Category: Technology

February 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Jane Street’s systematic internaliser now available via QuantHouse API Ecosystem

QuantHouse (qh), the independent global provider of end-to-end high performance market data and trading through API-based technologies, today announced the addition of Jane Street Financial’s systematic internaliser (SI) to its qh API Ecosystem. Jane Street is a liquidity provider specialising in equities, ETFs and options - trading $5.6 trillion across financial products in 2017. The…

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February 20, 2018 BY admin

FXBackOffice founder on modern CRM solutions for forex brokers

LeapRate recently spoke with Dmitriy Petrenko, the founder of FXBackOffice, a newer entrant in providing CRM and office management solutions for brokers worldwide. Founded in 2016, the company has established a very strong customer base. FXBackOffice combines CRM, client admin, and partnership management all in one, and is compatible with both MetaTrader and cTrader, and…

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February 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kuwait Finance House goes live with ETHIX-Net

International Turnkey Systems Group (ITS), the provider for comprehensive Islamic financial solutions suite, has announced the successful installation of its pioneering ETHIX-Net internet banking modules for Kuwait Finance House, Bahrain (KFHB), further enhancing the Bank’s ETHIX Islamic finance platform. ETHIX-Net is a secure internet banking application and part of ITS’s ETHIX product range. The new…

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February 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Autochartist acquires Retail FX trade execution verification tool VerifyMyTrade

Retail FX trading tools provider Autochartist has announced an expansion of its services, by way of acquiring a controlling stake in VerifyMyTrade - a company specializing in measuring the quality of execution in the retail forex market. The VerifyMyTrade Trust Builder enables traders to verify, via an industry acknowledged impartial service provider, whether the price…

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Nasdaq
February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq and OPCOM sign new market technology agreement

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Operatorul Pietei de Energie Electrica si Gaze Naturale (OPCOM) announced that they have signed a new market technology agreement for Nasdaq to deliver new matching engine and clearing technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture to Romania’s market operator for gas and electricity. OPCOM will leverage the modular functionality of the…

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February 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MAS encourages financial institutions to use technology to on-board customers more efficiently

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued new guidance to financial institutions (FIs) on the use of innovative technology solutions to facilitate safe, non-face-to-face customer on-boarding. MAS requires FIs operating in Singapore to implement robust controls when onboarding new customers, e.g. when opening a bank account, to detect and deter money laundering or terrorism…

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Nasdaq
February 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq and Palestine Exchange sign new market technology agreement

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Palestine Exchange (PEX) annouced that they have signed a new market technology agreement for Nasdaq to deliver new matching engine technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture to Palestine’s stock exchange. PEX, which will also continue to use Nasdaq’s SMARTS surveillance technology for monitoring its market, will leverage the modular functionality…

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January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exchange Data International joins QuantHouse’s API Ecosystem

QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high performance market data and trading through API based technologies, today announced that Exchange Data International (EDI) is the latest provider to join the QuantHouse API Ecosystem. EDI is a provider of fast, accurate, timely and affordable data reference services. EDI’s extensive content includes worldwide equity and fixed…

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SEC charges nine hackers and traders in Edgar hacking case
January 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

The global cost of cybercrime will reach two trillion dollars by 2019

After a welcoming address from Giulia Lupato - PIMFA’s Senior Policy Adviser and Chair for the day – the 2018 financial crime conference began with an address from Robin Jones, Head of FCA Technology – Resilience & Cyber Specialist Supervision. Robin spoke about cyber resilience, contingency planning, moving cyber security considerations beyond the remit of…

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