May 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
Tradable introduces Tweetable app, social functionalities on the rise
A new application enables Tradable users to get and send tweets inside the platform.
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May 16, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Clinkle experiences further exodus as 7 employees quit, CFO and VP Engineering fired over Apple M&A leak
Online payments startup Clinkle, the subject of the largest seed funding in Silicon Valley history 2 years ago, has experienced another mass walkout of staff, with discontent over M&A activity as the cause
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May 13, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Trade the events! Invast launches thematic investment platform, PortfolioSelect
Invast Securities believes that everybody wants to get the inside word, the impact on their investments and the ability to pick winners and losers, therefore is introducing CFDs with specific themes including "Chinese Infrastructure Giants”, “Solar Power”, “Ageing Population Australia” and “Australian Iconic Brands”
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April 20, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Saxo Bank's Claus Nielsen speaks to LeapRate: Video and social media are the future
The virtues of video: "Video is the next best thing to being in person. At Saxo Bank, our digital ambitions are to facilitate investors’ insight into markets, trading strategies and, ultimately, the mind of the traders themselves" - Claus Nielsen, Head of Markets, Saxo Bank
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March 13, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
FCA confirms approach for financial promotions in social media - no misleading info
The FCA has ruled that all advertising campaigns conducted through social media should carry risk warnings, warns of the perils of image advertising, discourages spamming and confirms the legal points in sharing or forwarding communications
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November 13, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Antisocial media! SEC censures FX HYIP operators who exploited investors via Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter
Two Indian FX high yield investment plan (HYIP) operators have become the subject of charges by the Securities and Investments Commission in the United States for promoting an illegal scheme via popular social media sites
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August 06, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
The FCA opens consultation on use of social media in financial promotions
The Financial Conduct Authority has today launched a consultation which is intended to clarify its approach to the supervision of financial promotions in social media.
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August 04, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Bloomberg News ranks FXStreet’s Twitter profile among the top in its field
FXStreet News is ranked top worldwide among Twitter users of currency-market analysis, according to data compiled by Bloomberg based on followers, retweets and frequency of posts being tagged as a ‘favorite’.” This is part of an article published this week in Bloomberg News regarding FXStreet and its influence in foreign-exchange markets. FXStreet has been mentioned as…
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April 24, 2013 BY Gerald Segal
Fake AP White House terror tweet closes out many FX traders
Those trading equity indices using high leverage were closed out of positions on the way down. Tuesday's trading produced one of the oddest one-day price charts for the Dow Jones and S&P500 indices ever seen (see below). At about 1:07 EDT (New York time) an AP tweet stated "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and…
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May 21, 2012 BY Gerald Segal
Facebook – which Forex firms use it best?
eToro is the runaway leader in FX social networking.
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