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New Bill may finally make nationwide US online gaming a reality

Wednesday, 23/10/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Payments

Indian retail giant to take on local Ecommerce market.

Wednesday, 23/10/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Regulation

NFA Putting the Squeeze On AlphaMetrix, Forced to Pay $600,000 By November 1st

  • Following last week’s report that the NFA was removing AlphaMetrix360 as its third party vendor, the regulator has now notified its parent company, AlphaMetrix Group LLC that it has until November 1st to repay $600,000
Tuesday, 22/10/2013 | 09:16 GMT by Ron Finberg
Payments

PCI European Security Standards Council to meet in Nice

Tuesday, 22/10/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Regulation

Russia FX Regulatory Reform Continues as CBR Takes Over New Role as Financial Markets' Watchdog

  • This Wednesday the state DUMA is expected to review key Forex legislation which will affect subsequent regulatory implementation carried out by the Central Bank of Russia which recently assumed further authority.
Monday, 21/10/2013 | 19:23 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Regulation

Brokers Blame Australian Regulator for Unfairly Slamming Down Their Business

  • Australia’s main financial watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, issued a notification warning investors of the nature of foreign exchange trading. The notification comes after a regulated broker went into liquidation.
Friday, 18/10/2013 | 14:02 GMT by Adil Siddiqui
Brokers

CFTC Provides Relief to SEF applicants GTX SEF LLC and LatAm LLC Until November 19th

  • Relief extended by CFTC to recent swap execution facility applicants who requested to buy time via no-action letters, in wake of October deadline and overlapping government shutdown which delayed processing.
Friday, 18/10/2013 | 11:23 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Brokers

Executive Interview: Ran Strauss, CEO of Leverate Explains Technology Provision In FX

  • The evolution of technology within the FX industry has gained momentum over recent times, as demand for an expanding range of products increases. Ran Strauss, CEO of Leverate, details how to maintain a competitive edge.
Friday, 18/10/2013 | 06:47 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Execution

ITG Licenses TwoFour FX For High-Volume Trade Processing Capabilities

  • ITG has today announced that it has licensed TwoFour FX's front-to-back operations in order to improve high-volume trade processing capability.
Thursday, 17/10/2013 | 14:21 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Brokers

On Second Thought – Newly Minted CySec Licensed Firms Renounce Regulation

  • Back in July, Forex Magnates reported that a record 17 firms had been granted financial licenses by Cypriot securities regulator, CySec. We are now seeing that some of these firms are beginning to rethink these plans.
Thursday, 17/10/2013 | 08:28 GMT by Ron Finberg
Analysis

Aussie Rob Receives Five-Year Ban As ASIC Clamps Down On FX Training Software

  • Australian regulatory authority ASIC has today issued a five year ban to Robert Wilson for the misleading marketing and sale of software which indicates when to enter and exit trades with red and green lines.
Thursday, 17/10/2013 | 07:21 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation

UK Financial Watchdog FCA Confirms FX Market Manipulation Investigation

  • The alleged market manipulation carried out by participants in the FX markets has seen regulators take the case on-bard. The UK’s regulatory authority, the FCA, has officially confirmed it is investigating the matter in a statement today.
Wednesday, 16/10/2013 | 18:40 GMT by Adil Siddiqui
Brokers

Cyprus FX Firms Receive Cold Reception On Applying For Non-Cyprus Bank Accounts

  • Cyprus' large retail FX industry is beginning to experience increasing difficulties when applying for bank accounts in which to hold client money.
Wednesday, 16/10/2013 | 15:58 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation

Knight Capital To Pay $12 Million Penalty To SEC For Catastrophic 2012 Trading Incident

  • The Securities and Exchange Commission has today announced that Knight Capital Group has agreed to pay $12 million for violating the market access rule subsequent to an investigation relating August 2012's trading incident
Wednesday, 16/10/2013 | 15:53 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation

NFA Issues IBFX With $600,000 Penalty For FX Execution Reporting Inadequacies

  • Signaling a return to work for the NFA, IBFX has been censured for failing to report trade execution data between 2010 and 2011, a period in which it had applied to withdraw from NFA membership pre-Monex acquisition.
Wednesday, 16/10/2013 | 06:02 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation

Bank of Japan To Consider Local Private FX Sector To Manage Forex Reserves

  • The BoJ has nearly $1.25 Trillion USD worth of reserves which it may be considering to allocate a portion of to the local FX Industry in an effort to outsource some of its monetary policy efforts.
Tuesday, 15/10/2013 | 15:11 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Regulation

Market Manipulation Probe Continues: JP Morgan FX Trader Placed Under Spotlight

  • JP Morgan spot FX trader Richard Usher has today been named as one of the subjects of the FCA's investigation into manipulation of benchmarks, which is being conducted in conjunction with the FBI.
Tuesday, 15/10/2013 | 14:57 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Payments

Danal takes on payment processing for first Chinese online lottery site

Tuesday, 15/10/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Regulation

NFA Ousts AlphaMetrix 360 Due to Financial Woes, Monitoring System in Question

  • In a letter to FCMs, the NFA announced that it will no longer be using AlphaMetrix360 to collect segregated funds data. This occurs as AlphaMetrix is in the midst of a credit crunch, with its clients funds in question.
Monday, 14/10/2013 | 08:21 GMT by Ron Finberg
Regulation

FBI Steps In: United States Launches Criminal Investigation On FX Manipulation

  • Following recent investigations by the FCA and FINMA relating to FX LIBOR benchmark manipulation by financial institutions, the US has opened a criminal investigation on the matter involving the FBI.
Monday, 14/10/2013 | 08:17 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Payments

Dwolla puts the breaks on its Bitcoin-related services

Monday, 14/10/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Regulation

Spot The Difference: CySec Issues Warning Stating That Depaho FX Is Unregulated

  • CySec has today issued a warning to potential investors explaining that Depaho FX is not licensed to operate in its jurisdiction, and that it is a different company to similarly-named Depaho Ltd, which is regulated.
Thursday, 10/10/2013 | 15:38 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Brokers

Russia's Central Bank Widens Free-Float Range to 3 Rubles, Lessening FX Intervention Need

  • Russia's plan to float its currency by 2015 is becoming a reality and will lessen the degree of intervention in its managed foreign exchange regime and follows its new role of financial markets watchdog.
Thursday, 10/10/2013 | 08:20 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Regulation

Some Guys Just Can’t Keep Out of Trouble, Tracy Spaeth Arrested

  • Local Lubbock, Texas news source, Lubbock Online, has reported that Tracy Morgan Spaeth has been arrested this week and charged with “fraudulent sale of more than $100,000 in securities”.
Tuesday, 08/10/2013 | 19:21 GMT by Ron Finberg
Regulation

Effects of US Government Shutdown on FX Industry: CFTC Asks NFA to Update Members

  • The CFTC is currently operating with limited scope following the governmental shutdown, and has informed NFA to send a message on its behalf to members. Antideficiency Act provides relief for CFTC & SEC Continuity.
Tuesday, 08/10/2013 | 14:10 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
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