Bankable, an enabler of global payment solutions, has announced the appointment of Richo Strydom as its new Chief Operating Officer. Strydom, a seasoned financial technology…
Posts published in January 2017
Exclusive: CySEC Head Meets Israeli Watchdog Chairman in Cyprus
An interesting meeting occurred today in Cyprus. The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) head Ms. Demetra Kalgerou met her Israeli counterpart Prof. Shmuel Hauser,…
FCA Warns of Clone Firm Pretending to be ICE Futures Europe
The United Kingdom’s financial markets watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), today exposed another fraudulent entity, this time bringing to light the clone firm Liffe…
Today’s finance organisations are riddled with fragmented manual processes and CFOs are increasingly concerned about undetected errors (including their own), lack of collaboration and accountability…
The price of Bitcoin has fallen sharply today after the Chinese central bank confirmed rumours that it is investigating the operations of China’s bitcoin exchanges…
Equinix, a global interconnection and data centre firm, today announced that global financial cloud infrastructure provider, Beeks Financial Cloud, has deployed on Equinix’s Cloud Exchange…
Nasdaq Dubai, a Dubai-based stock exchange that lists regional and international shares in the Middle East, has seen the acting regulatory framework of Dubai Financial…
Bitcoin services provider has now been rebranded as Luno, but the firm remains committed to its cryptocurrency base. Founded in 2013, the startup focuses on the…
Banks Instructed to Cover Tracks of China’s Forex Regulator: Reuters
Just over a week after concerns were raised about whether China’s were capital controls in a disguised form, Finance Magnates has learned that China’s foreign…
XTB’s CEO Jakub Maly Parts Ways With Group
X-Trade Brokers (WSE:XTB), a foreign exchange (FX) brokerage and recently listed addition on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has dismissed longtime executive and Chief Executive Officer…