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.
April 2020
FINANTEQ Announces Digital Bank Branches for Free During Pandemic
FINANTEQ, a software firm focused on digital banking channels", has announced banks will have access to two of its solutions for free during the pandemic.
Dove Wallet Deploys Chainanalysis AML Tools for Compliance
Chainalysis partnered with Childly, a cryptocurrency finance services startup, to provide support for Dove Wallet, its global cryptocurrency wallet service.
Freetrade Announces Crowdfunding Round in May 2020
Freetrade has announced a new crowdfunding round via Crowdcube. The app has partially funded its operations from the community ever since launching in 2016.
Simon Greenwell Named Non-Executive Director, Liquidnet Europe
Liquidnet has appointed investment research expert Simon Greenwell as a Non-Executive Director on the Liquidnet Europe Limited Board.
CFH Provides Liquidity to Gold-i Network of Hedge Funds and Asset Managers
CFH, part of Playtech's Tradetech Group, has joined the Gold-i Matrix NETwork so that its multi-asset liquidity is made available for institutional clients.
DEX Tests Crypto MTF and Custodian Platform With Exactpro
DEX has partnered with Exactpro, a specialist firm providing independent functional and non-functional testing for leading securities exchanges globally.
Aquis Exchange Deploys big xyt Liquidity Cockpit for Analytics
Aquis Exchange is implementing big xyt's Liquidity Cockpit to support market structure analytics used internally by the exchange and for their clients.
David Thorpe Appointed Non-Executive Director of Microgen-Touchstone Merger
Microgen Financial Services and Touchstone Wealth Management announced a merger, appointed David Thorpe as a non-executive director of the combined group.
Equiti Capital Expands Liquidity Distribution Network Through Your Bourse
Equiti Capital partnered with Your Bourse, to expand its liquidity distribution network. It will now gain access to clients already utilizing the platform.
Diginex Selects Itiviti’s FIX Order Routing Network for Crypto Trading
Diginex has selected Itiviti's NYFIX connectivity amid growing demand from institutional investors, who wish to include digital assets in their portfolios.
TradAir Launches Anonymous Liquidity Trading Solution With Credit Provision
TradAir has gone live with a new service, TA1, to facilitate liquidity trading in foreign exchange. The TA1 solution will allow its customers.
Crypto Finance AG Raises CHF 14 Million In Bid to Attract Asian Investors
Crypto Finance raised CHF 14 million investment led by Swiss investor Rainer-Marc Frey and the Asian-based private equity fund Lingfeng Capital.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.