UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces R5-SHCH Connect is open for business LeapRate

February 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces R5-SHCH Connect is open for business

Theresa May today announced the launch of R5-SHCH Connect, a new service which links banks in China with London's foreign exchange (FX) market. Part of the Belt and Road financial infrastructure initiative, this represents a significant progression towards closer financial market activity between the two nations. Mrs May announced that the service was live whilst…

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December 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK Chancellor announces R5-SHCH Connect, partnership between London R5 and Shanghai Clearing House

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has formally announced the formation of R5-SHCH Connect, a partnership between R5, the London FinTech leading the digital transformation of Emerging Markets Foreign Exchange trading, and the Shanghai Clearing House, the financial market infrastructure, established to clear and settle China’s financial products. During last week's UK-China Economic…

May 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

EM currency trading firm R5 appoints 4 more for teams in London and Singapore

R5, the emerging marketplace for local market FX trading, today announced four new appointments in its London and Singapore offices. The company is currently live for eNDF trading in London and Singapore. R5, a global financial electronic trading technology company, offers both interbank and “All-to-All” FX trading marketplaces, dedicated to emerging markets. Its focus is…

April 13, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

R5 gets MAS authorization and launches emerging markets FX trading in Singapore

FX trading marketplace R5 has announced that live trading has commenced in Singapore, after the company has received its authorisation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). R5 went live with its London clients during the last quarter of 2015, for eNDF trading. The ASEAN launch is strategically important due to the substantial volume of…

November 15, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Emerging markets Forex platform R5FX adds Indian Rupee

India is a rapidly growing major financial market and the launch of Indian Rupee on R5FX follows in-depth discussions with the Reserve Bank of India. R5FX, the emerging marketplace for local market Forex trading just announced the launch of Indian Rupee trading on its platform. Live trading is now available in Indian Rupee (INR), Brazilian…

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