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.
November 2018
Stater Global Markets Taps Ashraf Agha as Strategic Advisor
Stater Global Markets, an FCA regulated Prime of Prime brokerage, has appointed FX industry veteran Ashraf Agha as a Strategic Advisor to the company.
October 2018
MetaQuotes Upgrades MetaTrader 5 Terminal
MetaQuotes, the Russian software company known for its online trading platforms MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, has announced a number of upgrades to its MT5 terminal.
OANDA Appoints Former IG Group CEO As Chairman of the Board
OANDA has appointed industry veteran Tim Howkins as Chairman to its Board of Directors.
Tools for Brokers Opens Office In Bangkok, Thailand
Tools for Brokers decided to open the office in Bangkok following a sharp increase in the number of clients in southeast Asia.
FXOpen Launches MT5 for ECN Trading Accounts
FXOpen, a leading retail foreign exchange broker, has announced ECN trading and interbank liquidity via MetaQuotes Software’s new platform MetaTrader 5.
Steve Wozniak Joins Blockchain Powered VC Firm EQUI Global As Co-Founder
Steve Wozniak has joined VC firm EQUI Global to head up technology investments and help find and coach the next big technology firms.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.