Tag: Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN)

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February 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: IG and Forex.com redo Affiliate programs, CySEC's new marketing rules, and lots more...

Forex Industry News at LeapRate has a very 'affiliate' feel to it this past week, with LeapRate reporting exclusively about major changes made to the affiliate programs at two of the leading online brokers on both sides of the pond, Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) and IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG). On the regulatory side of…

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December 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote simplifies and accelerates its online authentication process

Swiss online brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced the launch of Mobile Level 3, a new authentication system for its online trading platform. Some highlight: Through push notifications, Swissquote simplifies and accelerates authentication when accessing its online trading platform Thanks to a push message on the smartphone, customer identity can be more quickly…

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October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Nidal Abdel Hadi joins Advanced Markets and Fortex as Managing Director MENA region

Former Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) Head of Institutional Sales Nidal Adbel Hadi has joined US-based Advanced Markets and Fortex as the companies' new Managing Director of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations and business development. Advanced Markets LLC is an institutional liquidity and prime of prime provider, while sister technology company Fortex Inc. has developed a leading ECN trading…

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September 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote adds hedging capabilities to its MT5 platforms

Leading Swiss online trading, banking and investment services provider Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it has updated its MetaTrader 5 platforms to include the latest hedging features recently introduced by MetaQuotes. Hedging enables traders to have multiple positions per symbol, including oppositely directed ones, which allows more sophisticated trading strategies resulting in increased protection…

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August 28, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Leverate exits binary options, FXDD-IronFX merger, Swissquote's new brand, and lots more…

It was a very mixed bag of Forex Industry News this past week at LeapRate. Companies exiting business lines, companies entering business lines, M&A, new logos and brands... Our most popular guest posts this week dealt with two important questions: What is your Company’s Content Brand? by MediaGroup's Bart Burggraaf, and How much does downtime really…

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July 29, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swissquote reports strong growth for first half of 2016

In the first half of 2016, the impact of the cooperation between FX brokerage Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) and PostFinance could be seen in concrete figures for the first time. Following the transfer of PostFinance clients, the number of accounts with Swissquote increased by 32.3% to 300,691 and assets under custody grew by 39.3%…

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