Category: Forex

December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Barclays' Absa Bank Limited joins CLS as a new settlement member

CLS Group (CLS), a market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, today announced that Absa Bank Limited (Absa), the South African based bank owned by Barclays Africa Group (JSE:BGA), has joined as a settlement member. Absa joins 66 other leading banks in becoming a settlement member in CLSSettlement, the payment-versus-payment settlement service for the global foreign…

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OSC
December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC appoints Tim Moseley as Vice-Chair

Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair Maureen Jensen has announced the appointment of Tim Moseley as a Vice-Chair of the OSC, effective November 29, 2017 for a two year term. Prior to his appointment, Tim served as an OSC Commissioner and as Chair of the Adjudicative Committee. Tim brings a unique set of skills to the…

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December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream November FX volumes at near record $22.1 billion ADV

Continuing a fairly mixed pattern of results we have seen from other leading institutional FX venues, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that November trading volumes were very strong, in fact the company's third best ever month as far as trading activity goes. Average daily FX volumes in November were $22.1 billion, up 11%…

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Noor Index MT5 plugin physical bullion trading
December 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Dubai integrator Noor Index launches Bullion physical trading plugin for MT5

Dubai based integration company Noor Index Software Solution has announced the release of its Bullion Physical Trading plugin for the MetaTrader 5 platform. The application enables physical trading with delivery and storage facilities for precious metals such as gold and silver. Noor Index specializes in providing customizable financial software solutions tailored to suit diverse financial services industries. The company's…

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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,…

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acquisition
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…

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