FX week in review: Prop Firm Match cookie stuffing, Capital.com in Singapore, MultiBank hires #2, cAntifraud launch
FXCM senior executives started to find new roles at other brokers following FXCM's recent sale to Trade Nation and AvaTrade.
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Weekly Review: Prop Firm Match Loses Partners; eToro to Expand in Argentina
The week brought significant developments across retail trading, fintech and financial regulation. Prop Firm Match faced a growing backlash from prop trading firms over its affiliate tracking practices, while eToro agreed to acquire an Argentine fintech business as it continued expanding through acquisitions....
OANDA Hires a Former FCA Case Manager to Run Its Global Compliance
Joanna Wilcox has joined OANDA as Global Chief Compliance Officer, the broker confirmed. She also serves as a Director of OANDA Europe Limited, the group's UK entity. In the global role, Wilcox oversees compliance across all of OANDA's regulated entities worldwide. OANDA said she joins from Tradu and FXCM. Her...
OANDA Japan reschedules termination of MT4 support
OANDA Japan Inc today announced changes to the planned schedule for the termination of the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform support.
OANDA Japan Accelerates MT4 Retirement, Citing Security Breaches and Legacy Vulnerabilities
OANDA Securities has accelerated the retirement of MetaTrader 4 (MT4) service in Japan, moving the platform's termination date forward by two weeks to November 14, 2026. The broker has explicitly cited recent security breaches and mounting cyber risks within external VPS environments as the catalyst for the timeline...
BGC Group's Quarterly Profit More Than Doubles on Record Revenue and Fanatics Sale
BGC Group's third-quarter net income more than doubled, the New York-based interdealer broker said today (Thursday). Record revenue and a one-off gain from selling two prediction-market units to Fanatics both lifted the result. Net income for fully diluted shares rose to $68.7 million from $26.8 million a year...
Gold's One-Year Low Set Off Stop-Losses as Retail Traders Bought the Dip
Stop-loss closures on gold tripled at eToro on October 30 as the metal broke below $4,000, while retail traders elsewhere added to their bets. Long positions in a sample tracked by the trading-community site Myfxbook rose 74% by volume from the start of that day to the market's reopening. Gold fell more than 3% that...
Tradition Q3 Revenue Climbs 10% as Japanese Retail FX Arm Surges 117%
Compagnie Financière Tradition (CFT), one of the world's leading interdealer brokers, reported strong Q3 2026 financial results, with consolidated revenue reaching US$356.7 million (CHF 310.2 million). While this represents a 10.2% overall increase at constant exchange rates, the quarter's standout growth was...
eToro Agrees to Acquire Argentine Fintech LB Finanzas
eToro has agreed to acquire Argentine financial app LB Finanzas for an undisclosed amount, marking the trading platform's fourth acquisition of 2026. The transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions. The deal is intended to strengthen eToro's localised presence in Latin America, with eToro saying the...
etoro acquires Argentinian fintech LB Finanzas
Online broker etoro has entered into an agreement to acquire Argentinian all-in-one financial app LB Finanzas.
Exclusive Markets Names Former PU Prime Executive as MENA CEO After Four Years
Mohamed Elsergany has joined Exclusive Markets as Chief Executive Officer of MENA, according to a LinkedIn post shared by the executive. London's trading industry is coming home! Elsergany moves to the broker after spending four years at PU Prime, where he held two senior management positions overseeing the MENA...
etoro updates on $VELO migration to $AERO
Online broker etoro today provided an update on the $VELO migration to $AERO.
Evaluating Copy Trading Technology: A Conversation with Hantec Markets
Earlier this year, Hantec Markets transitioned from its previous copy trading solution to Brokeree's Social Trading platform.
MIAX submits proposed rule filings to SEC to offer cash-settled binary index options and KPI binary options
MIAX Options submitted proposed rule filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer cash-settled binary index options.
AvaTrade Launches In-House Trading Platform With AI Analysis
AvaTrade has launched a new in-house, multi-asset trading platform that incorporates AI-driven fundamental and technical analysis. The broker says the system is designed to generate trading signals and market insights for its retail clients. London's trading industry is coming home! Daire Ferguson, AvaTrade's chief...
Scope Markets Owner Rostro Gets Crypto Registration in British Virgin Islands
Rostro Group, which owns broker Scope Markets, said today (Tuesday) it has registered as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) in the British Virgin Islands. It plans to offer spot crypto brokerage and fiat on- and off-ramps. The approval was granted by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC)...
AvaTrade launches new prop trading platform
AvaTrade, a global online trading broker, today announced the launch of its new proprietary trading platform.
