Category: Forex

forex industry news update
October 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Cryptocurrency CFD leverage limits, FX broker IPO, FxPro Dubai license, and lots more…

In FX Industry News this week... What leverage and volume limits did Cyprus regulator CySEC place on brokers who offer trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currency CFDs? Which FX broker now plans a Singapore Exchange IPO? Which former CEO is suing the Chairman of a trading platform company? What management and board changes…

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October 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

John Flint to succeed Stuart Gulliver as HSBC Group Chief Executive

HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) announced that John Flint, Chief Executive of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, will succeed Stuart Gulliver as Executive Director and Group Chief Executive. This will be effective from 21 February 2018 after Stuart has stepped down from both roles and retired from HSBC. Group Chairman Mark Tucker, who led the search to…

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Paxos teams up with bitcoin payment service BitPay
October 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX Swiss Exchange partners with UnaVista for transaction reporting for remote participants

SIX Swiss Exchange is to partner with London Stock Exchange Group to establish a link to their UnaVista service to facilitate transaction reporting for products admitted to trading on SIX Swiss Exchange for remote participants. The service from UnaVista will allow remote participants of SIX Swiss Exchange to fulfil their reporting obligations under the Swiss…

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TradingScreen website
October 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

TradingScreen statement refutes claims in supposed Shareholder Action

It looks like a legal battle for control of electronic trading solutions provider TradingScreen may be brewing. Following our report yesterday of a (supposed) lawsuit filed in Geneva against TradingScreen by a group stating that it represents the majority of common shareholders in TradingScreen, we have an official statement from the company itself refuting the claims.…

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State Street Corp offices
October 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

State Street appoints new Global Heads for Currenex and FX Connect

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced that James Reilly has joined State Street as global head of Currenex, a technology provider offering the FX community high-performance technology and access to deep pools of liquidity for anonymous and disclosed trade execution. Reilly will focus on expanding the business and creating new partnerships. Additionally, Stephen Dispenza has…

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Autochartist Mailchimp Salesforce
October 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Autochartist integrates its content into SalesForce Pardot and Marketing Cloud, Constant Contact, and MailChimp

Autochartist, a leading provider of automated technical analysis solutions to brokers, has announced that it has integrated its content into a number of popular marketing platforms including SalesForce Pardot and SalesForce Marketing Cloud (previously ExactTarget) from salesforce.com inc. (NYSE:CRM), Constant Contact, MailChimp and many others. These integrations empower brokers to take full control of Autochartist content…

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Tickmill fx broker
October 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FX broker Tickmill promotes Philippos Psyllos to Group CTO

LeapRate Exclusive... The integration of Tickmill and Vipro Markets continues. LeapRate has learned that Retail FX and CFDs broker Tickmill has promoted Philippos Psyllos to Group CTO. The Cyprus based Mr. Psyllos had joined CySEC regulated Vipro Markets earlier this year as its CTO, as was also exclusively reported by LeapRate. Vipro Markets was acquired by…

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October 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OTC Markets' Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program to include continental stock transfer & trust

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, announced that Continental Stock Transfer & Trust has joined OTC Markets' Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program. OTC Markets Group launched the Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program initiative with the goal of providing investors current and reliable share data on…

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