Australia based Retail FX broker AxiTrader has announced the official opening of its new office in Dubai. Combined with a DFSA (Dubai Financial Services Authority) license and fully staffed by a dedicated local team, the company is well positioned to continue its recent growth in the Middle East region. The launch of this latest operation,…
Read morePlexal has announced that it has been appointed by the UK Government to deliver a major cyber security innovation centre on the site of London’s Olympic Park. Opening in Spring 2018, the £13.5m innovation centre will be led by Plexal, hosted in Plexal City at Here East (a 1.2million sq ft digital and creative hub),…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive Interview... One of the more interesting companies to step up lately in the FX liquidity and Prime Broker services business is IS Prime. From acquiring the assets of risk management services provider ThinkLiquidity to tripling its Revenues to more than $21 million last year to adding people (especially in the Far East), IS…
Read moreQuantitative Brokers (QB), an independent provider of advanced algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, has announced that Deepak Begari has joined as Chief Technology Officer and as a member of QB’s Executive Committee. With more than 11 years of experience in electronic trading and a primary focus…
Read morePayments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has announced the appointment of Stuart C. Harvey, Jr. as non-executive Chairman of its Board of Directors. The appointment takes immediate effect. Harvey has a proven track record of driving growth in multiple global companies over a 30+ year career with demonstrated expertise in the capital markets, payments…
Read moreCySEC, Belize and South Africa licensed Retail FX broker Forextime, which also goes by the shortened moniker FXTM, has announced the launch of a brand-new trading account - the MT5 Pro account. Some of the trading conditions on the MT5 Pro include: No commissions Flexible floating Leverage from 1:25 to 1:200 Spreads on EURUSD averaging…
Read moreAccessFintech, the financial technology firm led by industry entrepreneurs Roy Saadon and Steve Fazio, has just announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (J.P. Morgan) has become an investor in its series A round, leading the way for participation by additional market participants. The investment, financial terms of which were not disclosed, was made following an…
Read moreQuantitative Brokers (QB), an independent, global financial technology company providing advanced algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, announced that it has partnered with CQG, a global provider of high-performance trading, market data, and advanced technical analysis tools. This partnership has been made to offer QB’s suite of…
Read moreInstitutional FX trading solutions provider Fortex Technologies Inc has announced that Victor Hendrix has joined the company to create and lead its newest division XCLOUD. A global cloud server grid, XCLOUD offers liquidity-agnostic and broker-neutral trading Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to support all trading platforms and all bridge middleware. XCLOUD offers premium hosting and…
Read moreThe Libertex trading platform has announced that it now provides its traders with an opportunity to open trading positions in two new instruments - CFDs on Spotify (SPOT) and Dropbox (DBX) stocks. The company stated that these new assets will appeal to those traders who are interested in opening up trading positions in promising technological…
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