Nordea Bank AB has just announced that it has started automated trading on Moscow Exchange (MOEX)’s FX Market via Sponsored Market Access (SMA). The SMA technology allows registered clients to trade directly on Moscow Exchange using a client ID received from a Russian MOEX trading member. In Nordea’s case the trading member is Nordea Bank…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex broker technology and solutions provider Leverate has hired Yaara Rozenblat as its new Head of Marketing. She replaces Nicc Lewis, who recently left Leverate to start his own online marketing consulting firm. She will formally take up her duties at Leverate next week. Yaara Rozenblat has spent the past…
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London based FCA licensed FX broker City Credit Capital has today announced a new agreement with Argentina Clearing and ROFEX. Rosario Futures Exchange was founded in 1909 and is the leading market of futures and options in Argentina. According to the 2017 annual raking from the Futures Industry Association (FIA) ROFEX is positioned in 23rd…
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The Forex market portal FXstreet.com just announced that its new Cryptocurrency News Feed widget can now be integrated into any information website or broker’s currencies platform as a white label product. It’s a 24/7 exclusive service that covers, in real-time, the most relevant movements of the most traded pairs, economic data releases and macroeconomic news that…
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Marex Solutions, a division of global commodities broker Marex Spectron specialising in the manufacture of customised OTC derivatives, has just announced that the first Structured Product to be transacted and custodied using blockchain was successfully launched on Friday 16 March. The product, a GBP principal protected note linked to the FTSE 100 index, is registered, cleared and…
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ASIC licensed Retail FX education and brokerage firm ACY Capital has announced that it has undergone an integration of its service suite with Alibaba’s newly launched data center in Indonesia, enhancing the cloud-based trading engine, helping extend retail client and institutional clients within Indonesia. The new integration will help allow ACY Capital’s clients to enjoy…
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Japan Exchange Regulation (JPX-R) and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced that they have decided to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to market surveillance operations to detect such misconduct as market manipulation. Deployment of AI to market surveillance operations will commence today. In surveillance operations of the TSE market for monitoring and preventing unfair trading, a…
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Centroid Solutions, a financial technology company servicing FX brokers, has announced the launch of its new website at centroidsol.com. The firm’s digital identity has been fully revamped to follow the latest trends and has been created with the user experience firmly in mind. The new website includes extensive product information to help users understand Centroid…
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Hong Kong retail forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) completed what was a very up and down year in 2017 by reporting that Q4 Revenues were down 25% from Q3, coming in at HK$136 million (USD $17.4 million). The company just about broke even on the bottom line, with Q4 Net Profit of…
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Dominating Forex Industry News this week at LeapRate, quite clearly, was our coverage and the industry discussion it evoked on Google's plans to ban crypto and binary options related ads, and for Google to require certification for all Forex and CFD ads. What type of 'certification' will Google require? When do Google's new rules kick…
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