Skrill, a Paysafe (LON:PAYS) and a digital wallets and mobile payments company, just announced that it has signed a sponsorship deal with F5WC, the world’s largest 5-a-side football tournament. Over 10,000 5-a-side teams from more than 30 countries compete in the F5WC world cup. 350 qualifying events will culminate in a grand final in Shanghai,…
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Eze Investment Suite to power operations for USD100M start-up Eze Software, a global provider of investment technology, announced that it has signed on QQQ Capital Pte Ltd., Singapore’s new long-term value hedge fund manager, to use Eze Investment Suite to automate its operations. QQQ Capital will be launching the QQQ Capital Feeder Fund, a USD100…
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Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s largest Peer-to-Peer platforms, just announced it has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). IFISA is available as a wrapper on all automated investment accounts, with the Manual Lending Account also set to be allowed into the ISA in early 2018. In a change with convention in the marketplace, this…
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FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has issued its comments on pan European regulator ESMA's proposal to limit CFD trading leverage to 30x. ESMA's proposals are now in the public consultation phase, with repsonses due by next week, February 5. Similar to the reaction and analysis of (most) other leading regulated brokers, ActivTrades believes…
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Fintech company Finastra just announced that it has acquired Olfa Soft SA and its FX e-trading platform for banks and financial institutions. The move enables Finastra to deliver a unique end-to-end real-time eFX trading solution for banks’ treasury departments, covering distribution, position-keeping, post-trade and payments. Finastra was formed by the merger last year of rival…
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West Corporation (West) and Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) jointly announced today that West has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the public relations (Public Relations Solutions) and webcasting and webhosting (Digital Media Services) products and services within Nasdaq’s Corporate Solutions business for approximately $335 million, subject to adjustments. Public Relations Solutions and Digital Media Services…
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All major NYSE Group data feeds now available on Options platform Options, the provider of global market data and colocation services for trading firms, has today announced direct access to the NYSE Integrated Feed. The new service will be available to clients leveraging Options’ ultra-low latent connectivity and managed colocation platform in Mahwah, Carteret, NY4…
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It looks like Jordan is slowly becoming the next Cyprus, at least as far as the Middle East is concerned. For the second day in a row, we have news of a significant Retail FX broker setting up shop in Amman, and receiving a license from the Jordan Securities Commission. CFI Financial Group Holding, which…
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QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high performance market data and trading through API based technologies, today announced that Exchange Data International (EDI) is the latest provider to join the QuantHouse API Ecosystem. EDI is a provider of fast, accurate, timely and affordable data reference services. EDI’s extensive content includes worldwide equity and fixed…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) said in a statement issued late on Monday that “it is in advanced discussions with Blackstone regarding a potential partnership in its F&R business.” According to an entry on a website popular with current and former Reuters staff, Thomson Reuters is in advanced discussions with the US private equity buyout firm…
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