GAIN Capital launching Bitcoin trading at its Forex.com and FCA regulated City Index UK units LeapRate

December 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital launching Bitcoin trading at its Forex.com and FCA regulated City Index UK units

Global FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has announced the launch of Bitcoin trading on City Index, its FCA regulated service in the UK. Glenn Stevens, Chief Executive Officer of GAIN Capital stated: Cryptocurrencies are one of the most exciting trends shaping today's markets. We are pleased to provide our clients with the ability to trade Bitcoin through an established,…

December 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

From Calgary to Kazakhstan to Malta to London: the story of CrescoFX

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... While the story of every company and how it got to where it is may be different, that of CrescoFX is certainly unique carving a path from Canada to central Asia and then back to Europe. We reported exclusively last month on CrescoFX becoming the latest in a string of foreign based…

December 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Boerse Stuttgart acquires fintech company Sowa Labs GmbH

Boerse Stuttgart announced that it has acquired 100 percent of Sowa Labs GmbH with effect from 30 November. The fintech company, which is based in Ulm, Germany, specialises in predictive data analytics and has been analysing data by using proprietary artificial intelligence since 2013. Its core area of business is real-time analysis of the rapidly…

December 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

fscom appoints Payment Services Regulator James Borley as new Head of Assurance

Financial planner company fscom announced that it has appointed James Borley as Director and new Head of Assurance. Prior to joining fscom, Borley spent more than 20 years at the FCA, in a broad range of regulatory roles, where he was responsible for the authorisation, supervision and monitoring of a wide range of regulated firms,…

December 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX Click 365 November volumes up 7% MoM

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has also released its trading volumes report for the month of November 2017 with a positive total ADV for all TFX products. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 89,908 ( - 15.0% MoM / - 60.0% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 4,495. 項目 November 2017…

December 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Morgan Stanley lifts interest in gaming and FX provider Playtech above 6%

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced that it has increased its stake in Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) as of Monday. Having held a total of 5.35% in the gambling software development company beforehand - 5.01% through shares and 0.35% through financial instruments - Morgan Stanley now holds a total stake of 6.0003% - 5.44% in shares and 0.56% through…

December 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Euronext's FastMatch reports November institutional FX trading volumes down 1% to $17.8 billion ADV

Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for November by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 1% decline in activity from October, although still fairly strong overall in a historical context FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $17.8 billion daily in November, versus $18.0 billion ADV in October…

December 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Cboe (Hotspot) FX has best month in 2017 with November trading volumes at $33.9 billion ADV

Beginning our peek into November 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – indicates that November may turn out to be one of the best months of the year for FX trading. FX trading volumes at Cboe FX averaged $33.9…

December 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital's GTX sees November institutional FX trading volumes flat at $14.6 billion ADV

GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported flat trading volumes during the month of November - like October, slightly down from the near-record trading volumes seen during the months of August and September. GTX reported total trading volumes of $321 billion in November, down slightly (less than 1%) from…

November 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Capital.com launches its SmartFeed AI-based bias detecting technology for traders

CySEC regulated mobile trading specialist Capital Com SV Investments Limited, which operates the Capital.com brand, has announced the release of its SmartFeed technology. CEO Kira Bondareva proclaims SmartFeed as “one of the most exciting features of Capital.com's app.” SmartFeed, backed by AI technology, is a smart tool able to track investors’ behaviour, detect cognitive biases and…

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GAIN Capital launching Bitcoin trading at its Forex.com and FCA regulated City Index UK units

From Calgary to Kazakhstan to Malta to London: the story of CrescoFX

Boerse Stuttgart acquires fintech company Sowa Labs GmbH

fscom appoints Payment Services Regulator James Borley as new Head of Assurance

TFX Click 365 November volumes up 7% MoM

Morgan Stanley lifts interest in gaming and FX provider Playtech above 6%

Euronext's FastMatch reports November institutional FX trading volumes down 1% to $17.8 billion ADV

Cboe (Hotspot) FX has best month in 2017 with November trading volumes at $33.9 billion ADV

GAIN Capital's GTX sees November institutional FX trading volumes flat at $14.6 billion ADV

Capital.com launches its SmartFeed AI-based bias detecting technology for traders

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