The sudden breakout in Bitcoin prices last week, the highest since early December, have seen analysts rallying behind the positive climb, with many viewing the bounce as the long-awaited return to an impending bull run. The rise is not solely reserved for Bitcoin as alt coins too take a leap forward, Messari reports. While the…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Michael Karczewski, Head of Business Operations at Match-Trade Technologies, joins Leaprate today to talk about business development in the brokerage industry during the breakthrough changes in financial technologies and constant turmoil in the cryptocurrency market. LR: Michael, Match-Trade is a provider of Forex and Crypto technology, how would you summarize last year for…
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Leaprate Exclusive... Skilling, led by CEO Anders Berglund, announced earlier that its new online forex and CFD trading platform is now open to the public. The company’s trading platform is said to be user-friendly, simple to understand, and aims to be fully accessible to everyone who wants to trade in forex, cryptocurrencies, indices, stocks and…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Andrey Stoychev has been recently promoted to Executive Director Trading and a Board Member of the multi-asset fintech company JFD Group. The company, on the other hand, after the successful acquisition of the German-based ACON bank has changed its name and combined retail and institutional services under the brand JFD Bank, making the…
Read moreWith Brexit fast approaching it is vital to ensure all systems and risk are appropriately managed to prohibit losses and maximise gains. Jeff Wilkins, Managing Director of IS Risk Analytics suggests ways for brokers to effectively analyse and manage their technology, liquidity and flow to ensure they are adequately protected should another flash crash occur.…
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LeapRate Exclusive... As the technology landscape matures, so does the demand for adequate security measures. Consumers are demanding that information-collecting processes are less arduous and convenient, and corporates are answering. Just recently announced, IBM decided to streamline its KYC process by implementing blockchain technology to provide added efficiency for consumers to conduct interactions that require…
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The provider of big data analytics to financial institutions RavenPack just launched a new portfolio ranking tool based on sentiment factors. The new tool provides on-demand ranking of more than 50,000 companies and aims to help financial professionals build stronger portfolios. Users will now be able to create lists of positive or negative sentiment stocks…
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TradeStation International, the international arm of TradeStation (a Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) company), is offering access to all the world's major stockmarkets across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Created in collaboration with Interactive Brokers, the TradeStation Global platform was launched in 2018 and enables direct market access and execution in FX, Equity, Futures…
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Breaking News... Forex brokerage solutions provider MahiFX has recently notified that its retail FX operations, along with the licenses attached to them, are now on the market. Appears that the company has already got a buyer in the face of the Forex broker FXDD. FXDD's name can already be seen in the official FCA register,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate just learned that Andrey Stoychev has been promoted to Executive Director Trading and a Board Member of the multi-asset fintech company JFD Group. Andrey Stoychev has been in the industry business for more than 15 years. He is highly skilled in capital markets, OTC instruments trading and risk management. Stoychev is also…
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