The Barclays Accelerator, a program for fintech startups presented by Barclays and Techstars, has announced that they are expanding their program to Tel Aviv, Israel,…
Posts published in October 2015
FXCM Reports Weak Retail Metrics for September
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) has just released certain key customer trading metrics for September 2015 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business. The report shows that…
UBS to Pay $19.5 Million Over Hedging Own FX Index
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced today that UBS AG has agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle charges that it made false…
Blockstream, an emerging crypto startup focusing on the development of ‘sidechains’, has unveiled the first solution for them: Liquid. The idea of sidechains is to…
ACM Gold’s License Reinstated by South African Watchdog
Finance Magnates has learned that the South African regulator, the Financial Services Board (FSB), has today reinstated the trading licence of ACM Gold and Forex Trading…
Short-Term Outlook for US Dollar
The holiday period in the United States has ended, and economic data from the USA will be released to the markets again. Let us see what factors will be affecting the US dollar…
LME Denounces EU Regulation as Damaging to the Market and Traders
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has released a white paper slamming the upcoming European Union (EU) regulations as damaging to its trading specialty. The venue says that the risks in…
Citadel Securities Joins FastMatch, Executes First Disclosed Trade
FastMatch today announced that it has executed the first fully disclosed trade between counterparties over its platform. The trade was executed between an undisclosed global…
Foreign exchange (FX) veteran Daniel Beale is once again on the move, this time parting ways with GAIN Capital to take up a new senior…
Canadian Dollar Follows Crude Oil in Decline Yet Again
The Canadian dollar yet again followed crude oil price in decline. Yet the currency’s losses were not big as the decline of oil was limited itself. Crude oil extended yesterday’s decline…