U.S. Retail Forex Broker client assets held showed a MoM uptick from reporting data filed with the CFTC as of May 31st. The report revealed a 1.74% increase in assets held by FCMs from April's $524,757,888 to $533,886,026 for May 2017. This is also $10 million more in assets from March’s $523,750,637. If the trend…
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GMO Internet Inc. (TYO:9449) group company GMO Click Securities, a Japanese provider of online securities broking services has announced the launch of "GMO-FX DASH" to its Forex trading offering. GMO - FX DASH makes it easy to place trades from mobile charts to take advantage of speed orders, fast trends, and the latest news, etc.…
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Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the region’s largest and most diversified derivatives bourse, witnessed a surge in Gold and currencies trading in June, which can, in part be attributed to the recent listing of additional ‘Calendar spreads’ on the Exchange’s Gold Futures and G6 Currency contracts. The currency segment continued their upward trajectory in…
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FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading services has selected ChartIQ to standardize its HTML5 charting technology across FactSet’s web, desktop, and mobile platforms. This updated HTML5 toolkit will enhance FactSet users’ ability to work with, manipulate and manage their data, effortlessly build reports, and combine commercial data with their…
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High-volume futures broker Advantage Futures announced today the appointment of financial exchange industry veteran Carlos Rodriguez as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rodriguez brings over two decades of industry experience to Advantage. Mr. Rodriguez will oversee all accounting and treasury functions at the firm, reporting directly to CEO Joe Guinan. Prior to Advantage, Mr. Rodriguez worked for…
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HTML5 market platform ChartIQ in partnership with ROKO Labs announced today it now provides native SDKs for iOS and Android developers who want to add advanced charting capabilities to their mobile applications. These software development kits (SDKs) allow developers to integrate advanced charting while working directly in Swift, ObjectiveC, or Java inside the XCode and…
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Global cross-border payments platform Currencycloud and South Korea’s Hyundai Card announced today an exclusive partnership to enable the launch of Korea’s first mobile remittance service provided by a credit company. The service, established by the UK-headquartered FinTech company and Hyundai Motor Group’s credit issuing arm in conjunction with Korea’s long-standing Shinhan Bank, allows users to…
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Accelerize Inc (OTCBB:ACLZ) and its digital marketing software division, CAKE, today announced that WorldWideMarkets, an online Forex trading solution, has selected the CAKE SaaS platform to manage its performance marketing program. WorldWideMarkets provides traders of all experience levels the opportunity to trade Forex, gold, oil, global stock market indices and other CFD instruments with the…
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The new service, TARGET instant payment settlement (TIPS), will enable citizens and firms to transfer money between each other in real time and will be available around the clock, 365 days a year. The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to develop a new service for the settlement of instant payments.…
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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the central bank of Ukraine and acting regulator has announced simplified rules governing trading in foreign currency and investment metals in the interbank FX market of Ukraine and the international FX market. First, the simplified rules shall apply to forward FX transactions. The NBU has allowed banks to perform…
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