FX week in review: XTB owner cashes out, GODO licenses, Noemon launch, Match-Prime COO, CFI Chairman
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Weekly Review: Nigeria Proposes New CFD Rules; SVG Pauses Crypto Applications
Regulatory changes, business expansion and product diversification shaped a busy week across retail trading and fintech. Regulators in Nigeria and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines introduced measures affecting leveraged products and virtual asset businesses, while Deriv secured a banking licence in SVG. Elsewhere,...
Spotware's cBridge Adds Finmatek Compliance Solution for Multi-Platform Brokers
Spotware's cBridge has partnered with regtech company Finmatek to help brokers manage regulatory reporting under MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR, CRS, FATCA and other frameworks. cBridge, launched in March 2026 , is a standalone liquidity bridge with fixed infrastructure-based pricing. It connects brokers to liquidity providers...
J.P. Morgan Securities Fined $250,000 by FINRA Over Margin Disclosure Failures
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) has agreed to a censure and a $250,000 fine from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after the firm admitted to longstanding failures in its margin account disclosures, according to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (AWC) published by the regulator. According...
cBridge teams up with Finmatek to help brokers with regulatory reporting
cBridge has partnered with Finmatek, a regulatory technology and compliance solutions provider, to help brokers handle compliance requirements.
Paycode names Colin Digby its Chief Revenue Officer
Paycode today announced that Colin Digby, a seasoned industry veteran in global payments and FX, has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer.
New MT5 release comes equipped with more AI features
On Friday, September 4, 2026, an updated version of the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform will be released.
MetaTrader 5 AI Assistant Becomes a QA Engineer for Trading Bots
MetaQuotes released MetaTrader 5 Build 6180 on Thursday, September 3, 2026, extending the set of tools available to its AI Assistant. External AI agents connected via Model Context Protocol can now retrieve reports and logs from the Strategy Tester and analyse them. They can also initiate optimisation runs directly,...
Blackwell Global UK Loss Jumps Tenfold Despite Cost Cuts
Blackwell Global Investments' directors had been busy cutting expenses in FY 2025; still, the annual operating loss increased nearly tenfold as the UK-regulated broker continued to reshape its business after moving away from retail trading. Operating loss widened to £172,449 from £21,074, while the loss before tax and...
MOEX Adds Perpetual Futures Linked to U.S. Stocks
Russia's largest trading venue, Moscow Exchange (MOEX), announced the upcoming launch of 20 new perpetual futures contracts linked to major U.S.-listed companies. The underlying assets for the new derivatives are MOEX-calculated price fixings for foreign securities, including Tesla, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, AMD,...
Financial Commission Expels EBC Financial Group from Membership
The Financial Commission has stopped EBC Financial Group's membership. The broker was removed from the private dispute-resolution scheme after "numerous failures" to comply with the established rules and guidelines. The expulsion took effect on 31 August 2026, meaning that EBC Financial Group clients are no longer...
CoinShares announces listing of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs on Hargreaves Lansdown
Physically-backed BITC and ETHE now available to platform's two million retail investors, following the FCA's decision to lift the retail ban on crypto ETPs.
"No One Writes Code Manually Anymore at Deriv": CEO Rakshit Choudhary
"What matters to us is making Deriv a better, more efficient company, one that gives clients a real reason to stay with us." That is how Rakshit Choudhary, CEO of Deriv, frames the online broker's push to become what the company calls an AI-first business, a label that has become close to meaningless in an industry...
Nigeria Axes Binary Options In New FX and CFD Rules
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled an inaugural framework on Tuesday tailored for CFDs and forex. This marks another push toward stricter oversight in another African nation. Notably, the SEC intends to ban binary options entirely while curtailing traditional finfluencer marketing tactics and...
TradeLocker Adds TFB Bridge as Brokers Get Another Route to Liquidity
TradeLocker added TFB's Trade Processor liquidity bridge today (Thursday), giving its broker clients another route to external liquidity. The companies said the system connects to more than 100 providers and includes real-time risk analytics. TradeLocker clients can now pair its front end with TFB's order-routing and...
The Battle for Gold Traders Moves Overnight: 32 Accounts Charge, One Offers Positive Swaps
CFD brokers have spent 2026 extending gold trading into weekends and adding smaller contracts. Born2trade turned overnight financing into another competitive edge on Tuesday, advertising credits of up to $19.99 per XAU/USD lot and $2.99 per XAG/USD lot for eligible long positions. LMAX Group, Scope Prime, CMC Markets,...
