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.
May 2020
FalconX Raises $17 Million to Support Growing Institutional Demand for Crypto
FalconX has secured $17M to fund the introduction of new products to support growing institutional demand for cryptocurrency.
Bitfinex Launches Institutional Grande Custody Solution With Koine
Bitfinex has launched an institutionally oriented post-trade service in collaboration with London-based Koine, delivering an efficient trading environment.
Vietnamese HDBank Joins Blockchain-Based Network Contour
HDBank is the latest financial institution to join Contour and marks the first bank in Vietnam to be part of the Contour's trade finance network.
WFE Publishes Market Highlights of Q1 2020 and FY 2019
The WFE has published its Q1 2020 and full-year 2019 market highlights, with the aim of helping to better understand the intensity of the COVID-19 pandemic.
eToro Bullish on Bitcoin as Halving Event Approaches Inbox
eToro's analyst Simon Peters says halving event could not only see price of bitcoin rise but it could also result in a whole new brand of crypto investors.
Adox Research Recognizes Temenos Multifonds Global Accounting
The Adox survey compares up to eight vendor solutions across eight metrics in order to help firms select the relevant shortlist of solution providers.
Larry Tabb Joins Bloomberg as Head of Market Structure Research
Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of market-structure consultancy TabbGroup, has joined Bloomberg, according to his LinkedIn profile.
TigerWit Reports Record Revenue of $27.5m in Q1 2020 (YoY)
TigerWit has achieved record revenues of US$27.5m for their financialyear ended 31st March 2020, up 24% from 2018/19, according to anofficial statement.
IHS Markit Acquires Catena Technologies for Undisclosed Sum
IHS Markit has acquired Catena Technologies, a global regulatory trade reporting firm based in Singapore, for an undisclosed sum.
VTB’s Online Trading Service Expected to Attract 1 Million Clients
VTB has launched a service for buying stocks via online trading and without visiting a branch which is expected to increase the number of VTB clients.
NatWest Renews Partnership with Artesian’s CRM
NatWest, a commercial bank in the UK which is part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group since 2000, has renewed its partnership with Artesian Solutions.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.