Category: Forex

May 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group April volumes down 4% MoM in April

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has published its operating metrics for the month of April. It shows a year on year increase of 17.2%. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.777 trillion down 4.2% from USD1.855 trillion in March 2018.   Average daily…

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May 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ImpacTech releases intelligent data-driven CRM for MT5 brokers

Cyprus-based FinTech provider ImpacTech has announced that it is about to offer brokers an intelligent enterprise management system, called ImpactCRM. It can be ordered in MetaQuotes' Marketplace of ready-made brokerage solutions for MetaTrader 5. The architecture of ImpactCRM offers out-of-the-box connectivity with 250 payment providers, Back Office Tools, Risk Management Analytics and provides integration with…

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May 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters launches AI to filter media content in fight against financial crime

Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that it has enhanced its World-Check One platform with the launch of Media Check, a unique media screening and processing feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that helps address the regulatory and reputational consequences of overlooking key data in the fight against financial crime. Media Check’s machine learning capability…

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May 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CFH Clearing hires IS Prime's Andy Biggs as Head of Liquidity

CFH Clearing, the FX liquidity and risk management services arm of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), has announced that it has appointed Andy Biggs as Head of Liquidity in a newly created role. Andy Biggs joins CFH Clearing from FCA regulated rival firm IS Prime, where he was Head of Liquidity for the last three years and…

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May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ADS Investment Solutions licenses new FTSE Russell Saudi Arabia index

Two months after promoting Saudi Arabia to Emerging Markets status, FTSE Russell has announced that it has launched a new Saudi Arabia-focused index. The FTSE ADS Custom Saudi Minimum Variance Index has been developed in collaboration with Abu Dhabi-based international financial services company, ADS Investment Solutions. The index has been licensed by ADS Investment Solutions…

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May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Risk Focus launches Frankfurt operations, hires Deutsche Börse's Alexander Malkmus

Risk Focus Inc., the Specialist Provider of Financial and DevOps Services, announced today that it has expanded its footprint in Europe by launching business operations in Frankfurt, Germany, to be run by Alexander Malkmus, an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in highly-visible client engagements. Having previously worked at Accenture and the Deutsche…

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May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

muinmos teams up with NorthRow to offer automated onboarding solution

RegTech software specialist muinmos announced that it has partnered with NorthRow, a complementary RegTech compliance software provider, to offer a powerful combined fully automated solution to support client onboarding in the financial services sector. The integration between muinmos and NorthRow enables financial institutions to undertake all Know Your Client (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML)…

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May 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch monthly revenues edge up to €1.7 million in Q1-2018

Financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has released its quarterly financial report for Q1-2018, indicating healthy growth across most of its business lines, including 16% top line Revenue growth. Euronext indicated that its recently acquired Forex ECN business, FastMatch, also did fairly well in Q1, with FastMatch revenues totaling €5.2 million (USD $6.2 million) in Q1,…

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