Spotex hires Advanced Markets / BidX institutional sales alum James Roddy
James Roddy brings to Spotex over 20 years of financial markets experience spanning FX, commodities and digital assets.
FP Markets Goes Physical in South Africa
FP Markets has officially opened a new office in Johannesburg, adding a physical presence in one of Africa's largest financial centres as the broker expands its operations in South Africa. While the office's size, headcount, or specific growth targets remain unclear, the move is a statement of intent in a market many...
Equiti Brings Its Sharjah Push to the Book Fair With a Financial Literacy Deal
Equiti Group became the fintech partner of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) today (Tuesday), the broker said. The deal covers a financial literacy book due in 2027 and workshops at venues run by the authority, which the emirate set up in 2014 to promote reading and publishing. The agreement adds a cultural channel to...
Interactive Brokers Reports 4.3 Million DARTs in October as Monthly Activity Rises 5%
Interactive Brokers reported 5.68 million client accounts at the end of October, up 34% year-on-year and 2% month-on-month , according to its latest monthly performance metrics. London's trading industry is coming home! Daily Average Revenue Trades reached 4.31 million, down 4% from October 2025 but up 5% from...
TIOmarkets Launches 24/7 Gold Trading
TIOmarkets expands its gold trading offering, enabling eligible clients to trade around the clock, including weekends, through MetaTrader 5 and its proprietary mobile trading & investing app. TIOmarkets has announced the launch of XAUUSDT24/7, a new gold trading instrument that enables clients to trade gold 24 hours a...
Interactive Brokers registers 4% Y/Y decrease in DARTs in October 2026
Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) has just posted its key operating metrics for October 2026.
Meet the FxPro Team at The Trading Festival in Mexico City
FxPro, a world's #1 broker, is heading to The Trading Festival Mexico 2026 to connect with its trader and partner base in Mexico. Its priority is clear: to offer its client base more competitive conditions, greater platform choice and support from people who understand the market and its needs. The broker, who is an...
Capital.com Receives Singapore Licence, Onboards IG-Alum Tony Lim as Local CEO
Capital.com has received a licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has also appointed Tony Lim as its local Chief Executive. Lim previously headed the Singapore division of London-listed IG Group for nine years. London's trading industry is coming home! The broker plans to onboard clients under the...
FX week in review: Q3 results (Plus500, CFI, XTB), Management changes (GTCFX, ICM, ADSS…), Binance heist
This week's top online trading sector stories can be divided (mainly) into two categories - results, and executive moves.
Weekly Recap: FTMO Founders Discuss Futures Expansion; Plus500 Pushes Guidance Higher
The retail trading industry saw developments across proprietary trading, listed derivatives and broker performance this week. FTMO's founders discussed the firm's futures launch, its acquisition of OANDA and its ambitions to build a larger trading group. Meanwhile, Plus500 raised its full-year outlook, and NinjaTrader...
CySEC Ends TIOmarkets' CIF Authorisation Following Company Request
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has withdrawn the investment firm licence of TIOmarkets CY Ltd after the company decided to surrender its authorisation. London's trading industry is coming home! The decision follows several similar exits by Cyprus-regulated brokers. CySEC withdrew the authorisation of...
Pepperstone Signs Two-Time F1 Champion Alonso and Gives Him a Helmet
Pepperstone and the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team have extended and expanded their partnership, with two-time F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso appointed a global ambassador for the broker from 2027. Alonso will race at the Mexico City Grand Prix this weekend in a specially designed Pepperstone helmet to mark...
XTB's Quarterly Profit Quadruples and Beats Forecasts as Clients Trade Less
XTB's third-quarter net profit rose fourfold from a year earlier to PLN 213.7 million (about $54 million), the Warsaw-listed broker said today (Wednesday). The preliminary figure came in 6.4% above the PLN 200.8 million average of five analyst forecasts. That is still less than half the PLN 492.2 million XTB earned in...
ThinkMarkets and Pepperstone Open Bets on Anthropic's Debut, Priced Two Different Ways
ThinkMarkets said today (Wednesday) it started quoting 24/7 contracts on Anthropic's and OpenAI's value at the close of their first trading day. Clients can go long or short, but the contracts are cash-settled CFDs that carry no shares and no IPO allocation. Anthropic, whose Claude model powered nine of 10 broker AI...
Dukascopy Japan updates on unauthorized access to Onamae.com Desktop Cloud
Dukascopy Japan today issued a notice to its clients regarding the unauthorized access to "Onamae.com Desktop Cloud".
Plus500 Starts Offering Kalshi's Never-Expiring Futures in the US
Plus500 started offering Kalshi's perpetual futures through its US brokerage today (Wednesday). It said it is the first futures commission merchant (FCM) to do so apart from Kalshi Prime, the exchange's own brokerage. Perpetual futures, or perps, never expire, so traders can hold a position without rolling it into a...
