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US District Court Slaps RBS With $50 Million Fine For Interest Rate Manipulation
- The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been sanctioned with a $50 million fine by the US District Court of Connecticut for its role in the interest rate manipulation of Japanese securities known as Libor.
Tuesday, 07/01/2014 | 01:03 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Saxo Bank Looks to the East, Offers Kuna Crosses and Baht Discount
- A new offering of Croatian currency crosses to serve Eastern European investors by Saxo, plus another move to attract South East Asian traders after recently launching a Gold cross with the Thai currency.
Monday, 06/01/2014 | 12:19 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
ATFX Wins the "Best CFD Broker" Award Again
- ATFX excels with its customer-centric approach and high-quality financial services
Friday, 25/11/2022 | 15:37 GMT by
ATFX
Leverate Jumps On The Binary Options Bandwagon. New BX8 Platform Includes Bitcoin
- FX technology provider Leverate has today announced the launch of BX8, its binary options platform which includes integrated social trading functionality. Is it able to carve out a viable market share?
Monday, 06/01/2014 | 08:00 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
New Face Of Electronic Document Analysis: CSA Announces Agreement with CGI Information Systems
- The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has agreed to terms with CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc., transitioning to a new era of electronic document analysis and dissemination.
Saturday, 04/01/2014 | 17:04 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Canadian Watchdog Competition Bureau Quits Libor Probe After Targeted Investigation
- The Competition Bureau announced today that is discontinuing its three-year probe into whether several leading banks colluded to manipulate the Japanese yen London Interbank Offered Rates (Libor).
Saturday, 04/01/2014 | 08:28 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
IntercontinentalExchange 2013 Record Futures Volumes, FX Volumes up 22% YoY, Down MoM
- The Group Traded under the ICE symbol, on the NYSE, has reported December totals for certain of its product lines under a key subsidiary, including its ICE FX full-year volumes up 22% YoY, Down 12% MoM for December ADV.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 15:46 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Saxo Bank Traded $3.5 Trillion in 2013, December Volumes Drop, Deposits Hit $8 Billion
- The multi-asset broker offering a wide range of instruments and products, has today reported its December 2013 metrics which had tapered as the year closed-out, while its client deposits rose to their highest for the year.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 15:10 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Thinking CFDs, ThinkForex Expands CFD Offering With Six New Index-Based Instruments
- The ASIC-regulated online trading broker under the name TF GLOBAL MARKETS (AUST) PTY LTD, has just announced that six new CFDs will start trading next week, based on certain US, European, and Australian underlying indexes.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 12:37 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Unified trading ecosystem from UTIP
- The UTIP Mobile is all-in-one app
Friday, 25/11/2022 | 14:41 GMT by
UTIP
Bank Indonesia Transfers Certain Regulatory Duties To Its Financial Services Authority
- The Jakarta-based financial service authority OJK got its powers bolstered, thanks to a deal with the central bank of Indonesia made on New Years Eve, which gives it authority over banking institutions, as Forex fate uncertain.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 10:19 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
FINRA Highlights Brokers' Integrity, Cyber Security in 2014 Manifest
- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released its annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities letter, warning of a plethora of risk factors and issues that could affect markets in 2014.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 07:08 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Interactive Brokers Completes 2013 With December Metrics. DARTs 6% Down
- Interactive Brokers reflects on a profitable year overall, with December 2013's metrics demonstrating a significant increase compared with the end of 2012, but a 6% decrease daily average revenue trades MoM.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 20:13 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Pay Up! CFTC Issues President Of Russian Bank With $250,000 Penalty For False Statement
- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission brings the new year in by issuing the President of a Russian bank with a $250,000 monetary penalty for reporting irregularities regarding a JPY FX options trade.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 17:38 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Exclusive: Hong Kong-Based Fraudsters Clone Delta Financial Markets Website To Dupe Clients
- Fraudulent attempts to relieve clients of retail FX firms of their money appear to exist outside of the FX industry itself, as Delta Financial Markets discovers a false website imitating the firm to gain client deposits.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 16:19 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Knight Capital Americas Gets Renamed KCG Americas, Unlocks Cost Synergies
- The NJ-based operator in both US Equities and Foreign Exchange markets, through its diversified businesses, has consolidated post-merger related entities to unlock cost benefits as its renames a key business segment.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 14:13 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Quick review: Dacxi Chain use case highlights
- Get to know Dacxi before its 2023 launch
Friday, 25/11/2022 | 14:04 GMT by
Finance Magnates
2014 Forex Industry Predictions: M&A, Regulation, and Digital Currencies
- Following last year’s popular 2013 predictions post, the team at Forex Magnates have come up with our newest forecasts for this year. See what we think about coming IPOs, M&A activity, regulation, and of course, bitcoins.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 10:58 GMT by
Ron Finberg
NFA Reporting After CFTC Ruling Aimed To Increase Investor Confidence With Registrants
- After the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ruled on final regulations pertaining to how customer's funds are treated, the NFA has informed its members on their respective reporting obligations set to go into effect.
Wednesday, 01/01/2014 | 21:55 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Alpari, FXCM and Plus500 Increased UK Market Share Despite Contraction in 2013
- A Leveraged Trading Report for 2013 by Investment Trends based on a study of 13,185 British investors, came up with interesting findings about the UK's Spread Betting, FX and CFD Markets for the past year.
Wednesday, 01/01/2014 | 13:41 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
A Year In Retrospect: 2013 Heralded High Hopes, Technological Developments, M&A, & A Bank Run
- On the final day of 2013, reflection upon a year of record volumes, technological advancement, debate and M&A activity likely fills the boardrooms of FX firms. Forex Magnates reviews the highs, lows and points of interest.
Wednesday, 01/01/2014 | 10:13 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
A Gentle Reminder: CFTC Issues No-Action Relief Letters to FCM Compliance Departments
- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued two no-action relief letters to FCMs detailing that they are not required to register as swap dealers with the CFTC, and that the fiscal year ends today.
Tuesday, 31/12/2013 | 19:44 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Why Should The Financial Sectors Give A Chance To Robotic Process Automation?
- Is automation inevitable?
Friday, 25/11/2022 | 13:23 GMT by
FM
After Getting Blocked in Indonesia, FBS Joins Russian CRFIN
- Russian based forex broker, FBS, has announced that they have received membership into the country’s forex SRO, CRFIN. The news comes after the were recently included in a list of banned forex sites by Indonesia.
Monday, 30/12/2013 | 18:19 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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