Interdealer broker TP ICAP today provided an update on security vulnerability. The company says its security team is investigating the Log4j Java library remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228), also known as Log4Shell. This vulnerability was disclosed by the Apache Log4j project on Thursday 9 December, 2021. If exploited, it could potentially allow a remote attacker…
Electronic trading major IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announces that it has received notification that Tom Sosnoff, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR), transferred a total of 1,108,578 ordinary shares of 0.005p each on 9 December 2021, as a gift to trusts. The transfer was for estate planning purposes and the lock up arrangements on…
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Israeli business news source Calcalist is reporting that the going-public plan for Retail FX, CFDs, and crypto broker eToro via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Fintech Acquisition Corp V (NASDAQ:FTCVU) is in trouble – at least in its current format. According to Calcalist, the eToro-SPAC deal is unlikely to be completed in…
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National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest) was today fined £264,772,619.95 following convictions for three offences of failing to comply with money laundering regulations. Mrs Justice Cockerill, the sentencing judge at Southwark Crown Court, today said: ‘….it must be borne in mind that although in no way complicit in the money laundering which took place, the Bank…
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There have been rumors circulating in the FX world the past few days about a targeted hack attack against FX broker tech, liquidity, and hosting provider PrimeXM, specifically targeting its MT4/5 hosted servers. PrimeXM provides dedicated MT4/5 hosting and connectivity services for quite a number of FX and CFD brokers. The rumors have included multiple…
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Interdealer broker TP ICAP Group plc (LON:TCAP) announces that on 13 December 2021 a notification was received relating to a purchase of Ordinary shares of £0.25 each in the company. On December 9, 2021, Angela Crawford-Ingle, who is an Independent Non-executive Director of TP ICAP, bought 14,332 shares in the company at a price of…
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IEX Exchange today announced that Stan Feldman, a Co-Founder of IEX, was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Exchange. Mr Feldman will oversee day-to-day operations for IEX Exchange, including business analytics, market operations and product development. It was also announced that Matt Weinberg will assume the role of Head of Business Development for IEX…
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Swiss online trading firm Swissquote has updated its mobile trading app. The solution now features a new and improved trade screen for cryptos. The screen displays prefilled limit prices and offers a slider for easy quantity input. The app offers access to prices, graphics and financial information for a variety of trading products. It provides…
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Multi-asset trading and investment specialist Saxo Bank has released a new version of its OpenAPI, the backbone of trading platforms such as SaxoTraderGO. The latest version of the OpenAPI enhances the Corporate Actions service group by adding a new section. It is called “PaymentBreakdown”. Let’s note that the Corporate Actions service group provides resources to…
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Reactive Markets, developer of cross-asset trading and price streaming network Switchboard, has announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Michael Spencer backed Tradefeedr, a leading independent data and analytics provider. Under the partnership agreement Switchboard clients can choose for their Crypto and FX post-trade data to automatically stream to Tradefeedr. The new service…
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