FCA and ASIC regulated retail FX and CFD broker ThinkMarkets has announced that it has expanded its offering of CFD trading to the four most liquid crypto currencies. The firm added Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC) CFDs to its MT4 and Trade Interceptor trading platforms. The dual regulated broker is now…
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PrimeXM, a specialist in liquidity aggregation and connectivity also offering network solutions, MT4/MT5 bridging technology, and white labels today announced a new office in the city of London. This is one of the many impending developments the company is planning as part of its strategy to expand its offering. The move today allows the company to…
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In partnership with Visible Alpha, integrated solutions enable Eikon buy-side clients to manage research capabilities and compliance more efficiently and effectively. Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that, in partnership with Visible Alpha, has launched multiple joint-solutions in its flagship financial desktop Eikon that will help enable financial institutions to further manage impending MiFID II research unbundling…
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Canada's financial industry stands to benefit from shortened securities settlement cycle CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (CDS), Canada's national securities depository, clearing and settlement hub, announced the successful transition to a two day securities settlement period, or T+2, from the previous three day period, or T+3. Thursday, September 7, 2017 marked both the final…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that former ThinkMarkets Australia General Manager Athol Nourse has gone live with his new Retail FX broker, called Champion FX (at champion-fx.com). Champion FX is being launched as a 50-50 joint venture between Mr. Nourse and Binary.com, a licensed binary options platform with its base in Malta and back office…
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TradingScreen, Inc. (TS) an industry provider of multi-asset electronic trading solutions recently launched BidFX, an Execution Management System (EMS) designed for the $5 trillion daily FX market. The platform matches the proven SaaS based technology from TradeSmart with the ability to connect to all liquidity provided by Banks, nonbanks, and ECNs. "In response to client feedback and…
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Trading technology solutions provider TradAir has announced the roll out of enhanced Full-Amount execution logic, further improving upon its existing Full Amount execution performance. TradAir’s FX technology platform enables banks and brokers to intelligently aggregate the best relationship and anonymous liquidity from the industry’s top liquidity providers (LPs), including global and regional banks, leading non-banks and…
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This is clearly in a different league than some of the recent Forex Sports Sponsorships and brand ambassador-ships we’ve been reporting on the past while, which have become a very hot issue in the FX industry of late. Japanese online e-commerce giant Rakuten Group has inked a three-year, eight figure deal to become a shirt…
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Copenhagen based online brokerage provider Saxo Bank has reported a nice 4% increase in August trading volumes, at $348.4 billion, up from $336.4 billion in July. While Saxo Bank saw healthy double digit percent increases in its non-FX products of Fixed Income (up 14%), Commodities (31%) and Equities (12%) during August, its core FX trading volumes…
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Retail forex broker FXCM, the operating unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), reported fairly healthy FX trading volumes for the month of August, in line with what we've seen from a number of other leading eFX providers. FXCM volumes were $223 billion in August, up 13% over July, making the month one of FXCM's best…
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