FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that leading Australia based Retail FX and CFDs broker IC Markets has inked a deal to sponsor six leading Bundesliga clubs, as part of a major move into European football. The transactions were brokered by France based sports marketing agency Sportfive. The agreement will see IC Markets become a sponsor…
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Leading technology company Microsoft has expanded its global payments relationship with Worldpay from FIS (NYSE:FIS). Worldpay will provide online credit and debit card processing for Microsoft online store fronts including Xbox, Microsoft Advertising, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Microsoft has been working with Worldpay in Latin America…
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Barchart, a provider of market data and trading technology to active traders and investors, announces the launch of Barchart for Excel. Barchart for Excel is a Microsoft Exce add-in that allows users to access extensive sets of price, technical, and fundamental market data across stocks, options, futures, currencies and crypto inside the flexible and powerful…
North American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex), a part of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), has released an interactive quiz allowing traders of all experience levels to discover their trading style. Nadex explains that each trader is unique and various trading styles fit different characters. The new personality quiz from Nadex aims to determine what trading style…
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Retail FX broker and currency data and analytics company OANDA has announced the appointment of Lisa Shemie as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Responsible for overseeing the firm’s legal function worldwide, Shemie will also sit on the executive committee from her base in New York. An accomplished financial services lawyer with more than 20 years…
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Japanese online trading Monex Group, Inc (TYO:8698) has announced its plans concerning Tokyo Stock Exchange’s new market segments. Monex says that it received the results of the initial assessment of its compliance with the listing standards of the new market segments from the TSE. The broker is in compliance with the listing standards of the…
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FNG Exclusive… During a year which saw many of its competitors report record trading volumes, revenues and profits, ADS Securities London Limited – the FCA regulated UK arm of UAE-based FX broker ADSS – went in the opposite direction. FNG has learned via regulatory filings that ADSS UK saw a 38% decline in Revenues in…
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Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Lau Tin Yau, a former relationship manager of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (SCBHK) and former execution dealer of UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Limited (UOB) and UOB Kay Hian Futures (Hong Kong) Limited (UOB Futures), from re-entering the industry for life. The disciplinary…
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Online brokerage firm UP Fintech Holding Limited (NASDAQ:TIGR), also known as Tiger Brokers, today announced that it has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to complete the acquisition of Ocean Joy Securities Limited (OJSL). Ocean Joy Securities is a firm licensed with the SFC for Type I (Dealing in Securities)…
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Westpac Banking Corporation announces that Steven Harker has decided to retire from the Board. Mr Harker joined the Board in March 2019 and has been a member of the Board Audit, Board Legal, Regulatory & Compliance and Board Remuneration Committees. Mr McFarlane, Chairman of the Board, said “On behalf of the Board, I would like…