Crypto.com Enters US Crypto Perpetuals Market for Retail Traders as Kraken and Kalshi Expand
Crypto.com has launched cryptocurrency perpetual contracts for eligible US retail traders, offering leverage of up to 5x through the Crypto.com App and Crypto.com Exchange, according to an announcement today (Tuesday). London's trading industry is coming home! The launch follows Kraken's introduction of CFTC-regulated...
Eightcap's UK Unit Earns 70% of Revenue in Continental Europe as Profit Falls
Eightcap's UK broker made 70.5% of its revenue from clients in continental Europe, according to accounts filed with Companies House today (Tuesday). Its annual profit before tax fell to £164,833 from £510,688 in the previous reporting period, which ran for 16 months. Eightcap Group Ltd is the London unit of...
Brokers on Devexperts' DXtrade Gain Access to KuCoin's Crypto Order Books
Brokers that license Devexperts' DXtrade platform can now tap KuCoin's spot and perpetual futures liquidity, the software firm said today (Tuesday). The connection runs through KuCoin's Market Maker Support System. KuCoin is a crypto exchange that says it serves more than 45 million users in over 200 countries....
Hackers Publish Alleged GMO Customer Data as Broker FXTF Shuts Out Overseas Logins
Hackers behind the breach at GMO Internet Group's trading server service published what they claim is customer information today (Tuesday) after GMO refused to pay. FXTF, one of the Japanese brokers whose clients had trades placed without consent, blocked every login from outside Japan. The material appeared online at...
Octa ecosystem: an integrated approach to trading
Today, people's lives are oversaturated with information, and each sector is forced to invent its own ways to adapt. Trading is no exception. Platforms tend to offer all-in-one solutions to reduce users' cognitive load. This article describes how Octa, a global brokerage brand, brings multiple trading tools within a...
Tokyo FX Broker Goldenway Japan to Become GW Securities, Keeping the FXTF Brand
Goldenway Japan, the Tokyo company that runs retail FX and CFD broker FXTF, said today (Monday) it will change its name to GW Securities. The FXTF brand, client contracts, website and office address stay as they are, according to a notice to clients. The new name takes effect on November 1, and its registration is due...
Plus500 raises 2026 guidance after 11% revenue rise
The CFD broker now expects full-year revenue and earnings ahead of market forecasts, having guided in line in July, and is paying for two regulated broker-dealer acquisitions from cash with no debt. The post Plus500 raises 2026 guidance after 11% revenue rise first appeared on LeapRate .
Plus500's Guidance Goes From 'In Line' to 'Ahead' in Three Months
Plus500 expects full-year 2026 revenue and EBITDA to exceed market expectations after reporting a Q3 revenue of $203.2 million, up 11% from $182.7 million a year earlier. The London-listed broker published the figures in an unaudited trading update for the three months to 30 September. EBITDA rose 7% to $88.4 million,...
Plus500 registers 11% Y/Y increase in revenue in Q3 2026
Online brokerage Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) today provided a trading update for the three-month period ended 30 September 2026.
FX week in review: TopFX and GTCFX CEO changes, Saxo sports deals, Plus500 buys Guru, IG gaming license
What CEO level changes were seen at brokers TopFX and GTCFX? Why did leading UK online broker IG apply for a UK gambling license?
Weekly Review: IG Seeks UK Gambling Licence; Plus500 to Acquire Brazilian Broker
The retail trading industry saw developments across regulation, market access, acquisitions and customer acquisition this week. IG Group moved closer to offering prediction markets in the UK, while Plus500 agreed to buy a Brazilian broker as it continued expanding its multi-asset business. Google also revised its...
Born2trade CEO: "Everything is about gold now. Gold traders dictate industry standards and features"
Gold has lost about a quarter of its value since January, the Fed is hiking, and retail traders are more focused on the metal than ever. After 25 years in brokerage, here is what I think that means for traders and for the brokers who serve them. Gold trades around $4,100 - 4,200 an ounce, roughly 24% below the record...
Prop trading firm Flatiron Futures Traders to pay disgorgement of $759k for alleged CME rule violations
International derivatives marketplace CME Group has posted a notice of disciplinary action against Flatiron Futures Traders, LLC.
Crypto.com Names Mohammed Mortajine Compliance Chief after Alvarez Exit
Crypto.com has turned to a payments-industry compliance executive to lead its global programme as the company's business expands beyond crypto trading. Mohammed Mortajine will oversee compliance across a group that also offers payment services, derivatives and prediction markets through entities operating under...
