While India and China, together with a few large US banks are going with full forces against Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, Singapore is going “pro” at the same time. Cointelegraph reported that Singapore’s deputy prime minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, said that the country will not be banning cryptos in the new future. None such plans are foreseen…
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Singapore and Hong Kong have become two of the world’s greatest fintech hubs, boasting numerous fintech startups and loose regulations on cryptocurrencies and financial technologies. Thus, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) signed an agreement to further increase the collaboration between the two cities in a joint effort…
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Singapore is now one of the leading blockchain innovators, with MAS and ABS announcing three new blockchain payment prototypes, Maybank Singapore is helping migrants get paid through the technology of blockchain. It may not be a well known fact, but migrants in Singapore do not always have access to banks, financial services and their money.…
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Back in summer 2014, LeapRate was first to cover the news of CEO Eric Neo's new project and vision for trading firms to operate in Asia with the latest cutting edge technology in the form of his Trading-Atrium ecosystem. The atrium provides a base for small firms to professionally trade with direct access to financial markets…
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A new institutional Forex trading platform is on the way for the 3rd largest currency trading market behind London and New York. Singapore-based start-up company Spark Systems as reported first by the Straight Times is building a new trading platform to make FX trading in Singapore more cost effective and faster for investors. It was…
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Horizon Software, a global technology provider for electronic trading and investment management, today announced its collaboration with Neo & Partners Global (NPG), Asia’s and Singapore’s first provider of smart electronic trading ecosystems coined as The Trading-Atrium. Reported by LeapRate back in July of 2014, The Trading-Atrium was launched in order to attract more foreign trading…
Read moreFinancial technology group ayondo today announced it has relaunched its website, with a fresh design and added features aimed at further improving the trading experience for its clients. Users can now quickly get to where they need to be thanks to a more modern and responsive layout, and additional tools such as a new charting…
Read moreThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that Singapore remains the largest foreign exchange (FX) centre in the Asia-Pacific region and third largest globally after London and New York, according to the 2016 Triennial Central Bank Survey of the global FX and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The average…
Read moreCBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced CBOE Futures Exchange received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to be a Registered Market Operator (RMO) in Singapore. With this designation, CFE may now allow professional investors, accredited investors and expert investors, as defined under Singaporean law, to become CFE Trading Privilege Holders (TPHs) and…
Read moreA new partnership between Avelacom and SGX aims to improve accessibility of low latency applications that are in high demand among hedge funds, trading firms, investments banks both within and outside the APAC region. Avelacom’s network comprises of the most direct, low latency fiber routes with Singapore. By setting up a new point of presence…
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