Category: Forex

April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ADS Securities launches improved referral program

Abu-Dhabi based financial services firm ADS Securities has announced the launch of its enhanced referral program. The program has been developed to provide another level of rewards to the large number of loyal ADS Securities traders. With the new scheme ADSS account holders are able to email a unique link to their contacts, the referred clients…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

The future of banking – evolution, revolution or a big bang?

Mr Ong Chong Tee, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has made a curious speech at this year's German-Singaporean Financial Forum. Mainly discussing Singapore and Germany's relations, Ong Chong Tee's speech also included the future of banking, open banking, as well as the role of financial regulators. His complete commentary can be seen…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HPR platform goes live in Europe

Hyannis Port Research (HPR), provider of advanced capital markets infrastructure (CMI) technologies, has announced that a global investment bank has gone live on the HPR platform in Europe. With the launch, the bank is now using HPR’s Riskbot® in EMEA, the Americas and Asia-Pacific, enabling it to provide its trading clients with sub-microsecond DMA (direct…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Societe Generale selects big xyt's Liquidity Cockpit for equities trading activity analysis

big xyt, the independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has announced the addition of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) as a client of its Liquidity Cockpit, providing a consolidated view across all European trading venue activity with on-exchange and off-exchange liquidity including over-the-counter (OTC) equities and Systematic Internaliser (SI)…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv launches FinKit for Open Banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology, has just announced that it has launched FinKit™ for Open Banking to help financial institutions meet and keep pace with rapidly unfolding regulations. The move toward open banking, driven by the European Union's Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and the United Kingdom's Open Banking…

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April 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX affiliate group Investoo buys Dutch cryptocurrency portal Cryptostart.nl

Continuing its year-long acquisition spree, Investoo Group has announced the acquisition of Cryptostart.nl, a Dutch online portal for all cryptocurrencies in use worldwide. The acquisition follows Investoo's purchase of German cryptocurrency portal Bitcoinmag.de, announced in November. Investoo Group has grown to become one of the largest affiliates to FX and cryptocurrency brokers. Investoo has already been actively consolidating…

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April 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Capital.com launches Investmate educational app for traders

Fintech company Capital.com has announced the launch of an educational app, Investmate, which provides training for new and budding traders, allowing them to learn the basics of finance on the go. The app delivers an expansive range of introductory trading courses on financial instruments, derivatives and CFDs, as well as a course on understanding the…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX expands Asia FX market presence with new Thai, Malay, Hindi and Urdu language websites

Online trading services provider AT Global Markets Limited (ATFX) has announced that it has launched websites in four new languages, bringing the total number of languages on the company website to thirteen. The additional languages are Thai, Malay, Hindi and Urdu, highlighting the financial company’s plans to expand its operations in South East Asia. With…

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April 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Polish FX broker XTB reports record Revenues of $33 million in Q1-2018

Facing trouble both at home and abroad, X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB) nevertheless has issued preliminary results for Q1-2018 indicating record Revenues and Profits for the Warsaw based company. X Trade Brokers, which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, reported that Q1 2018 Revenues came in at PLN 113.7…

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