Category: Forex

Mohamed Hassan JFD Brokers
September 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers plans EU, Africa and Asia expansion as it promotes Mohamed Hassan to head Bus Dev

CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers announced that it has promoted Mohamed Hassan to Chief Business Development Officer, in charge of expanding markets, as JFD reaches out to international audiences across the globe. As he joins the Executive board, Hassan’s focus will be to lead the international growth of JFD into several regions including…

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September 11, 2017 BY admin

Japan forex broker SBI FX Trade extends reduced spreads campaign

SBI FX Trade Co., Ltd. established as a pure-play forex brokerage company from Japan-based financial services group SBI Holdings Inc (TYO: 8473) announced today an extension of their spreads campaign now through Saturday 14 October. Since Monday 28 August, SBI FX Trade decreased their spreads by 61% on 8 currency pairs to extremely thin margins by…

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September 11, 2017 BY admin

Malaysian investors taken for $167K by forex trading scam operators "RCFX"

The Malaysian Straight Times is reporting that a group of Malaysian investors is now seeking answers after they thought they were investing in a reliable FX trading strategy from a company called RCFX but, in the end, failed to get their promised returns. The group claimed they have been cheated out of RM703,000 Malaysian Ringgit…

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Board of Directors
September 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The World Federation of Exchanges elects eight Board Directors

At the 57th General Assembly in Bangkok today, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, elected eight Directors of the Board.​ The Directors of the Board are as follows: Chairman Wu Qing, Shanghai Stock Exchange - Chairman, WFE (1-year term) Mr Gilson Finkelsztain, CEO,…

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September 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BNP Paribas AM acquires a majority stake in Gambit Financial Solutions

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced that is adding state-of-the-art digital-advisory services to support and enhance the digitalisation of its distributors through the acquisition of a majority stake in Gambit Financial Solutions (Gambit), in line with its objective to further expand its innovative offerings. Gambit, a well-established Belgian Fintech, has developed a unique capability…

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September 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Huntington Bancshares names Jana Litsey as New General Counsel

American bank holding company Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) today announced that Jana Litsey is joining the company as general counsel, following the retirement of Richard "Dick" Cheap at the end of the year after 19 years of service to the Bank, all as general counsel. Litsey, an industry veteran, will join Huntington from Bank…

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September 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Capital One joins Snowflake’s Series D funding round

Snowflake Computing announced that Capital One Growth Ventures, the venture investing arm of Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF), has joined its latest round of growth funding, bringing Snowflake’s Series D round to a total of $105 million. The Series D round was announced in April of 2017, led by ICONIQ Capital and accompanied by Madrona Venture…

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