October 16, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

X Financial Solutions launches new white label creator tool wlCreator

wlCreator allows forex brokerages to create branded white labels in a matter of minutes. Leading FX platform provider X Financial Solutions has announced the introduction of a new white label creator tool called wlCreator. wlCreator offers a simple, intuitive approach that enables brokers, banks and liquidity providers to create their own branded white labels for…

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October 16, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Twitter chooses NYSE over Nasdaq, greymarket value and volumes rise

Twitter IPO targeting November 15 to begin trading as Twitter prepares for an end-of-October investor roadshow. Twitter has issued an update to its IPO prospectus, and in it surprised many in the financial world by selecting to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:TWTR) over Nasdaq. Nasdaq is home to many if…

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October 16, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

TradeSlide adds cTrader functionality, upgrades trade leader ranking system

TradeSlide continues its march towards becoming the industry standard for measuring traders' performance. Starting today the trading performance tracking website TradeSlide is updating their service with some fresh functionality released by their Quant & IT Lab. The company aims to be a facilitator for participants in social trading / copytrading platforms and assist traders in identifying…

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October 15, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Bitcoin prices more than recover from Silk Road shutdown drop

The big winner from Bitcoin's price rise? Advanced computer hardware makers. As they said during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s, it is the shovel companies that made the big money.... Despite periodic bouts of volatility, Bitcoin prices continue to steadily rise, and now, at about $135, are valued at more than 10 times…

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October 15, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Swissquote CEO suggests more acquisitions are in the works

Swissquote has set up an internal fund of CHF 100 million ($110 million) geared to potential acquisitions. It looks like Swissquote's appetite for acquisitions might not be sated with its takeover of rival Swiss forex broker MIG Bank. Swissquote (SWX:SQN) CEO Marc Burki was quoted in an interview in Swiss financial publication L'Agefi (and as reported…

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October 15, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

FXstreet launches new research portal FXBeat

Jamie Coleman and Gerry Davies to jointly run new FXstreet research service. Forex information portal FXstreet has announced the launch of a new research service for traders called FXBeat. FXBeat will be a news and commentary feed conducted by Jamie Coleman and Gerry Davies, the analysts behind Forex Live and FXBriefs. The idea behind the new…

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October 14, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Hotspot FX September volume metrics up slightly (3%) to $28.7 billion

KCG Hotspot culminates an up month for all the major Forex ECNs. Hotspot FX, now formally known as KCG Hotspot, announced that September forex trading volumes came in at $28.7 billion daily, up slightly (3%) from August's $28.0 billion. Hotspot's figures complete our September picture in which all the major Forex ECNs -- ICAP EBS,…

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