SETL, the UK-based , today announced the opening of a Paris office. The new office will be led by Pierre Davoust, formerly Deputy Head of…
Posts published in February 2017
ADS Securities Hires Former Goldman Sachs Regional Head in Abu Dhabi
One of the heavyweight FX and CFD brokers in the Middle East, ADS Securities, has hired Adam Clayton, a Goldman Sachs managing director, to take…
Major Banks and Tech Companies Form the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Major financial and technology firms have teamed up with blockchain startups to form the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). The organization seeks to augment Ethereum, enabling…
iPayYou Founder Gene Kavner Joins Chain of Points Board of Advisors
Chain of Points, a , has appointed Gene Kavner to the company’s board of advisors. Kavner is CEO and founder of , a Seattle-based Bitcoin wallet. He…
FFAJ’s OTC FX Volumes Rebound in Q3 2016, Still Stagnant YoY
The Financial Futures Authority of Japan (FFAJ) today published its latest report on financial futures transactions which includes retail FX and over the counter (OTC) contracts,…
Pepperstone’s Trading Operations in the UK Temporarily Suspended
Pepperstone, an Australian online retail foreign exchange (FX) broker, has suspended trading across its UK trading arm, Pepperstone Limited, immediately halting operations for clients, according to…
Israeli Police: We Will Go After Payments Providers of Binary Options
Following the banning the international marketing of binary options from Israel, an interesting meeting just took place. The Israeli parliament’s State Control Committee (government oversight) convened…
Italy’s CONSOB Warns Investors of Binary Option Broker GMoption
La Commissione nazionale per le società e la Borsa (CONSOB), an independent statutory body set up to help police the Italy’s domestic securities and futures…
NEX Exchange, part of NEX Group, an operator of a UK stock exchange for small and medium companies, has announced a new senior appointment to…
NZD Flat vs. USD, Lower vs. EUR & JPY amid Unfavorable Fundamentals
The New Zealand dollar was almost flat against its US counterpart but fell against such currencies as the euro and the Japanese yen amid underwhelming domestic macroeconomic data and the unfavorable general…