Search Results for: foreign exchange
The Next Financial Crisis Won’t be Like the Last One
September 16th, 2015
It seems increasingly likely the next Global Financial Meltdown will arise in the FX/currency markets. Central banks are like generals: they tend to fight the last war. The Great Financial meltdown of 2008 was centered in too big to fail, too ...
Fired Currency Traders Won’t Leave Quietly
September 16th, 2015
Six lawsuits filed in London by FX traders emerged last month Banks also faced employee suits after Libor scandal lay-offs As banks try to clean up trading floors beset by benchmark-rigging scandals, not all fired workers are leaving quietly. ...
PBOC opens onshore fx market to central banks
September 15th, 2015
The People’s Bank of China said Monday it would allow foreign central banks to trade in the country’s foreign-exchange market, echoing a promise made by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the World Economic Forum last week. The central bank ...
FXCM Completes Sale of FXCM Hong Kong to Rakuten Sec
September 15th, 2015
FXCM to Pay an Additional $33 Million Owed to Leucadia FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, announced that Forex Trading, LLC, a subsidiary of FXCM Newco, LLC (“FXCM”) has completed its sale of FXCM Asia ...
Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace adds Credorax merchant acquiring bank to partner portfolio
September 11th, 2015
Partnership leads to even faster time-to-funding for Credorax Merchants Saxo Payments today announces that Credorax, the global digital merchant acquiring bank, joins First Data, Tuxedo Money Solutions, Valitor and Allied Wallet, as a partner in the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace. ...
Kcg Launches Direct-To-Client Market Making Relationship, Acknowledge
September 11th, 2015
Combines Advanced Technology with Increased Transparency and Accountability to Drive Enhanced Long-term Liquidity Strategies Acknowledge Execution Protocols to be Made Publicly Available for All Asset Classes KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) announced today the launch of KCG Acknowledge, a direct-to-client ...
Citi shared central bank info with clients: ex trader
September 11th, 2015
Citigroup sent details of its central bank customers’ trading activity to another client and handed out details of its foreign exchange order book to customers in electronic chatrooms, a former foreign exchange trader said in a witness statement to ...
Deutsche Boerse’s Asia plans hit by turbulence, tech woes
September 11th, 2015
Financial market turbulence in China and software problems have prompted Deutsche Boerse to delay its planned Asian derivatives exchange and clearing house by about 18 months, three people familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The German exchange operator ...
FXCM Receives NYSE Notification Letter
September 10th, 2015
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) (“The Company”) a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, announced that it was notified on September 3, 2015 by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE “) that it is not in compliance with the continued listing standards ...
EBS BrokerTec licenses FX Bridge’s FX options software
September 9th, 2015
EBS BrokerTec, ICAP’s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, announces today that it has licensed software from derivatives trading technology company, FX Bridge Technologies Corp. The software will allow EBS BrokerTec to develop a relationship-based FX ...
