{"id":16255,"date":"2012-04-27T14:14:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16255"},"modified":"2012-04-27T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:14:31","slug":"saxo-bank-opens-an-office-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/27\/saxo-bank-opens-an-office-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Saxo Bank opens an office in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Saxo Bank is a well known name for anyone who&#8217;s associated with Forex. \u00a0Today I was driving to the Limassol Income Tax Office, past the new KPMG building, when I noticed the new sign of Saxo Bank on the second floor of that building. \u00a0I was a bit surprised. \u00a0Sure, I&#8217;ve heard the rumors that it was coming, but nothing more. \u00a0I don&#8217;t follow Forex news too much, but I&#8217;m sure I would have heard of it.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, during the lunch break at the office, while catching up with the news, I noticed <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.cyprus-mail.com\/cyprus\/saxo-bank-opens-its-doors\/20120427\">the announcement in Cyprus Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SAXO Bank, the specialist in online trading and investing, yesterday announced the opening of its new office in Cyprus which will provide Cypriot investors access to international financial markets.<\/p>\n<p>The office \u2013 the Danish bank\u2019s 22nd &#8212; is located in Limassol and will serve as a regional business centre covering the whole of Central and Eastern Europe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think now we can officially call Limassol &#8211; the capital of the Forex industry.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Saxo Bank is a well known name for anyone who&#8217;s associated with Forex. \u00a0Today I was driving to the Limassol Income Tax Office, past the new KPMG building, when I noticed the new sign of Saxo Bank on the second floor of that building. \u00a0I was a bit surprised. \u00a0Sure, I&#8217;ve heard the rumors that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/27\/saxo-bank-opens-an-office-in-cyprus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saxo Bank opens an office in Cyprus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22,109],"tags":[2815],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","category-limassol","tag-forex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":155806,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/19\/lavrion-corfu-sailing-day-0-cyprus-to-greece\/","url_meta":{"origin":16255,"position":0},"title":"Lavrion &#8211; Corfu sailing: Day 0 &#8211; Cyprus to Greece","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, is the start of the new adventure. 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