Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
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.
February 2018
Millions of Android phones are victim of cryptomining for Monero
Anti-malware software company Malwarebytes claims that millions of Android phones have already been victim of drive-by crypto mining for the Monero (XMR) currency.
‘3 clicks and 40 secs’: Banco Santander to disrupt international payments with Ripple
Banco Santander announced that it will use Ripple’s distributed ledger technology in mobile international payments for personal customers.
deVere Group launches Crypto app as Bitcoin should “surge by 50 to 60 percent”
As cryptocurrencies face closer scrutiny ever since CFTC allowed the largest institutional exchanges in the world to list bitcoin futures.
January 2018 volumes: FXSpotStream, Cboe FX Markets, FastMatch, and Gain Capital’s GTX
January has provided a few record volume highs for some of the largest institutional FX trading venues, including FXSpotStream, Cboe FX Markets, and Gain Capital’s GTX.
Quantitative Brokers enhances premium algos and tools on the Bloomberg App Portal
Quantitative Brokers (QB) announced the enhancement of its premium execution algorithms and introduced a new trade simulation tool on the Bloomberg App Portal.
Line, SBI Holdings and Revolut launch cryptocurrency exchanges
As the cryptocurrency market increases in volume, more companies are launching digital currency exchanges able to deliver what crypto traders are looking for.
FlexTrade and StateStreet add BestX
MiFiD II came into force about a month ago but firms within the financial industry continue to integrate new MiFiD II-compliant tools and services.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.