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UK's FCA Fines South Africa's Standard Bank Subsidiary £7.6 Million Over AML Failures
- One of Africa's largest banks, with extensive operations in 18 African countries, and in 13 other countries outside of Africa, had its UK subsidiary served a fine by the Financial Conduct Authority over AML failures.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 18:15 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
What LMAX's Launch of Ven Listing Means for Cryptocurrency
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 17:03 GMT by
Leon Pick
ParFX Will Allow Trading on the Platform Through Prime Brokers
- This unique "playing-field-leveling" institutional spot FX platform, launched by a consortium of major banks last year, will in a few months be open to Hedge Funds to trade on but with controls to deter HFT
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 16:38 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
iFX EXPO Asia Concludes Final Day, Attendees Reflect on Sophisticated Debate
- This year's iFX EXPO in Macau has concluded, and as attendees make their way from the evening party's networking and reflection on two days of high energy industry debate, Asia remains hot property in the FX industry.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 15:51 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Argentina puts restrictions on online shopping due to foreign reserves
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 15:01 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
Exclusive: Depaho Ltd Soaks Up FXGM as Cypriot M&A Activity Follows the Big Boys
- CySec has today announced that FXGM has renounced its CIF license, with FXGM stating that it has completed a merger with Depaho Ltd, resulting in the transfer of all staff, including CEO Gil Farhang.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 14:11 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
LMAX Exchange to Offer Trading on the Digital Currency, Ven- Is Bitcoin Next?
- The CEO of the FCA regulated FX Multilateral Trading Facility mentioned Bitcoin specifically as a possibility and said that Ven is the first digital currency to launch "but is also by no means the last".
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 12:31 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Google Funds an Advanced Artificial Intelligence Advisor for Financial Trading
- Kensho, a US-based firm that specializes in advanced cloud-based intelligent computing systems announced the raising of $10 million in funding for its voice-activated research assistant, tabbed ‘Warren’.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 10:16 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Saxo Bank Launches All New TradingFloor.com Social Trading Platform
- Launching in live beta today is Saxo Bank’s rebranded TradingFloor.com social trading platform. Called a "game changer" by the company's Co-CEO's, Saxo becomes the biggest broker to launch its own social platform.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 10:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Compagnie Financière Tradition 2013 Results Even Weaker Than 2012, Revenue Down 8.8% YOY
- The Swiss Group's Non-IFRS revenue from its Inter-Dealer Brokering business was down 5.2% in constant currencies compared to last year, while its retail Forex trading business in Japan was up 17.6% YOY.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 08:55 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
CySec Outlines Obligatory CIF Conduct, Highlights Illegality of Withholding Withdrawals
- Cypriot watchdog organization, has released a regulatory statement on the trading benefits to clients of CIFs rendering account opening and deposit bonuses useless as they can be withdrawn without trading.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 05:37 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
UBS, RBS in Talks with EU Antitrust Officials Over Swiss Franc Libor Probe
- UBS and three other banks, including RBS are negotiating with EU Antitrust officials to settle a third probe into the manipulation of benchmark rates, this time related to the Swiss Franc Libor rate.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 02:23 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
SpryWare Joins with Platform Provider LiquidityBook, Linking Brokers and Exchanges
- In a move that aims to link brokers and exchanges, market data technology provider SpryWare has announced its partnership with LiquidityBook, the trading platform provider specializing in trading services.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 00:53 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Bitcoin Spreads To Sin City: Two Las Vegas Casinos Accepting The Digital Currency
Wednesday, 22/01/2014 | 19:09 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
T-Mobile now offering a full set of banking services
Wednesday, 22/01/2014 | 17:48 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
KCG Capitalizes on US Consolidation, Announces an Additional $100 Million Debt Repayment
- Cost synergies unlocked by Knight Capital Americas rebranding as KCG Americas allows the institutional FX market maker to further pay down the debt created by its founding merger after devastating mistake.
Wednesday, 22/01/2014 | 16:27 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
iFX EXPO Asia 2014 Day 1 Review - Leveraging Up Among Vibrant Discussion
- The first day of this year's iFX EXPO has drawn to a close in Macau, as 1,500 senior industry figures reflect on a day of panel discussions relating to cutting-edge industry developments, and look forward to a vibrant second day ahead.
Wednesday, 22/01/2014 | 14:48 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
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