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Geneva based Retail FX broker and bank Dukascopy has shared that its ChatBot allows full access to the Bank’s services. In this manner the Bank has achieved its first stage of reconstitution around the Dukascopy Connect 911 messenger and is opening up for projects involving artificial...

Not much has been heard from IEX since the Securities and Exchange Commission (much to our amazement) flipped the bird to the all-powerful HFT lobby and granted the exchange's request for a license, cementing IEX's status as the US's 13th stock exchange while also approving the company's vaunted ...

Retail FX group IronFX has announced that it will be sponsoring the 2018 ORC European Championship, which will take place in Limassol, Cyprus, between September 8th and 15th, 2018. As part of the company’s long established Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, IronFX announces their late...

Estonia based Retail FX brokerage firm Admiral Markets Group AS has announced that it has expanded its MetaTrader 5 offering. Company clients can now have access to 177 new ETFs on the Admiral.Invest account. ETFs are investment funds traded in an exchange, much like stocks. Any ETF is an asset p...

Estonia based Retail FX and CFD brokerage group Admiral Markets AS has announced that it has applied for a credit institution licence through the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority, which is currently processing the application. Admiral Markets said that it has made the application for a cr...

The unlawful obtaining of customer information or the unauthorized gaining of access to online accounts is a very important modern criminal activity that should absolutely not be taken lightly, especially in the FX industry which not only conducts its entire, global business via the internet, but...

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of August 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 79.5 trln last month. Turnover grew on the Derivatives Market (+15.1%), Equity Market (+10.9%), Bond Market (+8.9%) and FX Market (+3.1%). E...

Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just announced the appointment of Alex Howard as Managing Director, APAC (excluding China), effective September 3, 2018. In the newly created role, Alex Howard will be responsible for the overall strategic execution and performance of GAIN’s retail...

TransferMate Global Payments, the cross-border payments solutions provider, has just announced that it has partnered with Laver Cup to become the Official Foreign Exchange Specialist. The agreement will see TransferMate operate as Laver Cup’s exclusive foreign currency provider for all relevant s...

LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Hantec Markets has taken two major steps in the company’s continued development. ...

Less than a month after the New York Southern District Court ruled in favor of Dror Niv and FXCM Inc, now known as Global Brokerage Inc (OTCMKTS:GLBR), in a case related to the events from January 15, 2015, the legal ruling faces an appeal. As per a notice filed earlier today with the New York So...

The deal is announced about four months after the Japanese authorities issued a business improvement order against Everybody’s Bitcoin Inc.There has been some development on the M&A front of the Japanese virtual currency industry. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) has earlier today unveiled its decision to...

LeapRate has learned that Conor O’Driscoll, Deputy CEO and COO at FxPro UK, has departed the company, leading to an executive search to replace him. Mr. O’Driscoll was promoted to his position effectively heading the operations of Cyprus-based FxPro’s FCA licensed business in London in early 2017...

Crypto traders using eToro’s trading platform now have an additional coin to invest in. The multinational digital currency trading company announced on Aug 20 that it is adding IOTA to the list of coins available on its platform. IOTA is the 11th most popular cryptocurrency in the world by market...

Just halfway through its initial three month ban on offering binary options trading products in the EU, pan European financial regulator ESMA has announced that it will be extending the ban for a further three months. The initial temporary ban was finalized in March and came into effect on July 2...