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PayRetailers Acquires Payment Company Transfeera
- The acquisition was a strategic move for PayRetailers to expand its business in Brazil.
Friday, 24/05/2024 | 11:01 GMT by
FM
Gain Capital to acquire Interbank FX
- Forex Magnates sources reveal that Gain Capital is about to seal the deal with Interbank FX. No information is yet known and neither company confirmed the information - naturally because Gain is a public company.
Tuesday, 27/09/2011 | 14:21 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Forex Magnates is now available in Japanese
- As part of an ongoing Forex Magnates network expansion Forex Magnates is now available in the Japanese language - jp.site13.miydim.com. Along with the recently launched Chinese Forex Magnates and the quarterly retail forex report (Q3 will become available in about 2 weeks) this is one of many more upcoming changes. I hope this will help my many Japanese readers access the Forex Magnates information more easily.
Tuesday, 27/09/2011 | 10:51 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
FXDD acquires Irish Forex Broker Frontier FX
- This is one of the first acquisitions for FXDD who until now hasn't made many. Frontier FX's acquisition for FXDD is probably a way to quickly access an advanced multi-bank electronic trading platform rather than gain a list of retail forex clients
Wednesday, 21/09/2011 | 12:30 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
FXDD Announces Four New Currency Pairs for Retail Traders including USD/CNH
- FXDD, a leader in online Forex trading and education, today announced the addition of four new currency pairs available to all retail currency traders: United States Dollar/Offshore Renminbi (USD/CNH)
Tuesday, 20/09/2011 | 20:04 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
FXall IPO - more details
- Getting listed seems to be the new trend for Currency brokers. 2010 saw two of the leading names in retail FX float their firms on the New York Stock Exchange thus sending shock waves in the industry. The industry at large is fighting a tough battle to 'clean' up the FX markets.
Monday, 19/09/2011 | 23:02 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FXAll (FX Alliance) files for an IPO
- FX Alliance Inc. ("FXall"), today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.
Monday, 19/09/2011 | 17:01 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Hotspot FX volume jumps 130% year on year but only 1.5% month on month
- Unlike FXCM who yesterday reported double digit volumes growth month-on-month and year-on-year Hotspot FX posted only a moderate month on month growth for August but more than impressive year on year growth.
Friday, 16/09/2011 | 10:04 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
FXCM's August 2011 Monthly Metrics - Crazy August means volumes are up!
- As we already know August was one crazy (volatile) month. This means two things - brokers will report volumes higher than the average and many traders will have lost money. We'll see this reflected both in the public brokers' data, such as FXCM below, and in this quarter's profitability report (due in October). Not surprisingly FXCM shows a very strong growth in volumes, especially institutional ones, amid slow growth in number of accounts.
Thursday, 15/09/2011 | 21:11 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Comparing FX brokers - same milk different bottle!
- Traders often look to compare brokers which is a natural human tendency. Once you are with a broker and make use of their services you use them as a benchmark when looking at new firms to trade with.
Wednesday, 14/09/2011 | 23:11 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FXCM to Acquire Japanese Forex Broker Foreland Forex Co., Ltd.
- FXCM has just annouced that its fully owned subsidiary FXCM Japan has agreed to acquire another Japanese broker named Foreland Forex (https://www.foreland.co.jp/). Details of the transaction were not disclosed at this point but we show see more in the next FXCM's quarterly report.
Wednesday, 14/09/2011 | 18:33 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
WSJ: BNY Mellon Forex Trades Cost Pensions
- WSJ continues its zealous coverage of the BNY Mellon investigation. With Bank of New York Mellon Corp. under growing scrutiny by regulators for its trading practices on behalf of pension funds, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows that the bank executed some currency transactions for two large public pension funds in a way that could trigger higher costs.
Wednesday, 14/09/2011 | 08:06 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Saxo Bank announces new offshore Renminbi CNH trading facility
- Saxo Bank just announced that it will now allow offshore renminbi trading against the USD. Saxo thus is joining the likes of HSBC and BMO who already allow this type of trading. As we already mentioned few times, it may be a sign of China opening up for retail forex trading in the near future. FX Options and swaps can already be traded onshore.
Tuesday, 13/09/2011 | 08:17 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
A new US retail forex broker is born - OptionsXpress registers as an RFED
- As expected OptionXpress has registered as an RFED with the CFTC and will soon become open for retail forex business. XPRESSTRADE, LLC (www.xtfx.com) is capitalized at $22,841,980 and already has $17,720 in retail forex customers obligations. OptionsXpress is the second 'traditional' broker to start offering retail foreign exchange after TradeStation.
Monday, 12/09/2011 | 12:43 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
CFTC sues 11 more firms for accepting US retail forex clients
Thursday, 08/09/2011 | 17:56 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
TradoLogic Proud to Announce Launch of New Brand XPmarkets
- XPmarkets is the newest brand launched by TradoLogic, the world's leading binary options platform provider. The new trading platform will primarily target the French market, aiming to teach end-users to become professional traders.
Wednesday, 31/08/2011 | 14:00 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
TPG Capital buys 30% of Saxo Bank valuing it at $1.87 Billion
- TPG Capital, the private equity firm started by David Bonderman, bought a 30 percent stake in Denmark’s Saxo Bank A/S, and plans to expand the asset manager and online trader in emerging markets, Bloomberg reports.
Friday, 26/08/2011 | 08:23 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
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