Currensee Announces Relationship with Thomson Reuters IFR Markets
Delivers Institutional Quality Data to Retail Forex Traders through Currensee Marketplace
Boston, MA – February 4, 2010 – Currensee Inc., the first Forex trading social network that connects traders from around the world based on real-time trades, today announced a relationship with Thomson Reuters IFR Markets, the world's most authoritative source of real-time financial markets commentary and analysis.
As a result, Currensee members can now purchase exclusive widgets featuring Thomson Reuters IFR Markets trade and market data from the Currensee Marketplace, the trusted source for Forex-related products and services. The widgets deliver professional-level trade data and analysis that is typically only available through brokers or large institutions. They include:
The Currensee Thomson Reuters widgets are delivered instantly through the member’s personal dashboard on Currensee. For a limited time, Currensee members have the opportunity to purchase the Thomson Reuters IFR Markets widgets at introductory pricing, including individual two-week trials, and a bundled discount for all three exclusive widgets, all starting at just 20 Currensee Bucks. To take advantage of the Thomson Reuters IFRM Markets widget offer, Forex traders can join Currensee at www.currensee.com/thomsonreuters. Introductory pricing is for a limited time.
“We are excited to make these exclusive Forex widgets available to retail traders,” said Dave Lemont, CEO of Currensee. “Our traders are always looking for trusted sources for Forex-related products or services. We are passionate about providing them with high-caliber resources and our relationship with the Thomson Reuters IFR Markets team gives our members access to unique widgets featuring information from the world’s leading provider of market data and analysis.”
Currensee brings trust and transparency to Forex trading collaboration by enabling members of its trader network to see each other’s actual trading strategies and performance to make more informed trade decisions. The new Thomson Reuters IFR Markets widgets support this goal by providing Forex-related products and services that help traders round out their trading skills and knowledge with reputable data, analysis and information from expert sources all in one place.
“The evolution and complexity of the retail segment has become an increasingly more important factor in the overall Forex market, creating a broader demand for highly specialized quality information,” said Frank Sannella, Head of IFR Markets at Thomson Reuters. “The Currensee platform makes our industry-leading market analysis and trade data available to retail Forex traders around the world. Our market intelligence and the innovative Currensee platform is a winning combination.”
About Currensee:
Currensee brings trust and transparency to retail Forex trading. The Currensee trading social network connects retail Forex traders from around the world, so they can share and collaborate on actual trading information in real-time. The unique Currensee Social Indicators ™ aggregate the wisdom of the network and provide a new approach to Forex market analysis and trade decision-making. Currensee provides real-time support for over 100 Forex brokers (including Alpari, dbFX, Forex.com, FXCM, FXDD, FX Solutions, IBFX, MB Trading and many more and is a member of the National Futures Association. Currensee is funded by North Bridge Venture Partners and the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, visit us at www.currensee.com. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/currensee) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/currensee).
About Thomson Reuters:
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.
For more information, please contact:
Jenna Brown
Inkhouse Media + Marketing
781.791.4558
currensee@inkhouse.net
Harold Reid
Thomson Reuters PR Specialist Financial Services
646.233.7842
Harold.Reid@thomsonreuters.com