FXOpen UK Closes Client Accounts and Seeks to Cancel FCA Licence
FXOpen Ltd, the UK entity of forex and contracts for difference broker FXOpen, has closed its client accounts and applied to the Financial Conduct Authority to cancel its regulatory permissions. The broker's UK website states that all "client accounts are closed" and asks customers to withdraw any remaining funds...
Webull Brings Options into Pre-Market as Brokers Adopt Cboe's New Sessions
Webull joins the growing list of retail brokers offering extended-hours trading for eligible U.S. customers. The new trading hours and available instruments are similar to those introduced by CBOE and NYSE on 19 October. Users of the online investment platform can select single-stock and exchange-traded fund (ETF)...
GMO server breach exposes forex traders' broker logins
A breach at GMO's Desktop Cloud server service has put MetaTrader broker logins at risk, and OANDA Japan has held client withdrawals. The post GMO server breach exposes forex traders' broker logins first appeared on LeapRate .
TopFX CEO Victor Zachariades departs, returns to broker services provider BKR44
BKR44 provides a variety of services to Brokers and Prop Firms, focusing on Dealing and Risk solutions.
TopFX CEO Victor Zachariades Steps Down to Scale BKR44
Victor Zachariades is stepping down as Global CEO of CFD broker TopFX to return full-time to BKR44, the broker and prop advisory firm he founded in 2022. London's trading industry is coming home! A highly visible veteran in the Limassol retail FX scene, Zachariades assumed the TopFX CEO role in mid-2024. He confirmed...
OANDA Japan Holds Withdrawals After Hack at Server Host Used by FX Traders
OANDA's Japanese brokerage held back client withdrawals requested today (Thursday) for security checks, after warning that hackers may have seen some clients' MetaTrader logins. The logins were stored on Onamae.com Desktop Cloud, a rented server service run by Japan's GMO Internet Group. GMO Internet said yesterday...
Deriv Promotes Its Security Chief to CTO
Deriv has named Rotimi Akinyele as its Chief Technology Officer, moving him from the security function to lead the broker's engineering organisation, Finance Magnates has learned. London's trading industry is coming home! Akinyele joined Deriv in July 2024 as Vice President of Security. He first led Security and Data,...
Interactive Brokers Gives AI Tools Authority to Trade on Clients' Behalf
Interactive Brokers has introduced a feature that allows eligible clients to authorise connected artificial intelligence platforms to identify trading opportunities and submit supported orders without approving each trade individually. London's trading industry is coming home! The move follows the broker's earlier...
Interactive Brokers launches Autonomous Trading
Eligible Interactive Brokers' clients can authorize connected AI to monitor more than 75,000 listed stocks, options and ETFs worldwide.
FOREX.com launches weekend trading for US SP 500 and US Tech 100 CFDs in Japan
FOREX.com today announced weekend trading for US SP 500 and US Tech 100 CFDs in Japan.
FOREX.com Lets Japanese Clients Trade US Stock Indices on Weekends
FOREX.com clients in Japan can now trade US SP 500 and US Tech 100 CFDs over the weekend, StoneX Securities said today (Wednesday). Trading opens at 5 p.m. Tokyo time on Saturday and continues, with a one-hour break each morning, into the weekday session. Most Japanese providers stop index CFD trading early on...
Prop Firm Goat Funded Trader Says It Paid $26 Million to 22,279 of 1.2 Million Traders
Goat Funded Trader opened its payout and trading data to the public yesterday (Tuesday), declaring $26.16 million paid to 22,279 traders. The prop trading company, known as GFT, also added QR codes that let anyone check the certificates it issues to traders. Payout totals are the main figure prop firms compete on....
Trading on Aberdeen's interactive investor Falls 22% From First-Half Peak
Retail investors on interactive investor (ii) placed 22% fewer trades a day in the third quarter than in the second, owner Aberdeen Group said today (Wednesday). The platform averaged 28,100 daily retail trades, down from 36,100. Money kept coming in. Net inflows reached £2.5 billion (about $3.3 billion), up 32% from...
Webull Partners with Kalshi to Add Crypto Perpetual Futures in the US
Webull plans to begin offering perpetual futures to eligible US customers in November, starting with Bitcoin and selected other crypto assets. The broker expects broader availability before year-end, although it has not announced a specific launch day. Customers approved for futures trading will access the contracts...
Crypto.com inks deal with prime broker River Markets to bring OG.com prediction markets to institutional traders
Partnership integrates River Markets' prime brokerage platform with OG.com event contracts for Hedge Funds and Quantitative Trading Desks.
CME Group reports first trade in Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures
International derivatives marketplace CME Group today announced that FalconX and GSR have executed the first block trade in its new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures.
