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November 10, 2016 BY admin

OSC announces Canada’s first hackathon by a securities regulator

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today announced RegHackTO, the first hackathon by a securities regulator in Canada. RegHackTO aims to bring together Canadian innovators, strategists and developers to collaborate on possible solutions to shared challenges in the regulatory environment. The event follows the OSC’s establishment of OSC LaunchPad, which engages with fintech businesses, provides the opportunity for…

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RoboForex adds StrategyQuant, trading robot and strategies designer

CySEC and IFSC regulated global FX brokerage RoboForex today announced a new third party addition to its offering fitting for its name. Capitalizing on the growing algorithmic trend for retail traders, RoboForex added StrategyQuant, a trading robots and strategies designer. Using a desktop version or EA Wizard web platform, clients will be able to create,…

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Estonian instant bank to bank money transfer firm TransferFast receives authorization

It was just announced this week the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority issued a payment institution authorisation to TransferFast OÜ. The authorisation allows to provide money remittance service. FSA had earlier issued TransferFast OÜ an authorisation of exemption to provide money remittance service with a restriction. At the same time with issuing the authorisation the authorisation of…

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Citibank unveils global in house digital wallet "Citi Pay"

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) today announced the launch of Citi Pay, a new digital wallet that will provide Citi customers with a simple and fast option for online, in-app and in-store payment needs. Citi Pay will be made available to Citi customers for online and in-app purchases. As a digital extension of their current card…

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R3 works with member banks on shared KYC service based on distributed ledger technology

Financial innovation company R3 and ten of its consortium member banks have successfully developed a proof-of-concept for a Know Your Customer (KYC) registry that addresses the challenges associated with satisfying regulatory requirements and allows identities to be managed by their owners. BBVA, CIBC, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, Natixis, Nordea, Northern Trust, Société Générale, UBS and US…

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TNS launches FIX Hub to streamline trading globally

Transaction Network Services (TNS) an industry solutions provider for the payments, financial and telecommunications industries announced today the launch of The TNS Secure Trading Hub, a fully managed, scalable and vendor agnostic FIX connectivity solution which supports order routing services for multi-asset classes. Alex Walker, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of TNS’ Financial Services…

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Nissan Securities partners with Beeks Financial Cloud

Beeks Financial Cloud, a global leader in financial cloud infrastructure, announced today it has partnered with Nissan Securities, a financial brokerage business and one of the top financial securities companies in Japan to provide connectivity for all of Nissan’s customers. The partnership was finalized in October, and Nissan customers are already utilizing Beeks’ services. Nissan…

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Russia’s central securities depository partners with iCoinSoft Exchange Platform

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository has today announced its developed a partnership with iCoinSoft Exchange Platform, an engine for a digital asset exchange by icoinsoft.com as part of the HSE{Pro}Fintech program of the Higher School of Economics’ Business Incubator. The project implements an idea of the technological infrastructure which increases the efficiency and convenience…

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VIX Futures volume in non-U.S. trading hours hit record after U.S. elections

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Futures Exchange has announced on the day after the U.S. election on Wednesday, November 9th that record volume was set in futures contracts on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) traded in non-U.S. trading hours with an estimated 263,663 contracts changing hands. This record surpasses the previous single-day record of…

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