The CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, has recently won a patent from the US Patents and Trademark Office for a unique technology that allows the owner of the patent to send bitcoin to email addresses. The patent was granted on December 17th, after being filed two four years ago - on March 17th, 2015. What…
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The Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX), Australia’s alternative tier-one listing venue, has today announced its new CEO, Michael Go. The exchange has also accepted its first listing applications from Australian cleantech energy company AGEO Resources and Australian medical technology company ANNSCA Medical. Michael Go joins the SSX from an international career in finance. He said the…
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CLS, a financial market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has just announced that European Central Bank (ECB) Director General Marc Bayle de Jessé has joined CLS as its new CEO. Prior to CLS, he was responsible for defining and steering the implementation of policies in market infrastructure and payments at the ECB -…
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LeapRate Exclusive… Stefan Deiss is the co-founder and CEO of BLOCKCHAIN PROPULSION, a global accelerator program designed to build start-ups and enterprises into successful blockchain-powered businesses. Stefan joins Leaprate today to talk about BLOCKCHAIN PROPULSION and the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry in Switzerland. LR: Hi, Stefan, happy to have you at Leaprate. As a start, could you…
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Multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics company, OANDA Global Corporation, announced that it has appointed Gavin Bambury as Chief Executive Officer, effective Monday 26 August 2019. LeapRate reminds that the CEO of OANDA Global Corporation Vatsa Narasimha stepped down from its position for personal reasons back in February 2019. Bambury has more than…
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LCH, a global clearing house, has announced that it has added Isabelle Girolami to its team as its new CEO, LCH Ltd. Prior to LCH Girolami was Crédit Agricole's Deputy CEO of Corporate and Investment Banking Business. Girolami will be based in London and will report to Daniel Maguire, CEO, LCH Group. She will be…
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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) confirmed the appointment of Antonia Watson as Acting CEO of ANZ New Zealand, following the departure of David Hisco. Mr Hisco’s departure follows ongoing health issues as well as Board concern about the characterisation of certain transactions following an internal review of personal expenses. ANZ New…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate recently sat down with Mr. Matus Bajko, CEO of Bel air s.r.o., owners of the social trading network FX Junction. This is the second time we sat down with Matus, this time for a free-flowing discussion on several topics, such as what it takes to run FX Junction and where the future…
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LeapRate Exclusive… Tunc Akyurt is the new Group CEO at the Global Kapital Group in charge of the global brokerage business including GKFX Financial Services based in UK. Akyurt has more than 23 years of in-depth business experience in the financial services industry and management consulting delivering sustainable and profitable business results. His areas of…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX)’s Supervisory Board announced that Alexander Afanasiev will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer. In line with best corporate governance practices, the Board has engaged in a succession planning process over the last year, supported by professional consultants. The Board has already recommended the appointment of Yury Denisov as CEO,…
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