Plus500 agrees to buy Brazil's Guru
Plus500 agrees to buy Brazilian broker-dealer Guru from existing cash, a week after Hedge in the US. Price, approvals and completion date are undisclosed. The post Plus500 agrees to buy Brazil's Guru first appeared on LeapRate .
AQSE-listed securities now available to Interactive Brokers' clients
Aquis Exchange today announced that securities listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) are now available through Interactive Brokers.
Plus500 Acquires Brazilian Broker Guru, Expanding South American Ecosystem
Plus500 has conditionally agreed to acquire full ownership of Guru Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltd, a regulated Brazilian broker-dealer. The deal will be funded entirely from the firm's existing cash resources of over $860 million. By acquiring Guru, the London-listed broker directly secures local CVM...
XS.com Hires Vantage's Mariana Higa to Lead Marketing in Latin America
XS.com has hired Mariana Higa from rival broker Vantage as its regional marketing director for Latin America, the company said today (Tuesday). She will run its campaigns, sponsorships and industry events in the region. The appointment is the second Latin America hire at XS.com since July, when it named Maria Pesca...
Plus500 to acquire Brazil-based broker-dealer Guru
Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has conditionally agreed to acquire the full ownership of Guru Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltda (Guru), a regulated broker-dealer in Brazil.
GTCFX hires ATFX exec Charbel Raffoul as CEO
Charbel Raffoul joins GTCFX from rival broker ATFX, where he was Head of Compliance for ATFX MENA.
Brokers Cut Fees to Zero for a Shot at Germany's €240 Billion Pension Pot
Germany's online brokers have cut the cost of the country's new state-subsidized retirement depot to zero or close to it. The first contracts can start on January 1, and a survey found few savers want the version that drops the capital guarantee. The Altersvorsorgedepot, or AVD, succeeds the Riester scheme, which held...
Capital.com's Biggest Market Traded $1 Trillion, With Stop-Losses on 18% of Trades
Capital.com clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) traded $1.06 trillion in the first half of 2026 and set a stop-loss on 18.3% of their trades. No other market in the broker's H1 2026 Pulse Report, published today (Monday), had a lower rate. The UAE generated more than two-fifths of the $2.45 trillion that clients...
etoro launches professional intelligent terminal etoro edge
Online broker etoro today announced the launch of etoro edge, a professional intelligent terminal, designed for active desktop trading.
Weekly Roundup: FxPro Agrees EU Client Sale to Capital.com; Trade Nation Enters Poland
The week's developments included brokerage acquisitions, market expansion, regulatory proposals and financial results. European data showed a decline in CFDs' share of cross-border retail investment products. In Australia, ASIC proposed extending CFD restrictions and consulted on rules for digital asset platforms. In...
Exclusive: CXM Group Buys 50K CFD Traders-Heavy TD Markets
CXM Group, the multi-asset trading group founded in 2015, has agreed to acquire Johannesburg-headquartered TD Markets, Finance Magnates has learned exclusively. The financial details of the deal, however, were not disclosed. Despite the acquisition, TD Markets will keep its brand, leadership team and FSCA licence....
From Haas F1 Pilot to Multi-Entity Rollout: What It Took to Rename IC Markets
After two decades of expansion, IC evolved its identity to match the scale, regulatory footprint, and ambition of what it has actually become: a global, multi-entity financial services group, not a single forex broker. Behind the visual change sits a deeper process: consolidating the brand as an owned, licensable...
Interactive Brokers Raises Dividend 71% as Net Interest Income Offsets Trading Slowdown
Interactive Brokers' net interest income rose in the third quarter as larger client balances outweighed lower yields. The gain more than offset a sequential decline in commission revenue, lifting net revenue slightly above its second-quarter level. Separately, the board raised the quarterly dividend by 71%. On an...
Singapore Exchange Deepens Currency Trading Link With BlackRock's Aladdin
SGX FX, the currency trading arm of Singapore Exchange, widened its link to BlackRock's Aladdin investment platform, the two companies said today (Thursday). Shared clients will be able to trade through BidFX, the SGX FX execution system, from within Aladdin. Aladdin is the software many asset managers use to run...
Trade Nation launches in Poland with PLN accounts
Trade Nation, a CFD provider, has launched in Poland with a Polish-language website, platform, client onboarding and support. The offering is provided under the firm's CMVM licence in Portugal, passported into Poland. Polish residents and nationals can now open CFD and Single Currency accounts in Polish złoty (PLN),...
