Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.

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TigerWit Opens Office In Dubai As Part of Expansion to Africa and Middle East

TigerWit has opened a "sales and customer service center" in Dubai, UAE, in a move that further expands the broker's fooprint in the region. The new office will include a team of sales, marketing, and…

6 Crypto Exchanges Account for 89% of Market Share – Report

CryptoCompare has updated its Exchange Benchmark, based on a comprehensive methodology assessing counterparty, operational, trading, and security risks. The Top-Tier cryptocurrency exchanges among more than 150 global spot exchanges, were assigned AA-E grades to help…

Australia

Binance Restricts Trading In Australia After ASIC Warning

Binance has announced that, with immediate effect, users from Australia will be restricted from opening new accounts for options, margin products, and leveraged tokens. Users from Australia were already restricted from opening new futures accounts…

BISON

Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto App BISON Announces Limit Orders

Boerse Stuttgart Group continues to launch new features on its crypto trading app, BISON. This time: limit orders. The app has announced the introduction of limit orders so its users can set a price at…

TNS Expands Connectivity Across 11 Countries And 23 Exchange In APAC

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has expanded its low-latency backbone across the APAC region, offering access to most Asian exchanges including Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), Singapore Exchange (SGX), and Japan Exchange Group (JPX). Employing…

Australia

ASIC Warns Crypto Investors of Unlicensed Brokers And Exchanges

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned Australians of investing in crypto-asset-related financial products, such as options and futures, through unlicensed entities for its lack of protection. ASIC recommends investors to only deal…

London

BCB Group to Deploy Napier’s AML Solutions for Compliant Crypto Payments In UK

BCB Group is about to deploy Napier's anti-financial crime compliance solutions Transaction Screening and Transaction Monitoring as part of a partnership between both firms. The anti-money laundering tools flag any suspicious activity as it happens…

Religare Broking Launches US Stocks for Investors In India

Religare Broking has partnered with Vested Finance to introduce foreign stock markets on its broking platform for Indian customers. The brokerage firm boasts over one million clients who have now gained access to international stocks,…

Stock Exchange of Thailand Goes Big on Data: SMART Marketplace

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has launched an online data platform to help investors analyze and make investment decisions more efficiently. "SMART Marketplace" allows investors to receive securities and derivatives data, such as tick…

Nature

ESG Increasingly a Deal-Breaker for Clients – Kearney Report

Environmental and social issues are a very important factor when choosing their banking provider to almost half of consumers, according to a report released by Kearney, which found one in four European consumers are likely…