Posts published in January 2016

Entities that have recently applied for registration on the New Zealand Financial Services Provider Register (FSPR) will be aware of the lengthy process that this has…

The South African rand tumbled today, demonstrating the biggest drop among most-traded currencies and touching the historic low. The reason for the dive was yet more bad news from China. The Shanghai Stock…

After staying quite stable around the $430 mark since the new year started, the price of bitcoin (BTC/USD) has today reached $450 for the first time…

Today, the Australian dollar declined for the fourth day in a row against the US dollar and the sixth session versus the Japanese yen. Economic data from Australia was mixed, giving no edge to the currency,…

Saxo Payments and SafeCharge (AIM: SCH) have today announced a new partnership which they say will see SafeCharge gain a competitive edge, enabling it to offer…

TradAir, a provider of foreign exchange (FX) front office HTML5 trading optimization solutions and services, has expanded its operations to Singapore, culminating in the opening…

The Canadian dollar dropped today against its major counterparts, dragged down by falling prices for crude oil. The general risk-negative sentiment on the currency markets added to the weakness of the loonie. Futures for crude oil…

The US dollar fell against the euro and the Japanese yen today as minutes of the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting were relatively dovish. The greenback retained gains against most other major currencies…

Gem, a blockchain platform service provider, has captured $7.1 million via Series A funding, led by an assortment of partners, including Pelion Venture Partners, KEC Ventures,…

Earthport, a cross-border payment provider in the UK, has appointed Peter Klein as its newest Global Head of foreign exchange (FX), whose appointment is tendered…