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TechFinancials Inc: Contract Wins and Senior Management appointment within OptionFair
April 27th, 2015
TechFinancials (AIM:TECH), a software developer that supplies simplified trading solutions to online brokers, is pleased to announce its recent contract wins and a senior management appointment within OptionFair. Recent Contract Wins Since its successful admission to AIM (the “Admission”) ...
BitGo and Genesis Trading to build institutional bitcoin trading platform
April 27th, 2015
BitGo, the leading bitcoin security platform, today announced that it has partnered with Genesis Trading, the first broker-dealer in the US, regulated by FINRA and the SEC, to specialize in trading bitcoin. BitGo and Genesis Trading will work together ...
ValueStream Expands FinTech Funding Up to $1.5M for Select Startups
April 27th, 2015
ValueStream is excited to announce an expansion in our FinTech funding for companies in the ValueStream Development Lab, a startup accelerator purpose-built to service the needs of innovative technology and data providers to the Financial Services industry. With our ...
Nasdaq to settle Facebook IPO lawsuit for $26.5 million
April 27th, 2015
In a first for a U.S. stock exchange, Nasdaq OMX Group on Thursday agreed to pay $26.5 million (17.60 million pounds) to settle a class-action lawsuit involving its bungling of Facebook Inc’s $16 billion initial public offering, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said. ...
Blocked Bitcoin Websites Fight Government Censorship in Russian Court
April 27th, 2015
Bitcoin websites blacklisted by the Russian government brought their case before a judge today in an attempt to overturn a decision that has restricted domestic access to their domains. Members of bitcoin news website BTCsec.com and exhibition company Smile Expo were reportedly in ...
Dubai Financial Market profit plunges 69 per cent over oil worries
April 27th, 2015
The Dubai Financial Market, the UAE’s biggest stock exchange, said its first quarter profit slid 69 per cent as investor concerns over oil prices dampened trading volumes. The DFM, which makes most of its money on trading commissions, said net ...
Central Banks Will Be Busy This Week, But Their Ability To Boost Global Business Is In Doubt
April 27th, 2015
Most big central banks have been easing policy since the beginning of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, which has pushed stock markets to record highs, will help ...
Greek PM still in talks with Merkel over a debt deal
April 27th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a phone conversation yesterday to maintain contact during talks between Athens and its lenders to reach a debt deal, a Greek government official said. “During their communication, ...
Deutsche Bank reports first quarter 2015 net income of EUR 559 million
April 27th, 2015
Group results Income before income taxes (IBIT) of EUR 1.5 billion, a decrease of 12% from 1Q2014 Core Bank IBIT, which excludes the Non-Core Operations Unit (NCOU), of EUR 1.9 billion, down EUR 360 million from the prior year ...
Dollar on defensive after more weak U.S. economic data
April 27th, 2015
The dollar started the week on the defensive on Monday after more disappointing U.S. economic data reinforced expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will not hike interest rates any time soon, while concerns about Greece‘s debt talks pressured the euro. ...
