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 2019
FastMatch Rebranded Euronext FX as Asian Expansion Continues
Euronext has rebranded its FastMatch into Euronext FX as a new step in the further integration of its (ECN) for Foreign Exchange (FX) trading.
LMAX Digital Obtains DLT License from Gibraltar
LMAX Exchange Group has been granted a DLT Provider License which allows subsidiary LMAX Digital to offer fully-regulated cryptocurrency exchange services.
Spotware Launches cTrader Package for Startup Forex Brokers
Spotware Systems has announced the launch of cTrader — a fully supported solution for startup retail forex FX and CFD brokers.
eToro Launches Regulated Crypto Exchange With 8 Fiat-Stablecoins
Toro cryptocurrency exchange was finally launched.
Compliance Constraints Led to More Trade Finance Rejection Rates, Says Report
Technology, regulatory revision, compliance are seen as potential approaches that could help to narrow the trade finance gap.
CMC Markets Adds Seven Cryptocurrencies, Cuts Spreads by 50%
CMC Markets has updated its cryptocurrency offering to include seven new digital currencies, taking the total number of coins available to trade to twelve.
Coinbase Launches Visa Debit Card in UK, European Card Coming Soon
Coinbase Launches Visa Debit Card in UK, European Card Coming Soon, Currently only available in the UK, Coinbase plans to expand the debit card.
Arab Bank (Switzerland) Deploys Integral’s Mobile App
Integral provides Arab Bank with its end-to-end FX solution since 2014. The bank has turned to Integral to develop a mobile trading app.
Machine Learning is Critical to Success in the Future, Survey Found
Use of machine learning is pervasive across financial community and is critical to its success in the future, according to researchers.
Torstone Acquires Percentile to Add Risk Management Solution
Torstone has closed a deal to acquire Percentile, a provider of real-time, cloud-based risk and compliance technology to global financial markets.
Deutsche Bank to Offer LCH Group’s Clearing Service
Deutsche Bank has gone live as the first German bank to offer client clearing via CDSClear, LCH Group's CDS clearing service.
Xena Exchange Launches Free Desktop Terminal for Crypto Trading
Xena Exchange has launched a desktop terminal for customers which is aimed at traders looking to test paper trading, try new strategies and order types.
New York State Grants BitLicense to Crypto Exchange Bitstamp
Bitstamp USA Inc., a subsidiary of Bitstamp Ltd., was granted a virtual currency license from the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS).
TradingView Acquires API Infrastructure TradeIt
TradingView has acquired fintech API TradeIt in order to allow its over 10 million monthly active users to trade through major U.S. brokers from anywhere.
Virtu and MarketAxess Plan to Join Forces on ETFs and Fixed Income
Virtu and MarketAxess Plan to Join Forces on ETFs and Fixed Income, The effort, which is expected to launch in the third quarter.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.