Citi Exits Retail Banking in Japan but Stays Strong in Commercial Activity
- In selling its Japanese retail banking unit to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Citi followed through on their earlier plans to offload the business and focus their Japanese efforts on commercial banking.
Sunday, 28/12/2014 | 10:30 GMT by
Ron Finberg
eToro and Markets.com End of the Year Updates: New Platforms and Brands Coming
- End of the year updates from eToro and Markets.com point to continued activity from both brokers in 2015 including new trading brands, mobile platforms, social trading offerings, and asset types.
Thursday, 25/12/2014 | 08:21 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Ruble Desks Closed, Is Russia Headed for a Repeat of 1998?
- As withering liquidity and surging volatility have made the talk of a repeating Ruble Crisis louder, analysts discuss similarities and differentiators in Russia's current financial and geopolitical standing.
Thursday, 18/12/2014 | 22:01 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Global FX Average Daily Volumes in 2014 to Reach $5.5 Trillion: Report
- In a report titled “Global FX Market Update 2015: Growth Spurts and Electronification Roadblocks” , the Aite Group lays figures revealing the affects of electronic trading to boost FX industry volumes.
Thursday, 18/12/2014 | 12:40 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Ruble Liquidity Dead as Interbank Market Dries, LMAX next to Suspend Trading
- Trading in the ruble has 'quieted' down a bit today, but liquidity remains a problem as trading of the currency on several major platforms remains suspended or limited today.
Wednesday, 17/12/2014 | 13:54 GMT by
Ron Finberg
P2P Lending Fire Ignited following LendingClub IPO as OnDeck and Lendable Raising Funds
- Non-bank lending platform operator, OnDeck, is set to go public today with a greater than $1 billion valuation after shares were priced last night. The deal follows LendingClub's successful IPO last week.
Wednesday, 17/12/2014 | 11:56 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Ruble Carnage Continues as Brokers Halt Trading, Cut Margin
- Despite customers reporting problems at several brokers, traders on the whole are benefitting from the spike in prices. Some brokers have indicated to Forex Magnates that their clients are overwhelmingly long.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 17:29 GMT by
Ron Finberg
New Zealand Adds Yuan to Key Index Reducing USD Exposure. This is Why You Should Care
- The reshuffle of the Trade Weighted Index reflects New Zealand's bilateral trading partnership with China, along with a broader trend that may spur oil producers to trade in non-dollar denominated crude oil products.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 09:04 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Bitcoin Innovation Continues as Sector Integrates with Fintech Industry
- Bitcoins aren’t just about anonymous payments with presenters at Fintech Aviv showing that the technology is quickly evolving to encompass core services provided by the financial industry.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 09:31 GMT by
Ron Finberg
New Product Review: Don't Settle for Average, Simply Wall St Wants You to Beat the Market
Sunday, 14/12/2014 | 22:01 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Cross Liquidity Settlement and Clearing Arrives to Bitcoin Trading
Friday, 12/12/2014 | 11:18 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Future of Finance Is P2P as LendingClub Goes Public with $5.4B Valuation
Thursday, 11/12/2014 | 14:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Flexvee Crowdfunds to Create the Future of Digital Advertising with Bitcoins
Thursday, 11/12/2014 | 10:40 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Exclusive: Commerzbank Winding down FXPB Services as It Reallocates Resources
- Commerzbank's FXPB unit gets winded down as the bank aims for 'addition by subtraction' in its Market Services business which includes clearing, custody, collateral solutions, and trade repository services.
Wednesday, 10/12/2014 | 15:18 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Royal Forex Trading Taps Andrew Taylor as CEO of New Australian Regulated Office
- Lebanese Royal Forex Trading has announced the launch of a new Australian regulated brokerage business. Leading the AU office is Andrew Taylor who was appointed to the role of CEO, previously the COO of Invast Financial Services Australia.
Wednesday, 10/12/2014 | 12:54 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Exgate, Bitreserve and JSC Caufex Partner to Bring Settlement and Clearing to Bitcoin Trading
- Bringing cross participation settlement to bitcoin and other cryptocurrency trading, Exgate, Bitreserve, and JSC Caufex have partnered in a collaboration of their technologies.
Wednesday, 10/12/2014 | 09:31 GMT by
Ron Finberg
eToro Confirms $27 Million Funding Round with Ping An Ventures and SBT Venture Capital
- Chinese Ping An Ventures and Russian SBT Venture Capital come aboard as new equity shareholders for eToro as the broker announces a new $27 million founding round to accelerate its global expansion.
Wednesday, 10/12/2014 | 08:17 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Nissan Century Securities Boosts Managed Services with SunGard Partnership
- Aiming to increase automation of order processing in its managed services products, Nissan Century Securities has partnered with SunGard Financial for deployment of the Valdi and Stream Clearvision products.
Tuesday, 09/12/2014 | 13:48 GMT by
Ron Finberg
IronFX Rumored to Plan a US-Based IPO – the Questions to Be Asked
- While IronFX is certainly a big enough market player for such an attempt, the location it has reportedly chosen and key issues concerning the global broker's structure cast some doubts about its potential success.
Tuesday, 09/12/2014 | 11:23 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Virtu’s Non-Equity Trading Business Set to Expand as Singapore’s Temasek Holding Buys a Stake
- Singapore state investor Temasek Holding is taking a minority stake in Virtu Financial through a purchase of a portion of Silver Lake Partners ownership in the electronic trading firm.
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 16:26 GMT by
Ron Finberg
You Can Now Buy IG Group Shares in the US on the OTC Markets Group Platform
- Shares of IG Group are being made available as an ADR on the OTC Markets Group platform. The listing adds liquidity to their ADR and awareness to their brand, which could be a precursor to more activity in the US.
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 14:30 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Copy Trading for Angel Investors, SyndicateRoom Tops £15M in Crowdfunded Deals
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 11:02 GMT by
Ron Finberg
InovanceTechnologies' Machine Based Learning Platform, TRAIDE, Launched to Public Beta
- Adapting its machine learning trading algorithm for the retail trading industry is InovanceTechnologies release of TRAIDE. The product allows traders to filter for the best combinations to create automated strategies.
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 10:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
CFH Group Expanding Solutions with 50% Purchase of Tradimo Interactive
- CFH Group will begin to offer marketing solutions within its suite of broker related products following news that it has acquired a 50% stake in Tradimo Play, a trading education website for the forex industry.
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 06:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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