Singapore’s Retail CBDC Challenge Announces 15 Finalists
The competition created by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) aims to develop retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) solutions.
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.
August 2021
AffiniPay Embarks Next Growth Phase With New CTO And CEO
AffiniPay has appointed Bryan D. Thompson as CTO and Dru Armstrong as CEO as the provider of online payments for professionals keeps expanding its footprint.
eToro More Than Doubles Key Metrics On The Back of Crypto Trading
eToro Group has reported extremely strong numbers in Q2 2021, including growth of 136% in net trading income (YoY).
Cardano (ADA) Selects Coinfirm for AML/CFT Analytics
Cardano Foundation has selected blockchain analytics provider Coinfirm to enhance security by deploying advanced AML/CFT analytics on its blockchain ecosystem.
FXCM Announces Commission-Free Trading of Australian Shares
FXCM has added Australian shares to its commission-free Single Share CFD offering, the retail FX, CFD, and crypto broker announced.
Marnix van Stiphout Named COO of ING: Explains Role Across The Financial Industry
ING has appointed Marnix van Stiphout as chief operations officer and chief transformation officer (COO/CTO), taking up his position on 1 September 2021.
ASX’s CHESS Project “Was Not Ready to Go-Live”, Says IBM Australia
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) suffered an outage on 16 November 2020, triggered by a major upgrade to its equity trading platform, ASX Trade.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.