Forex firm shut down for fraud, CEO jailed, but now open again and seeks investments
May 11th, 2017
MMA Forex which duped hundreds out of millions of dirhams seeks investments all over again as CEO returns after more than 3 years in jail Nearly five years after it was shut down and its Pakistani CEO subsequently convicted ...
$25 Billion in 30 Days: Are Cryptocurrencies in a Bubble?
May 11th, 2017
The combined market capitalization of all public cryptocurrencies has surged nearly 80% over the last month, as more than $20bn worth of new investment dollars has flooded the nascent market. In roughly 30 days alone, the market cap for ...
Dollar hits eight-week highs vs. yen, kiwi tumbles
May 11th, 2017
The dollar edged lower after notching an eight week high against the yen on Thursday in Asian trade, while the New Zealand dollar tumbled after its central bank suggested a tightening was further out than markets had priced in. ...
Altcoin Surge Ends; Bitcoin Continues to Shine toward $1,800
May 10th, 2017
The altcoin surge has ended. After climbing for the past seven days, the majority of altcoins fell today while bitcoin has continued to rise. Ripple, which yesterday replaced Ethereum for the number two cryptocurrency based on market cap, fell ...
Asia Stocks Rise; Yen Gains
May 10th, 2017
China shares in Hong Kong surge, Kospi drops after election S&P 500 futures slip as Trump fires FBI boss James Comey Asian stocks resumed a rally as Hong Kong shares jumped to a 21-month high. U.S. stock-index futures slipped ...
Breaking: BaFin restricts CFD trading
May 9th, 2017
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) today issued a General Administrative Act pursuant to section 4b of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz – WpHG). The General Administrative Act restricts the marketing, distribution and sale ...
COMPLIANCE OFFICER & ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING OFFICER
May 9th, 2017
Overview: Trade Finance is in our DNA. For more than 10 years, XTrade has helped global traders with access to the world’s largest and most liquid market. By offering the most innovative trading tools, hiring the best trading educators, ...
Bitcoin is soaring to high levels
May 8th, 2017
Global stock indexes are not the only asset class making new highs on a daily basis. Cryptocurrencies — specifically bitcoin — are soaring to fresh levels as well. Despite two major setbacks for bitcoin in 2017, it has soared ...
Business cycles are credit cycles
May 7th, 2017
This article gets to the heart of why central banks’ monetary policy will never succeed. The fundamental error is to regard economic cycles as originating in the private sector, when they are the consequence of fluctuations in credit. It ...
The European Commission proposes simpler and more efficient derivatives rules
May 7th, 2017
The European Commission is today proposing some targeted reforms to improve the functioning of the derivatives market in the EU. The reforms provide simpler and more proportionate rules for over-the-counter derivatives to reduce costs and regulatory burdens for market ...