Category: Forex

FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
September 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital hires IG Group's Alex Howard as Managing Director, Asia Pacific

Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just announced the appointment of Alex Howard as Managing Director, APAC (excluding China), effective September 3, 2018. In the newly created role, Alex Howard will be responsible for the overall strategic execution and performance of GAIN's retail business in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Southeast Asia. Mr. Howard will be…

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TransferMate joins the tennis tournament Laver Cup as an official foreign exchange specialist
September 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TransferMate joins the tennis tournament Laver Cup as an official foreign exchange specialist

TransferMate Global Payments, the cross-border payments solutions provider, has just announced that it has partnered with Laver Cup to become the Official Foreign Exchange Specialist. The agreement will see TransferMate operate as Laver Cup’s exclusive foreign currency provider for all relevant services relating to foreign exchange payments. The international men’s tennis tournament will see Team…

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Australian broker EightCap launches MetaTrader 5
September 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Australian broker EightCap launches MetaTrader 5

Australian broker EightCap has just announced that it has launched MetaQuotes' multi-asset platform MetaTrader 5. Clients of the company can now trade in mobile and desktop versions of MT5. This new offering from EightCap also includes a web trader. EightCap clients gain access to 38 technical indicators, 21 timeframes, additional markets and the new economic…

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St Vincent offshore forex
September 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FX broker Fullerton Markets leaves New Zealand for St. Vincent

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that New Zealand based Retail FX brokerage Fullerton Markets has gone (farther) offshore, transferring all business from its NZ entity Fullerton Markets Limited (FML) to a newly created entity in offshore jurisdiction Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, called Fullerton Markets International Limited (FMIL). Fullerton Markets has been one of the…

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Hantec Hayel Bashir
September 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Hantec Markets upgrades to FCA 730K license, opens Jordan office

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Hantec Markets has taken two major steps in the company's continued development. First, in the UK, Hantec has upgraded its FCA license from a matched-principal license to a full-scope IFPRU €730k license. And, the Hantec group has received authorization from the Jordan Securities…

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CME's Traiana enhances its Credit Risk Hub tool
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

More than half of Australian small businesses are not using digital tools

55% of SMEs have little or no knowledge of cyber-security issues The majority of Australia’s small businesses are dismissive or tentative about using digital technologies to assist their business, according to a new ANZ report released today. ‘The Digital Economy: Transforming Australian Businesses’, found 56 per cent of micro, small and medium businesses (SMEs) did…

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NEX Group market volumes
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group's market volumes drop in July

London based electronic trading firm and exchange operator NEX Group PLC (LON: NXG) has also released its market volumes for the month of July today. Spot FX results were down 15% MoM. US Treasury’s numbers dropped to 125.4 with 20% MoM. The complete results can be seen in the table below: NEX Markets Volumes –…

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ATFX launches Korean language website
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX launches Korean language website

Soon after the launch of its Vietnamese website, global Forex brokerage group ATFX has announced the launch of its new Korean language website for the convenience of Korean traders. The company’s website is now available in fourteen different languages. The financial brokerage said that the launch of a dedicated website that delivers product information and…

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FastMatch Euronext FX volumes
September 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch August 2018 FX trading volumes down 3% to $19.5 billion ADV

Continuing a string of somewhat slow set of trading volumes being reported for the summer months by leading institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that August 2018 FX trading volumes were down 3% from July, with average daily trading volumes coming in at $19.5 billion. However, despite the seasonal slowdown, FastMatch's figures for both…

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