Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) on Monday released an update to its banking and trading application for iOS devices. The latest version of Swissquote Mobile (5.7) offers a set of enhancements, ranging from an account history graph to new trading themes being highlighted. The latter represents an enhancement to the new feature introduced to the…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive Interview... AvaTrade can easily be called one of the quiet success stories of the Retail Forex sector. Many in the industry were taken a little by surprise when AvaTrade's financials were revealed, exclusively by LeapRate, in some filings made by Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) soon after Playtech announced its planned $105 million acquisition of…
Read moreBinary platform provider and operator TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) today updated on the formation of its binary options joint venture in Hong Kong. TechFinancials said that it has completed the formation of the JV with the owners of Optionfortune Trade Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong to operate a B2C binary options trading platform focused on the…
Read moreCME Group foreign exchange volume averaged 884,000 contracts per day for December 2015, up 23% from the 713,000 contracts per day in November 2015, but down 8% from the same month a year ago. The average daily notional value of FX contracts traded in December was $90 billion. Also released, Average daily volume was 9% higher for Forex…
Read moreFCA regulated Forex broker Admiral Markets informed clients today they now offer a custom browser-based version of popular trading platform MetaTrader 4. Designed to provide traders with high flexibility, MT4 WebTrader allows hassle-free trading without downloading - making it accessible from any computer or browser. The Admiral Markets MT4 WebTrader also works on multiple operating systems…
Read moreThe new Circuit Breakers will be active from market open on Sunday January, 10th 2016 for FX contracts. CME Europe Limited the European business of CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has sent out an advisory note today stating they are pleased to announce the introduction of Dynamic Circuit Breakers in Globex for its FX as well as Cocoa contracts.…
Read moreConfirming LeapRate's Exclusive report from Monday, UK online trading firm London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) today officially announced the launch of a new brand and a new spread betting platform. London Capital Group said that it has consolidated its Capital Spreads and London Capital Group brands under a single global brand identity which will operate…
Read moreReports from Takahiko Hyuga of Bloomberg has unveiled that Japanese banking giant Nomura Co Ltd (TYO:9716) has settled an employment case with a former managing director in Tokyo, agreeing to pay him ¥82 million yen ($688,000 USD) in compensation without reinstating him, according to a Tokyo High Court document. The former Nomura MD, Seth Friedman joined…
Read moreThe Australian Financial Review claims that Australia's government should not be swayed by 'online forex cowboys'.
Read moreKalixa Payments Group, part of bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc (LON:BPTY), is set to receive a one-off payment of approximately €10 million ($10.9m) from the sale of Visa Europe to Visa Inc (NYSE:V). The €21.2 billion acquisition of Visa Europe by Visa Inc was agreed on November 2, 2015. As one of Visa Europe's Principal Members,…
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