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Swedish startup preps institutional digital currency marketplace and clearing house

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Swedish startup preps institutional digital currency marketplace and clearing house

A startup with $10 million in funding behind it has applied to Sweden's financial watchdog to become a regulated institutional foreign exchange and digital currency marketplace and clearing house.

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EBS to beta launch FX Outrights and Swaps on EBS Direct in Q4

EBS, ICAP's market-leading electronic FX business, announces today that it will beta launch FX Outrights and Swaps on EBS Direct in Q4 2015, subject to regulatory approvals.

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Currency Cloud names former Deutsche Bank CIO Mitchel Lenson as non-exec director

Currency Cloud, the international Payments Engine behind countless financial firms, is announcing the appointment Mitchel Lenson, former CIO of Deutsche bank and current Nationwide Board Member as a Non-Executive Director.

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Coinzone to launch web-based wallet

Coinzone, a leading Bitcoin payment solution provider dedicated to making it easy for European merchants and consumers to use and accept digital currencies, today announced it is poised to launch a new web-based ‘wallet’ that will let users send, receive, buy and sell Bitcoin.

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Independent Reserve launches first Australian multi-currency bitcoin exchange

Independent Reserve, the Bitcoin market, announced today that it had become the first Australian exchange to offer Bitcoin trading directly in both U.S. and Australian dollars.

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Credit Suisse goes live on FXSpotStream

FXSpotStream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced that Credit Suisse is now live as a liquidity providing bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service from FXSpotStream’s sites in New York, London and Tokyo.

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4th Story introduces LP analytics tools for FX

4th Story has introduced new tools to give FX brokers and traders valuable insight into their liquidity providers’ pricing.

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London Capital hosts FX trading platform with smartTrade

smartTrade Technologies, a global leader in multi asset, end-to-end trading solutions for Tier1, Tier2, regional Banks, Brokers and Asset Managers, has been selected by London Capital Group, a leading provider of online retail and private clients trading services, to deliver a fully automated and hosted FX trading platform.

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New appointments at Etrali

Brad Gorton and Paul Klebinder have been appointed managing directors of the UK & Ireland, and France & Italy, respectively at Etrali Trading Solutions, a voice-based trading software, compliance and communications company.

Bats moves into foreign exchange with Hotspot FX acquisition

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Bats moves into foreign exchange with Hotspot FX acquisition

Bats Global Market has acquired institutional spot foreign exchange market Hotspot FX from KCG Holdings in a cash transaction valued at $365 million.

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Broadridge acquires TwoFour Systems

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) has acquired TwoFour Systems LLC, a provider of real-time foreign exchange solutions for banks and broker-dealers, to address the rising demand for advanced FX and cash management technology among financial institutions.

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EBS signs for analytics-as-a-service from First Derivatives

First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, today announces that its Delta Stream product has been selected by EBS, ICAP’s market leading electronic FX business, as part of a new Data Analytics as a Service initiative.

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LMAX Exchange gives access to low latency, non ‘last look’ trading

UK-based technology firm, LMAX Exchange, today announced the launch of a matching engine in the Equinix IBX Data Centre in Tokyo (TY3). This will give brokers, asset managers, funds and banks in Asia Pacific access to LMAX Exchange at execution speed of less than 4ms.

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Icap to combine EBS and BrokerTec businesses

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, today announces that it will combine its electronic businesses EBS and BrokerTec.

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Integral launches FX Yield Manager

Integral Development Corp, a leading FX trading network, today announced the launch of FX Yield Manager™, the first FX risk management suite delivering all the functionality needed for FX banks and brokers to offer world-class market making services to their customers.

Travelex plans digital recruitment drive; sets up $25 million seed fund

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Travelex plans digital recruitment drive; sets up $25 million seed fund

Foreign exchange provider Travelex has amassed a £25 million digital growth fund to make strategic seed investments and technology acquisitions in the retail and fintech sectors.

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FCA fines five banks £1.1 billion for FX failings and announces industry-wide remediation programme

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed fines totalling £1,114,918,000 ($1.7 billion) on five banks for failing to control business practices in their G10 spot foreign exchange (FX) trading operations: Citibank N.A. £225,575,000 ($358 million), HSBC Bank Plc £216,363,000 ($343 million), JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. £222,166,000 ($352 million), The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc £217,000,000 ($344 million) and UBS AG £233,814,000 ($371 million) (‘the Banks’).

TransferWise sniffs $1 billion valuation as Sequoia Capital plots $50m investment

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TransferWise sniffs $1 billion valuation as Sequoia Capital plots $50m investment

Peer-to-peer currency startup TransferWise is in advanced discussion to raise $50 million from Sequoia Capital in a deal that would value the London-based company at close to $1 billion.

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Moscow Exchange selects DataSpace as primary data centre and services provider

Moscow Exchange, Russia"s leading exchange platform for equities, bonds, derivatives, currencies, money market instruments and commodities, today announced that it has chosen Moscow-based DataSpace as its primary data center facility and services provider.

EU regulators ask for FX traders' Facebook chats - Bloomberg

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EU regulators ask for FX traders' Facebook chats - Bloomberg

European Union antitrust regulators have asked banks to hand over the Facebook messages of foreign exchange traders, according to Bloomberg.

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