Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire – Financial trading software provider, Ariel Communications has signed an agreement with tradable to develop a range of new apps for the innovative trading platform.  As part of the agreement, Ariel has been appointed as a Certified App Developer for tradable and can develop high quality, bespoke apps for brokers across the globe.

UK based Ariel Communications has an 18 year track record in the financial trading software industry and an experienced team of 16 in-house developers.  Having been at the forefront of developing highly complex, award-winning Apple and Android mobile trading apps, Ariel is ideally placed to partner with tradable.

Since launching with its open app store model last year, tradable has approved 100 apps for use on its platform. The apps have all been custom-made, designed to appeal to all types of traders.

The first four apps to be developed by Ariel for tradable will go live in the middle of November. They include World of FX, Personal Currency Exposure, Order Templater and Trade Notebook.

Simon Cox, CEO of Ariel Communications comments, “Partnering with best of breed players in the industry is a key element of our new strategy. Working collaboratively allows us to bring new innovative products and services to the market faster. This approach gives Ariel and its partners the ability to shape the future of the retail FX sector. With its customisable app based model and App Store Ecosystem, tradable is undeniably the leader in open, next generation platforms and we are very excited to be working with them.”

Jannick Malling, CEO of tradable adds, “Since launching as the industry’s first open platform, we have realized that it’s not just about the quantity, but the quality of the apps that are available for our platform. The platform is being rolled out by some of the world’s leading brokers including GAIN/Forex.com, Monex Group in Japan and IC Markets in Australia – and as our momentum continues to build, we remain focused on maintaining that quality by working with best of breed app developers to help us to deliver a choice of powerful apps to traders. Ariel is a very credible app developer, with a great deal of expertise. They are ideally placed to work to develop unique apps for brokers which can be added to the tradable platform and give brokers a competitive edge.”

tradable is a ground breaking open API front-end trading platform. Voted the most innovative financial product at the ForexMagnates Summit in London 2012, tradable allows traders to create a completely customised online trading platform using third-party apps to fully define their trading experience. For further information, visit www.tradable.com

Ariel Communications Ltd has been a market leader in developing spread betting and foreign exchange software systems since 1995. Today, Ariel provides financial institutions with everything from individual software components to entire trading platforms. These are available ‘off-the-shelf’ or ‘turnkey’, stand alone or seamlessly integrated within a customer’s existing system. www.arielcommunications.com