Sucden hires UBS exec Harry Clarke as Head of FX Sales EMEA
The move comes soon after a group of Sucden FX sales executives moved to rival StoneX, including the Head of FX Sales, Mike Wilkins.
Sucden Financial Appoints Harry Clarke as Head of FX Sales, EMEA
Sucden Financial has appointed Harry Clarke as Head of FX Sales for EMEA, effective 1 September 2026. Clarke reports to Wayne Roworth, Global Head of FX at the multi-asset execution, clearing and liquidity provider. Clarke joins from UBS, where he spent more than eight years in FX sales roles, most recently as a...
CME Group Posts Second-Highest August Volume on Record
CME Group, the Chicago-based derivatives marketplace, reported its second-highest August average daily volume (ADV) on record, with 29.7 million contracts traded during the month, up 6% from August 2025. The gains were broad-based across asset classes, though interest rate products and metals stood out. Interest Rate...
Crypto Finance (Germany) GmbH Names Laura Hermann as Managing Director
Crypto Finance (Germany) GmbH has appointed Laura Hermann as Managing Director, effective July 1, 2026. The move rounds out the company's German management team, which also includes Moritz Weber and Christian Müller. In her new position, Hermann will focus on driving the company's strategic growth within the...
CFDs broker VARIANSE secures multi-year global trading sponsorship of Southampton FC
VARIANSE is controlled by its co-founders, brothers Rohit Mirpuri (CEO) and Anil Mirpuri (COO).
cTrader Added 121,000 YouTube Subscribers in 12 Weeks. Now It Wants AI Creators
cTrader's YouTube channel reached 221,000 subscribers today (Thursday), more than twice its previously announced milestone. Spotware is pairing the audience growth with a creator program focused initially on artificial intelligence in trading. The public channel displayed 221,000 subscribers when checked by...
Grupo Salinas selects Integral Digital to power Coinpro's institutional digital asset trading desk
COINPRO will use Integral technology to aggregate liquidity, automate pricing and support transactions between crypto and fiat currencies.
cTrader introduces cTrader creator program
cTrader introduces the cTrader creator program, a new initiative built to develop long-term partnerships with creators working in AI, coding, technology and trading.
Crypto Finance hires BlackRock exec Laura Hermann as MD Germany
Laura Hermann led business development for BlackRock's technology solutions across the DACH region and Eastern Europe.
Forex Is Becoming More Like Crypto Without Moving Onto a Blockchain
The future might not be a single blockchain-based financial system, but a series of traditional markets that increasingly function as crypto.
iFX EXPO Unveils Trader-First Format for Mexico as Global Trading Brands Confirm Participation
iFX EXPO has unveiled the expanded trader-first format for The Trading Festival Mexico 2026, designed to connect brokers and prop firms directly with Mexico's growing retail trading community. Taking place on 12 - 13 November at the World Trade Center Mexico City, the event is expected to welcome more than 3,000...
Déjà Vu at XTB: Founder Jakub Zabłocki Cashes In $410 Million More
Warsaw-listed CFD broker XTB confirmed yesterday (Wednesday) that its largest shareholder completed a sale of company stock through an accelerated bookbuilding process, the latest in a series of reductions stretching back three years. XX ZW Investment Group S.A., a Luxembourg-registered investment vehicle majority...
CME Group reports Henry Hub natural gas futures reaching new OI record
International derivatives marketplace CME Group today announced that its Henry Hub natural gas futures reached a new open interest record of 1,807,497 contracts on September 1, 2026.
Coinbase Launches Derivatives Contracts in Canada
Coinbase said Wednesday that it has launched regulated derivatives contracts in Canada, allowing eligible Canadian traders to access the products directly on its platform for the first time. Offered through Coinbase Financial Markets, the exchange said it is the first major crypto-native platform to offer direct...
VIDA Markets Names Michael Chen Head of APAC as Regional Hiring Takes Shape
VIDA Markets has appointed Michael Chen as Head of APAC, giving the FX and CFD broker a dedicated executive for its Asia-Pacific growth strategy. The company said Chen will focus on strengthening VIDA Markets' regional presence, building teams and developing long-term relationships with introducing brokers, affiliates...
