Category: Financial Services

avelacom
March 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Avelacom expands to Virginia with direct connection to Amazon AWS North America

Avelacom expands to a wider variety of cryptocurrency markets, making it easer for institutions to take advantage of arbitrage and other latency sensitive strategies. Global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider, Avelacom, launched a new point-of-presence (PoP) in Ashburn, Virginia, with direct connectivity to Amazon AWS US – East–1 region. Its most popular route for cryptocurrency…

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fxcm launches stock baskets
March 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FXCM introduces commission-free equity trading

FXCM Group, LLC, international foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services provider, announced its expansion into equity trading with the launch of a commission-free trading service in collaboration with Interactive Brokers. Equity trading is one of the most popular investment securities for retail traders. FXCM will create a dedicated online and mobile trading…

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Kraken
March 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FCA retracts warning against Kraken but BitMEX alert stays up

United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) quickly took down an official warning against Kraken after apparent confusion but alert about BitMEX remains active. The UK watchdog published a notice on its website on 3 March to warn citizens against Kraken. The warning stated that the second-largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange by volume is not authorized to…

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Cboe Global Markets
March 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe sets trading records with February volumes

Cboe reported their February 2020 volumes, making great raises compared to February the previous year. Options ADV are up with 64%, Futures by 88%, U.S. Equities by 30% and Global FX by 20% YoY. Cboe’s four options exchanges together set a new monthly ADV record with more than 11 million contracts traded in February. A…

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moex moscow exchange
March 04, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Moscow Exchange reports 19.9% MoM rise in February volumes

The Russian market operator Moscow Exchange Group (MOEX) reported RUB 69.4 trillion in trading volumes, a 19.9% increase MoM (RUB 57.9 in January 2020). Compared to last year, there is a 11.5% rise (RUB 62.3 trillion for February 2019). Spot FX Market registered the most growth MoM with 60%, followed by Derivatives Market with 40%.…

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fca warning
March 03, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Rogerfin, Currie Consultancy Group, EasyLoan4U and others added to FCA warning list

UK watchdog FCA has put out the details of several unregulated companies and clone firms this week. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are the companies Rogerfin, Currie Consultancy Group, EasyLoan4U, Leonreed Limited / Leonne International, IVL Leasing Limited, Euro 2 Pocket, Euro 2 Pocket / Euro2Pocket, Cleantech Europe Escrow LP, Montague Capital Investments Ltd, Private Wealth Management…

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forex market update
March 03, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Integral’s ADV up 12% MoM in February

Fintech company Integral released its volumes report for the first month of 2020. Average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totalled $39.9 billion in February 2020. This represents an increase of 12.4% compared to January 2020, and 19.8% increase compared to the same period in 2019. Banks, brokers, and asset managers now share direct access to…

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March 03, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse reports cash market volumes up by 60% YoY in February

Increased volatility of financial markets in the last week of February lead to increased volumes compared to previous years on Deutsche Börse’s cash market platforms. February cash market turnover amounted to €183.0 billion (€116 billion for the previous year), marking a 60 % increase. 2.8 million orders were executed, achieving trading volume of €18.6 billion,…

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tfx japan forex click365
March 02, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX Click kabu 365 up 65% MoM in February

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has released its trading volumes report for the month of February 2020. You can see the highlights below: FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 2,449,177 ( +24.6% MoM / +27.5% YoY ) and its average daily trading volume was…

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