Andrew Saks-McLeod
LeapRate Analyst
May 02, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Swissquote forms partnership with Switzerland's largest online bank

Swissquote partners with PostFinance in order to develop e-trading platform and extend reach to 60,000 further clients, with business commencing in autumn of 2015 Swiss electronic trading financial institution Swissquote has today announced that it has partnered with PostFinance, Switzerland's largest online bank, in order to forge a long-term strategic synergy in online trading. Swissquote…

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May 01, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LeapRate Interview: FXAchieve's Ioannis Gerousis emphasizes the importance of specialist knowledge

In Cyprus' prominent and highly competitive retail FX sector, Ioannis Gerousis, CEO of FXAchieve considers the key to career improvement and enhanced opportunities among potential candidates to be specialist education Cyprus, an island of less than one million residents, has become a veritable hub for retail FX firms, with such a vast number of brokerages…

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April 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Meitan Tradition becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Tradition

Switzerland's Compagnie Financiere Tradition has today announced that it has purchased the remaining share of is Japanese joint venture partner Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financiere Tradition (CFT:SIX Swiss Ex) has announced today that after a long and successful partnership with its joint venture partner in Japan, Central Tanshi, both entities have agreed to reorganize the ownership…

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April 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

MONEX Japan creates MONEX Ventures to strengthen corporate VC efforts

MONEX Group rebrands its venture capital enterprise in a move to concentrate further on investing in innovative start ups, a timely move for the conglomerate which today reported increased revenue figures for the year ending March 31, 2014 Japanese FX conglomerate MONEX Group (TYO:8698) has today announced that it is strengthening its corporate venture capital effort thorough…

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April 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

CurrencyFair passes $1 billion in matched retail currency transactions

Founded by Aussies in Ireland, CurrencyFair looks to disintermediate FX transfers for retail clients Dublin-based peer to peer currency exchange CurrencyFair has broken the $1 billion mark in money matching transfers according to a report by the Irish Times yesterday. The firm considers this a milestone for the international transfers sector, a division of the…

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