Deutsche Börse Group and its post-trade services provider Clearstream announced earlier this week that they have opened a brand news office in Cork, Ireland. Expanding its footprint in Cork, the move to the new location “NSQ1” reflects Clearstream’s growing funds business. Earlier this year, Clearstream had already moved its operations to Navigation Square. In total,…
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The news around cryptocurrency exchanges are not always exciting, as the most common news is about stolen funds and illegal activity. Just recently, hackers stole $40 million worth of crypto from Binance. As Leaprate reported back in May, 2019: "The stolen amount is equal to 7,000 Bitcoins. Not only did the hackers steal the staggering…
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Ireland-headquartered RegTech company, AQMetrics, today announced new enhancements to its end-to-end risk and compliance solution as part of its cloud-based platform. These enhancements will help both buy-side and sell-side firms better prepare for MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II), a year in advance of the regulatory deadline of January 2018. The recent enhancements…
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The Central Bank of Ireland, who has duties not only as the central bank of the country but also as primary regulator overseeing Ireland's financial industry today announced three appointments at Director level. The appointments are as follows: Michael Hodson has been appointed to the role of Director of Asset Management Supervision, with effect from January…
Read moreAs industry dialog continues to gain weight since the onset of the global investigation into the alleged practice of FX rate manipulation by banks, order management system provider Barracuda FX's CEO has spoken publicly on how to resolve the matter.
Read moreSquared Financial, the independent, full-service broker headquartered in Dublin and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) announced to prospective clients if they apply for a new account within one week the firm will match 20% of the initial deposit. Sqaured is a very interesting broker with many account options catering to a wide…
Read moreTRADOLOGIC released land based terminals earlier this year offering financial gaming. The firm has now furthered its inroads into the betting business, providing binary options solutions to Irish sports betting firm Boylesports.
Read moreLondon-based spread betting company ETX Capital has purchased Ireland's Shelbourne Markets for an undisclosed sum, gaining 10,000 clients.
Read moreFounded by Aussies in Ireland, CurrencyFair looks to disintermediate FX transfers for retail clients Dublin-based peer to peer currency exchange CurrencyFair has broken the $1 billion mark in money matching transfers according to a report by the Irish Times yesterday. The firm considers this a milestone for the international transfers sector, a division of the…
Read moreLeading Ireland-based FX broker undergoes major rebranding as it branches out from FX. AvaFX, a member of LeapRate's Approved List of global regulated FX brokers, has announced a major rebranding, and will now operate as AvaTrade. The rebranding includes a new website at www.avatrade.com. AvaTrade also released its trading volumes for the year 2012, coming…
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