Category: Forex

November 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

R3 and Microsoft expand partnership with deeper tech integration

R3 and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that they have expanded their strategic partnership to further accelerate adoption of R3’s Corda platform amongst businesses using Microsoft Azure. Having worked together since April 2016, the partnership will now offer deeper integration of the Corda platform with Azure making it easier for businesses to deploy underlying computing resources…

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Gregor Schnuppe Equiti Group
November 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Equiti Group hires former Newedge executive Gregor Schnuppe as CFO

Equiti Group, the parent company of prime brokerage provider Divisa Capital and Retail FX arm Equiti Global Markets (Equiti.com) has  announced the appointment of Gregor Schnuppe as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Equiti Group also stated that the company has plans to expand into the multi-asset retail brokerage space and potentially move into new markets.…

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Tickmill fx broker
November 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tickmill Forex Blog now available in Spanish

UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill just announced that its forex trading blog is now available in Spanish to offer its Spanish-speaking visitors the possibility to access a wealth of information, including market news and analysis in their native language. According to the provider, the launch of the educational…

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FastMatch FX Tape
November 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch opens up its FX Tape to the general public

Forex ECN FastMatch has announced that individuals may now purchase FX Tape data from its website at a cost of €40 a month. Payment can be made by credit card. FastMatch launched its FX Tape service in September, as a new and innovative market data product that improves post-trade transparency in FX markets and allows market…

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Amana Capital MT5
November 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Amana Capital rolls out MT5 trading platform, tightens spreads

FCA and CySEC regulated FX brokerage group Amana Capital has announced that, as a major addition to its services, it is adding the highly requested multi-asset trading platform MetaTrader 5 (MT5) to its suite of trading platforms. MT5 is the updated version of MetaQuotes Software's MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform, widely regarded as the world’s most popular…

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Ally Financial management
November 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Morgan Stanley veteran Josh Wilsusen joins Ally Financial as MD Public Policy and Government Affairs

Online trading and banking company Ally Financial Inc (NYSE: ALLY) has announced that Josh Wilsusen has joined the company as Managing Director for Public Policy and Government Affairs. As head of the company's Washington office, Wilsusen will oversee its public-policy strategy and direct its advocacy and outreach to executive, legislative, and other political bodies and officials…

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FlexTrade integrates ipushpull platform into FlexNOW EMS
November 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FlexTrade rolls out enhanced cross-OMS aggregation for MiFID II

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade has announced the rollout of  an enhanced version of its multi-OMS aggregation functionality, an in-built feature of the FlexTRADER EMS, which allows users to merge and net orders across multiple OMSs regardless of the underlying version or implementation. According to Oliver Boatfield, EMEA Sales Director at FlexTrade UK: With…

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CrescoFX website
November 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: CrescoFX expands to the UK with FCA license

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that institutional boutique FX broker CrescoFX has successfully obtained a license from the FCA in the UK for its subsidiary Cresco Capital Markets (UK) Limited, with plans to expand both its institutional and Retail brokerage operations. The license was formally granted back on August 1, 2017. CrescoFX was established in…

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Aetos Sydney FC Australia A League
November 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorship: Aetos launches Australia A-League football pitch-side advertising

Continuing our series of articles covering the different ways that Retail FX brokers are putting their marketing budgets into sports related sponsorships of all kinds, ASIC and FCA licensed Aetos Capital Group has announced a match pitch-side advertising campaign with Sydney FC, the defending champions of Australia A-League football and the largest football club in Australia.…

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