Tag: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

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August 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ fined for futures Spoofing

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and settling charges against Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (TYO:8306) unit The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) for engaging in multiple acts of spoofing in a variety of futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, including futures…

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September 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS introduces payment netting service for FX

CLS Group, a provider of risk management and operational services for the global foreign exchange (FX) market, has announced its intent to release a payment netting service, CLS Netting, for buy-side and sell-side institutions’ FX trades that are settled outside the CLS settlement service. David Puth, CEO of CLS, commented: Working with our settlement members…

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July 08, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase gets $10.5 million injection from BTMU

Bitcoin exchange operator and service provider Coinbase just announced that they have formed a strategic partnership with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) to support Coinbase's long-term international expansion efforts. BTMU is the largest bank in Japan and a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). Additionally, BTMU, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (MUCAP), and Sozo Ventures have jointly made a strategic investment…

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December 16, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream reports 25% rise in volumes, as Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ goes live as 12th liquidity provider

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is now live as a liquidity providing bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service. We had earlier reported that FXSpotStream had signed up Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as its 12th liquidity provider back in October. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (or BTMU) is the 12th bank…

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