From Lisbon to Warsaw: Trade Nation's European Passport Gets Its Next Stamp in Poland
Trade Nation has launched in Poland, offering Polish residents and nationals regulated CFD trading in their own language. The service operates under the firm's Portuguese licence from the CMVM, passported into Poland. London's trading industry is coming home! The website, TN Trader platform, client onboarding and...
Trade Nation launches in Poland
CFD broker Trade Nation has launched in Poland, giving Polish traders access to its regulated CFD trading services in their own language.
TMGM Named Official Financial Online Trading Sponsor of BIGBANG 2026 - 2027 WORLD TOUR in Sydney
TMGM has been named the Official Financial Online Trading Sponsor of BIGBANG 2026 - 2027 WORLD TOUR in Sydney, bringing together the Sydney-founded global broker and one of Asia's most recognised music acts as BIGBANG celebrates its 20th anniversary. Taking place at Accor Stadium on 31 October 2026, the Sydney concert...
Exclusive: FxPro Sells EU Clients to Capital.com as a "Strategic Optimisation, Not a Retreat"
FxPro has agreed to sell its client book under its Cyprus entity to Capital.com, Finance Magnates has learned exclusively. Peter Aust, Chief Operating Officer of FxPro, termed the move "a strategic step to further align [the broker's] operations with our long-term growth ambitions" and stressed that the Cyprus...
NAGA Revises First-Half Profit Up to EUR 1.1 Million in Final Figures
NAGA Group put its first-half net income at EUR 1.1 million in final figures released today (Wednesday), EUR 0.2 million more than its preliminary figure. The Hamburg-based broker lost EUR 2.6 million in the same period a year earlier. Revenue held at EUR 27.7 million, the figure NAGA gave when it published...
Interactive Brokers Adds Ether Staking with Fees Capped at 30% of Rewards
Eligible Interactive Brokers clients in the US can now stake Ether and earn blockchain rewards through the same portal they use to manage traditional investments. Zero Hash provides the staking service and holds the assets in an account opened in the customer's name. Interactive Brokers provides access through its...
Plus500 to buy Hedge Capital Markets to bring US securities into planned super-app
Plus500 has conditionally agreed to buy Hedge Capital Markets Inc., giving the London-listed broker a US securities foothold for a planned single app covering futures, prediction markets, stocks and exchange-traded funds. The post Plus500 to buy Hedge Capital Markets to bring US securities into planned super-app first...
Plus500 Is Building a US 'Super-App' and Buying a Broker to Stock the Shelves
Plus500 plans to launch a single US 'super-app' in the first quarter of 2027. It has also conditionally agreed to acquire Hedge Capital Markets to supply the SEC-regulated base for it. Hedge is a US broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA. A Single App for Futures, Stocks and Event Contracts The...
"Bring Your Portfolio Home": Robinhood and Rivals Target Webull Clients after China Scrutiny
Robinhood, SoFi and Public are using the scrutiny surrounding Webull to compete for its customer assets. All three launched Webull-specific transfer incentives after a bipartisan House committee labelled the brokerage's China ties a national security risk. The platforms are offering a 3% match on eligible transfers...
FIS Launches AI Finance Suite; CFD Broker Accounts Show Cash Flow Swings
FIS has launched an agentic AI suite for finance teams, including a module that forecasts cash flow across multiple time horizons. The FIS Agentic Insights Suite combines internal and external data to support cash flow analysis and risk assessment. London's trading industry is coming home! Cash flow management is also...
FOREX.com Japan changes MT5 login authentication method
Online broker FOREX.com Japan, part of StoneX Group Inc, has changed the authentication method for the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) login.
FX week in review: FXCM sold, NAGA $8M injection, Devexperts CEO, cTrader broker plugins
FXCM, one of the oldest names in the online trading industry, was in the news this week for being sold not once but twice
Weekly Review: AvaTrade and Trade Nation Acquire FXCM; Nasdaq Backs 24/7 Trading
The trading industry saw a major ownership change this week as AvaTrade agreed to acquire the majority of FXCM Group's business and brand rights. The deal followed Trade Nation's acquisition of FXCM's UK client book, marking another step in the restructuring of one of the industry's established retail forex brands....
AvaTrade Acquires Majority of FXCM in Landmark Consolidation Play
AvaTrade has reached an agreement to acquire the majority of FXCM Group's business and brand rights, bringing two of the CFD industry's pioneering brokers under the AvaTrade Group umbrella. Finance Magnates exclusively reported in June that the Dublin-based broker wanted to buy Stratos, the operator of the FXCM and...
AvaTrade to acquire (most of) FXCM
We had reported earlier this week that London based CFDs broker Trade Nation acquired FXCM's UK client base.
