Harborx, a mobile-only forex brokerage regulated in Cyprus, has presented the its mobile trading app at the FinovateAsia 2017 fintech expo that took place in Hong Kong earlier in November.
At the event Harborx Chief Strategy Officer Jacqueline Chong and Chief Technology Officer David Sung presented a live demo of the new version of the Harborx app, showcasing the latest gamification features - the Leaderboard and Achievements. In the company’s own words, those features set apart its trading app from other similar platforms of other companies.
According to David Sung, Harbors’s app is more like a financial game. “We took trading and made it exciting through gamification, the way it was never done before”, he said.
In addition to the standard trading options and features, the Harborx app allows traders to copy the trades of “Star Traders”, compete for ranking and weekly prizes and bonuses and get rewarded as they move through the ranks with Missions and Achievements. Prizes can be withdrawn in cash.
The app also offers interactive forex trading tutorial.
Harborx App is available both for iOS and Android devices and clients can sign up with Facebook, Google or via e-mail. Traders can compete with their Facebook friends and other traders.
The app is developed by Harborx Limited, a Hong Kong fintech that is regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC).