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.
January 2018
PoP Stater Global Markets MetaTrader 5
Stater Global Markets, a London-based Prime of Prime brokerage, announced that MetaTrader 5 is now part of the platform options for clients.
GAIN Capital launches bitcoin trading in Australia and Singapore
As cryptocurrencies keep surging, retail and institutional foreign exchange brokers are adapting to the new market by providing users with new offerings.
Dash available in over 10,000 retailers in Spain
Dash, the 11th cryptocurrency by market cap according to Coinmarketcap, is partnering its way into the retail market in Spain.
December & 2017 Volumes: FXSpotStream, Cboe FX, GTX, and FastMatch
FXSpotStream ADV at $19.5 billion in 2017, up 7% FXSpotStream, the multibank FX aggregation service, reported a weaker trading month to close the year 2017.
December 2017
Roboforex rebrands to RoboMarkets due to crypto trading
Cyprus-based Forex & CFD broker RoboForex is announcing its rebranding to RoboMarkets as cryptocurrencies gain momentum in the online trading industry.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.