StoneX hires Sucden execs Mike Wilkins, Ben Kleimunt to FX sales team
Ben Kleimunt spent three years at Sucden as Senior eFX and Precious Metals Sales Trader.
Alpaca Moves Index Options from Paper Trading to Live API Access
Alpaca has moved index options from paper trading into live trading, giving users access to Cboe-listed contracts including SPX, SPXW, VIX, VIXW, DJX and XSP through its Trading API and dashboard. The launch extends Alpaca's API-first infrastructure into a product set used by fintech startups, broker-dealers, hedge...
Montrеal Exchange Offers Retail Options Rebate, But Brokers Face $1 Fee Cap
Montrеal Exchange has launched a "bring a client, get a rebate" style promotion, offering to reduce trading and clearing fees to zero on selected retail options trades. The programme comes with a pricing condition: participating firms must charge retail clients no more than $1 per contract, including execution and...
CFI hires Exinity/INFINOX alum Victor Hugo Cotoski as MD Brazil
CFI earlier this year secured a Brazil Central Bank license, to operate as a securities brokerage firm in the country.
Coinbase introduces derivative contracts in Canada
Eligible Canadian traders can access regulated derivatives contracts on Coinbase.
XTB Slips on Final $5.3M Fine Despite STOXX 600 Entry, Still Up 140% This Year
XTB shares slipped 5% today (Wednesday) after the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) upheld a PLN 20 million (about $5.35 million) fine. The sanction covers customer checks, product targeting, conflict controls and CFD risk disclosures. Even after Wednesday's decline, XTB was up about 143% this year and only...
Exclusive: Daman Markets sales director Maria Shenouda departs
Maria Shenouda joined Daman Markets in Dubai in early 2025 as Vice President of Sales, following six years at Forex.com.
Euroclear and HSBC Partner to Launch Automated FX Service Ahead of T+1 Settlement Shift
Euroclear and HSBC have announced a strategic collaboration to launch AutoFX, a new automated foreign exchange service aimed at helping Euroclear's clients prepare for the move to T+1 settlement across European and UK securities markets. Unveiled on September 1, 2026, from Brussels and London, AutoFX is designed to...
Marex Expands Corporate FX Business into France
Marex announced the expansion of its Corporate FX business into France on Tuesday, extending institutional-grade foreign exchange risk management solutions to French corporates with exposure to international markets. The move builds on Marex's enhanced Corporate FX capabilities following its acquisition of Hamilton...
Not Only Advising: RUBIK Says It Now Makes Risk Decisions for Prop Firm Clients
RUBIK promoted Bryan Cycman to chief operating officer today (Wednesday) as it moves beyond consulting to run risk desks for prop trading firms. RUBIK says those desks make decisions for clients. That puts an external provider inside decisions that can affect payouts and account access. RUBIK says its work can include...
Euroclear and HSBC Automate FX Before Europe Cuts Securities Settlement to One Day
Euroclear tapped HSBC yesterday (Tuesday) to supply the pricing, conversion and liquidity behind an automated FX service embedded in securities settlement. AutoFX will initially support more than 30 currencies and is due in early 2027, the companies said. Cross-border investors must secure the currency needed to...
Transparency as a Feature: Building Long-Term Trader Confidence
Choosing a broker is one of the few decisions a trader makes that affects every trade afterwards. Spreads matter, platforms matter, and execution matters, though all three sit on top of something more basic: whether you know where you stand before you commit any money and whether the company holding your account will...
Born2trade Introduces Positive Long Swaps on Gold and Silver for Dynamic Account Holders
Born2trade , an international financial brokerage firm, has launched an exclusive promotion for clients holding Dynamic accounts: positive long swaps on Gold (XAU/USD) and Silver (XAG/USD). The promotion also includes zero overnight swaps for the selected US and European Index CFDs. Alongside both offers, the company...
ASIC Crypto License Applications Pass 45 Before September Deadline
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ( ASIC ) recorded more than 45 applications tied to digital-asset services, it said today (Wednesday). The count has increased by roughly half since ASIC extended its transitional licensing relief. Businesses relying on the regulator's no-action position have until...
Deriv Gains Banking License in SVG
Deriv has obtained a banking license from the regulator in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Its CEO, Rakshit Choudhary, highlighted that the move is "part of a broader push" to expand the contracts for differences (CFD) broker's jurisdictional reach globally. The move did not come as a surprise, as Finance Magnates...
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