Category: Forex

Cryptocurrencies and real estate now added to Swissquote's Robo-Advisor

March 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote reports record results and FX volumes for 2017, driven by crypto trading

As we had reported they would back in early January, Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has reported record results for 2017, driven in part by large numbers of new account openings from a new generation of cryptocurrency traders. Our analysis also shows that Swissquote's eFX business had its best period…

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plus500 share sale founders

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 founders to cash out another £80 million in secondary share sale

After the close of trading Thursday afternoon, CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) announced that a group of its founders, none of whom is involved any more in the day-to-day management of the business, are selling about a third of their remaining aggregate holdings in the company, in a secondary share sale organized by broker Liberum Capital.…

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FXSpotStream FX volumes

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream sets another volume record, February 2018 FX volumes $28.8 billion ADV

Continuing the stream of strong and record FX trading volumes we’ve been seeing from leading retail and institutional eFX venues to start off 2018, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that February FX trading volumes came in at $28.8 billion ADV, topping January's $26.3 billion by 9% and making February 2018 FXSpotStream’s best month…

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lead options fake belize license

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

IFSC Belize warns of fake licenses shown by FX and binary options brokers FXBrokerPro and Lead Options

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a series of warnings about a number of Retail FX and Binary options brokers which are sporting fake IFSC licenses. First up on the warning list is a firm called FXBrokerPro Ltd., which operates the fxbrokerpro.com website. FXBrokerPro's website claims, in fairly poorly worded English, that "FX Broker Pro…

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March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

oneZero to integrate real-time market and trade data from Cboe

Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced that it is now providing its Cboe Top real-time stock quote and trade information via oneZero Financial Systems, a software and infratstructure provider for institutional and retail brokers. The Cboe Top feed is a market data product from Cboe Global Markets, one of the largest…

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Malaysia fx Bursa Malaysia exchange

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Tickmill targets Malaysian FX market with new Malay language website

After recently adding Portuguese and Vietnamese language websites, FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Tickmill has announced the launch of a Malay language website, targeting expansion in the Malaysian market. The company said that the launch of a dedicated website that delivers product information and content of specific relevance to its fast-growing Malaysian client base…

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plus500 affiliate cpa payments

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Plus500 increases affiliate CPA payments for cryptocurrency traders

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that leading online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has made some key adjustments to the CPA rates it pays its affiliates via its 500Affiliates.com program, with an increased focus on bringing on board clients who trade (primarily) cryptocurrencies. Or more accurately, Plus500 won't any more disincentivize affiliates for bringing on board…

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Ayondo proceeding with $16 million Singapore IPO

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Ayondo confirms filing of IPO document with the Singapore Exchange

Further to our report from yesterday that FCA and BaFin regulated social trading and CFD broker Ayondo is gearing up for another run at a Singapore IPO, Ayondo today formally announced that it had filed preliminary IPO documents with the Singapore Exchange, to list the company on the SGX Catalist Board. The Ayondo announcement (see full…

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TigerWit China fx broker

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX broker TigerWit gets $5 million investment from VC firm Susquehanna

China based Retail FX brokerage company TigerWit Group has announced that it has secured a USD $5 million investment from US technology investment and venture capital firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG). The company stated that this capital will enable TigerWit to further advance its mobile-focused trading technology and invest in new innovative technologies to enhance the…

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FastMatch Euronext FX volumes

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch has second best ever month with February 2018 FX trading volumes at $21.1 billion ADV

Continuing its rebound from a fairly weak Q4, as well as continuing a string of strong FX trading volume reports from leading ECNs for the month of February, data from Forex ECN FastMatch shows continued growth and the company's second best ever month. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $21.1 billion daily in February 2018, up…

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