XTX Markets recently appointed Serge Harry as Chairman of the Board of XTX Markets SAS, while Geoffrey Damien was named as Managing Director, Head of France. XTX Markets SAS is the newly created French subsidiary of XTX Markets. Serge Harry has worked for over 30 years in the financial services industry and was a senior…
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AlgoTrader AG, a global provider of algorithmic trading systems, recently reported that its year over year revenue had grown by 170% in the first year following its seed financing round, which happened in early 2018. The firm also announced the hiring of Jakob Bosshard who has extensive experience as an executive in the financial services…
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FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has added Michael Lippa to its team as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Lippa, 56, will complement the management structure of the owner-led organisation. He will be responsible for the expansion of the European operations. Previous to this appointment Lippa was heading the German operations of Brokerhouse IG…
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the appointment of Richard Lloyd to its Board of Directors as a non-executive Director. Richard Lloyd is one of the founding trustees of the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute and is the current Chair of the consumer complaint resolution entity known as Resolver. He will serve a…
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Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) just announced that it has appointed Susanne Chishti as a non-executive director to its Board, effective immediately. Chishti is the CEO and founder of FINTECH Circle and has over 20 years of experience in the banking and FinTech sectors, as well as board level experience…
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Celsius Network, a borrowing and lending platform for cryptocurrencies, today announced that Samantha McDonald, CPA, has joined the company as CFO. McDonald has wide experience in the financial services and investment industries. She started her career at Deloitte as a senior accountant after graduating with a masters in accounting before moving on to become CFO…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate just learned that Andrey Stoychev has been promoted to Executive Director Trading and a Board Member of the multi-asset fintech company JFD Group. Andrey Stoychev has been in the industry business for more than 15 years. He is highly skilled in capital markets, OTC instruments trading and risk management. Stoychev is also…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Global FinTech company Gold-i just announced that it has promoted Mark Alvarez-Buylla to its new Head of Operations. Alvarez-Buylla’s promotion coincides with the creation of a new operations team at Gold-i with a focus on onboarding projects for large scale new clients, product installations, internal systems and account management. The global FinTech company has recently…
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today named Wanda Goldwag as the new Chairperson of the autonomous Financial Services Consumer Panel for an initial 3-year term starting on 1 March 2019; her nomination was approved by Her Majesty’s Treasury. In her new role, Wanda Goldwag will provide strategic direction to the FCA by communicating…
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Breaking news... LeapRate just learned that there has been a change at the top of OANDA. The CEO for OANDA Global Corporation Vatsa Narasimha is stepping down from its CEO position for personal reasons, as an OANDA spokesperson just shared with LeapRate. Vatsa Narasimha will continue working for the company as a Non-Executive Director, as…
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