The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $4 million to a whistleblower whose original information alerted the agency to a fraud. The SEC’s whistleblower program has awarded more than $111 million to 34 whistleblowers since its inception in 2011. By law, the SEC protects the confidentiality of whistleblowers and does…
Read moreFXCM (NYSE: FXCM), a global online provider of forex trading (FX), Contract for Difference (CFD), and related services, announces its latest enhancements to its API technology services. FXCM's global success is rooted in consistent innovation around execution and technological capabilities - catering to thousands of live API accounts and continuously nurturing institutional third party partnerships.…
Read moreSSE Enterprise Telecoms – the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE group – today announced that it is providing leading online financial trading company, London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON: LCG), with ultra-resilient connectivity from its head office in Knightsbridge, London, to its two mission-critical data…
Read moreRakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited (Rakuten Securities HK) announced today Rakuten FX, a brand new forex account service for clients to trade through a proprietary trading platform. With the introduction of Rakuten FX, Rakuten is looking to affirm their leading position among online forex brokers in Hong Kong. "After the successful rebranding of Rakuten Securities…
Read moreSeven buy-side and sell side firms, including AB (Alliance Bernstein), Citi, Credit Suisse and HSBC, have collaborated with financial innovation companies R3 and Axoni to explore how blockchain technology could simplify reference data processes. The group, working with R3 and Axoni through the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), recently completed a multi-month proof…
Read moreBacktesting and trading strategy platform Key2Options announced its integration with Tradier Brokerage, the cloud-based financial services company. The partnership allows Key2Options customers to make an unlimited amount stock and options trades without fees and commissions. "Key2Options was started on the basis of two fundamental beliefs. We wanted to create simplicity and value," said, Ashok Yarlagadda, CEO…
Read moreIntercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that the Bank of England has authorised ICE Clear Europe as a central counterparty (CCP) in accordance with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). In order to be authorised, ICE Clear Europe has…
Read moreAs pressure mounts on unregulated and improperly regulated binary options firms from well documented public outcry, we learned over the weekend that Premier League squad Southampton FC has backed out of a recently signed marketing deal with binary broker Banc de Binary. Banc de Binary in the past has been fined upwards of $11m from…
Read moreFCA regulated Capital Index is pleased to announce the launch of its dedicated Capital Index China website as the next step in its planned international expansion as business growth continues. On the launch of Capital Index China, Robert Woolfe, Chief Executive of Capital Index commented: “China has long been a market that we identified as…
Read moreAMP Futures, a Chicago-based Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) today announced that the Rithmic R | Trader platform now includes options trading. Rithmic is a developer of high performance multi-asset trade execution software. This Initial Release includes Options Trading on all CME exchanges: CME CBOT NYMEX COMEX 2nd phase release will enable live options trading using CQG 3rd…
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