Offshore CFDs broker Bullwaves hires FP Markets exec Martin Stoilov as COO
Martin Stoilov will oversee Bullwaves' operational scaling, cross-departmental integration, and client retention frameworks.
Will 'Clocking Off' Become a Distant Memory for Traders?
There have been a number of key developments around trading hours this year. Perhaps the most significant of these was CME Group switching its crypto futures and options to continuous trading in May, with only a weekly maintenance break, bringing regulated institutional derivatives much closer to the way the...
etoro launches connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Grok Bot
Online broker etoro has launched connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Grok Bot. Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Hantec Financial Nominated for Most Trusted Broker at UF AWARDS APAC 2026
Hantec Financial, the flagship trading brand of Hantec Group, has been nominated for Most Trusted Broker at UF AWARDS APAC 2026, with the public vote now deciding the region's most credible trading firms. The nomination reflects more than 35 years of heritage, multi-regional regulatory credibility and a consistent...
Fortrade Revenue Rises 23% to Its Highest Since 2022 as Net Profit Falls
Fortrade increased revenue by 23% to £26.1 million in 2025, its highest since 2022, according to accounts the London-based broker filed with Companies House yesterday (Wednesday). Net profit fell 21% to £1.08 million as the tax charge nearly tripled. Profit before tax slipped 4% to £1.44 million. In 2024, when...
Mitrade Hires Former TD Ameritrade and Capital.com Singapore Chief as Markets Advisor
Mitrade has hired Christopher Brankin, who ran the Singapore businesses of TD Ameritrade and later Capital.com, as global markets advisor, the CFD broker said today (Thursday). The release describes a commentary role. Brankin will publish analysis of macroeconomic trends, interest rates and market volatility for the...
Moomoo Adds Crossover's Crypto Execution Network for US Retail Traders
Crossover Markets has partnered with Moomoo to provide the investment platform with access to its CROSSx digital asset execution network for US retail investors. London's trading industry is coming home! Moomoo launched crypto trading in the US last year with infrastructure provided by Coinbase . Finance Magnates...
CFD Broker ACCM Backs Chinese Bike Maker ZXMOTO's Supersport Team Through 2028
CFD broker ACCM will sponsor ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory Racing Team in the Supersport World Championship (WorldSSP) through 2028, it said today (Wednesday). The deal makes ACCM the only online trading brand on a team that races motorcycles built by Chinese manufacturer ZXMOTO. It is the broker's second motorcycle racing...
Low Volatility Squeezes Brokers. CMC Markets' Founder Says It Is "Not Reflected in CMC's Performance"
CMC Markets founder Lord Peter Cruddas said subdued market volatility has made conditions tougher for some rivals but has not hurt CMC's results. He credited growth in its business-to-business (B2B) arm in an interview the company distributed today (Wednesday). Rival IG Group said on Friday it expects third-quarter...
Clear Street Goes to TradingView to "Meet Traders Where They Already Work"
Clear Street, a U.S.-based provider of capital markets infrastructure and brokerage services, has joined TradingView as a broker partner, enabling its individual clients to trade U.S. stocks, ETFs and options directly through the TradingView interface. The integration is the latest step in Clear Street's expansion...
FxPro unveils new global 'A Real Pro Trader' campaign
Online broker FxPro has unveiled its latest global brand campaign, taking a playful swipe at the stereotypes of the trading world.
Exclusive: INFINOX product and strategy head Aditya Singh moves to RCX
Aditya Singh has served as Head of Product and Strategy at CFDs broker INFINOX for the past year and a half.
Hola Prime Says It Has Paid More Than $10 Million to Funded Traders
Prop trading firm Hola Prime said today (Tuesday) it has paid more than $10 million to funded traders. The average payout across that total is about $1,800, according to the company. Both numbers have changed since April, when Hola Prime said it had distributed about $3.2 million to funded traders to date . The...
Hong Kong Traders Are Borrowing Like Never Before
Margin loans at Hong Kong securities brokers rose 28% in six months to HK$276.3 billion (about $35.5 billion), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said today (Tuesday). The balance stood at HK$216.4 billion at the end of December. The regulator's half-yearly review of the industry also showed pre-tax profit at...
Trade Nation to acquire the UK client book of FXCM
The sale seems to be part of a greater decision by FXCM parent company Jefferies to exit the online retail brokerage business worldwide.
UK Brokers to Pay 22% Charge on ISA Cash Interest as eToro Survey Shows Savers Unprepared
UK investment platforms will pay a flat 22% charge on interest earned by cash held in Stocks and Shares ISAs from April 6, 2027. Most of their clients do not know the rule exists, according to a survey eToro published today (Tuesday). Platforms pay interest on uninvested ISA cash and advertise it. XTB offered 4.75% on...
