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.
June 2018
Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange Opens to 300 Traders In Soft Launch
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), a new cryptocurrency exchange based in Gibraltar (UK), has announced a soft launch for its platform.
May 2018
ICE to Acquire TMC Bonds for $685m In Cash
Intercontinental Exchange has announced that it has agreed to acquire TMC Bonds LLC for $685 million in cash.
ING Bank Launches Developer Portal for Corporate Clients And Fintechs
Developer portals are becoming a widely accepted approach by banks to accelerate innovation as it promotes new dynamics with external developers.
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg Deploys Avaloq Banking Suite
Avaloq remains a popular choice for banks and wealth managers when it comes to digital and core banking software solutions.
Huobi Exchange Launches Cryptocurrency Business School
The cryptocurrency ecosystem keeps on evolving, producing new disruptive products, and assuming greater public responsibility.
Twitter’s EarlyBird Service for Financial Industry Available on Mobile
Market EarlyBird has announced the availability of a native mobile client for EarlyBird, a read-only and anonymized Twitter service.
US-Based Fintechs Join Finastra’s FusionFabric.cloud
Finastra announced that its FusionFabric.cloud open platform is open for business and four early adopters, all US-based fintech companies, have joined the infrastructure.
Stock Certificates Endangered By Initial Coin Offerings, Study Says
Greenwhich Associates have published a report that studied how regulated initial coin offerings could transform the market structure.
Admiral Markets Launches ESMA-Compliant Trading Account
Admiral Markets, a leading retail foreign exchange brokerage group, has introduced a new account compliant with the French CFD regulatory requirements.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.