax technology solutions. Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE is…

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OANDA teams up with Fields Institute to offer tighter spreads to traders
July 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forward rates now available via OANDA’s Exchange Rates API

Online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics company OANDA’s trusted Exchange Rates API now offers forward rates to corporate clients around the world. In addition to OANDA’s existing daily averages, real-time (spot) rates, central bank exchange rates and tick-level data that already helps help treasury, risk management and finance departments mitigate currency exposure…

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July 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: IS Prime to offer Negative Balance Guarantees to Forex Brokers in response to ESMA

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FX liquidity and prime brokerage services provider IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has embarked on a campaign which is seeing it offer negative balance guarantees to Retail FX brokers, on a case by case basis. The FCA regulated Prime of Prime brokerage has apparently developed this offering following requests…

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Virtu and MarketAxess to provide global ETF and fixed income products
July 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Virtu gets approved for High Speed Trading from Japan’s FSA

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT), a technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, has just announced that its Singapore entity, Virtu Financial Singapore Pte. Ltd. has received High Speed Trading (HST) Registration with Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA). In November 2017, Virtu submitted a comment letter supporting the FSA’s HST proposal and…

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July 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Edelweiss Securities selects Itiviti for new OMS and connectivity solution

Itiviti, the global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure, has announced that Edelweiss Securities Limited (ESL), India’s  brokerage firm has successfully deployed Itiviti’s client connectivity and high touch trading solution to support its algorithmic trading business. ESL made the decision to replace their existing system with Itiviti’s best in class modular solution to…

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July 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Playtech adds Susan Ball to its Board of Directors

Online gaming and financial trading systems provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has announced that Susan Ball will join the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director, effective August 1, 2018. Susan Ball is a Chartered Accountant with over 35 years' senior finance and board level experience in the gambling, leisure and consumer industries, with a focus in…

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PayPal research unveils key global shopper insights for merchants
July 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PayPal research unveils key global shopper insights for merchants

eBay and online payment giant PayPal has released a survey, unveiling key global shopper insights for merchants. This year, the company surveyed more than 34,000 consumers across 31 countries and asked how and why they shop online both domestically and internationally. At a macro-level, their responses reveal major opportunities: International online shopping continues to increase…

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