Category: Exclusive

plus500 affiliate cpa payments
March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Plus500 increases affiliate CPA payments for cryptocurrency traders

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that leading online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has made some key adjustments to the CPA rates it pays its affiliates via its 500Affiliates.com program, with an increased focus on bringing on board clients who trade (primarily) cryptocurrencies. Or more accurately, Plus500 won't any more disincentivize affiliates for bringing on board…

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Rowena Harris-Doughty Monex
February 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Rowena Harris-Doughty leaves Destek for CMO role at Spot FX dealer Monex Europe

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Rowena Harris-Doughty has left her role as Marketing Director at Retail FX broker Destek Markets, to become Marketing Manager at deliverable spot FX dealer Monex Europe. Not to be confused with either Monex Group Inc. (TYO:8698), the publicly traded Japanese FX broker or Indonesia-based PT Monex Investindo Futures, Monex Europe is…

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Euronext
February 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Institutional FX platform FastMatch saw Revenue of just €1.57 million monthly post Euronext acquisition

LeapRate Exclusive... Following our earlier report on the 2017 results of exchange operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX), digging into the results LeapRate has learned that the company's Forex ECN unit FastMatch - which Euronext bought in mid-2017 for $153 million - generated a total of €7.2 million of Revenue for the 4.6 months it was owned by…

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Blackbull Markets website new zealand fx broker
February 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: New Zealand FX broker Blackbull Markets hires ADS veteran Anish Satinder Lal as Head of FX & Metals

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Auckland, New Zealand based MT4 broker has hired Anish Satinder Lal as its new Head of FX & Metals. Anish Satinder Lal joins Blackbull after stints at OneTwoTrade, Atom8, and most recently ADS Securities, where he held various FX trading and sales roles. Blackbull was founded in 2014 by 25-year old…

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Core Spreads website
February 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Spreadbetting broker Core Spreads raises £2.8 million, upgrades FCA license

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Finsa Europe Ltd., which operates online spreadbetting, CFD and Forex trading brokerage brand Core Spreads (at corespreads.com), has received a capital injection of £2.8 million from the company's controlling shareholder Jasper White. The investment marks a large milestone for the company, as to date only £192,000 was invested in the company,…

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Formax ZuluTrade acquisition price
February 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Price paid by Formax for ZuluTrade: $12.4 million

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that China based Formax Group's acquisition late last year of social / copy trading platform provider ZuluTrade, and related companies, was concluded at a price of USD $12.41 million. Formax actually acquired a lot more than just the ZuluTrade name, technology and platform. Indeed, when breaking down the purchase price,…

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