CMC Funded Traders Gain Match-Trader Platform, AI Analytics
CMC Funded has selected Match-Trader as the technology provider for its entry into the proprietary trading market. CMC Funded, an arm of CMC Markets, operates separately from the listed financial services group and is not a regulated CMC Markets product or service. London's trading industry is coming home! Other prop...
Trading 212 Group Revenue Rises 70% to £345.8m in 2025 as Pre-Tax Profit Doubles
Trading 212 Group Limited, the UK retail broker, reported revenue up 70% and pre-tax profit more than doubling for 2025, with directors pointing to stockbroking and cash savings as the focus of growth, and has since paid out large dividends. The post Trading 212 Group Revenue Rises 70% to £345.8m in 2025 as Pre-Tax...
Exclusive: Trade Nation Acquires FXCM's UK Client Book
Trade Nation has acquired the UK client book of legacy trading brand FXCM for an undisclosed sum, Finance Magnates has learned. "The thing we liked about the FXCM book is that it has a lot of FX business [and] longevity," explained Matthew Wright, Trade Nation's Chief Strategy Officer and UK CEO. London's trading...
OANDA's Japan Head Steps Down as Asia Chief and Marketing Head Take Over
OANDA's Japanese brokerage has replaced Yoshiharu Yanagisawa at the top of the company with two joint representative directors, according to a notice posted today (Tuesday). Akira Miyamura and Philip Waters now share the post, OANDA Securities said. Under Japan's Companies Act, the representative director is the board...
AvaTrade Picks Brokerage and Trading Infrastructure Veteran as CFO
Jeremy Schlachter has joined AvaTrade as Chief Financial Officer after leaving the same position at The NAGA Group in August, bringing experience across retail brokerage, B2B trading infrastructure and corporate transformation. Schlachter announced the move in a LinkedIn post on Sunday, saying he would work with the...
Tickmill sets out MENA expansion plans and expects new regional licence
Tickmill has announced an acceleration of its expansion strategy across the Middle East and North Africa, citing product launches, hires and the planned opening of a new regional office. The broker says it expects to announce a new licence that will enable deeper market penetration and expanded service offerings...
eToro joins euro stablecoin group, but EURØP listing is not promised
eToro joins ten European crypto firms backing the EURØP euro stablecoin, but membership commits no one to list it and eToro has not said whether it will. The post eToro joins euro stablecoin group, but EURØP listing is not promised first appeared on LeapRate .
Match-Trade Adds Retail Traders to MCP After Brokers and Prop Firms
Match-Trade Technologies, the developer of the Match-Trader multi-asset trading platform, has launched Match-Trader MCP for Traders. The remote Model Context Protocol server connects Match-Trader accounts to supported AI assistants. London's trading industry is coming home! Other firms have also introduced MCP...
Libertex Group Joins iFX EXPO Asia 2026 as Platinum Sponsor
Libertex Group has announced its attendance at iFX EXPO Asia 2026 as a Platinum Sponsor. The event sponsorship grants the nearly 30-year-old global fintech powerhouse a prominent position on the expo floor at Booth #60 . From 7-9th of October, the Libertex Group will be showcasing two of its core brands, LBX and Forex...
Tickmill to Participate as Platinum Sponsor of iFX EXPO Asia 2026 in Hong Kong
Tickmill, a global multi-asset broker, is pleased to announce its participation as a Platinum Sponsor of iFX EXPO Asia 2026, taking place from 7 - 9 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. As one of Asia's leading gatherings for the online trading, fintech and financial services industries, iFX EXPO...
iSAM Securities Adds Alerts for Traders Hedging Across Several Brokers
iSAM Securities added four features to Radar, its risk platform for retail brokers, today (Monday). One of them flags a single trader running offsetting positions through accounts at several brokers. The other three track open exposure by symbol, reconcile positions held with liquidity providers and measure what a...
eToro Joins European Crypto Firms Pushing Traders Toward a Euro Stablecoin
eToro has joined 10 European crypto firms in a push to get more people using a euro-pegged stablecoin , the members said today (Monday). Their Eurøpe Consortium will start with EURØP, a token issued in France by Schuman Financial. Dollar-pegged tokens account for about 99% of global stablecoin market value, according...
Sky Links Capital Hires Former ATFX Executive for Institutional Drive
Sky Links Capital Group has appointed Hormoz Faryar as Managing Director to lead the broker's institutional business development and expansion across key markets. London's trading industry is coming home! Bringing extensive industry experience, Faryar previously held the position of Managing Director of Institutional...
Pepperstone Sees Double-Digit Revenue Growth in Rare Mid-Year Update
Pepperstone's CEO Tamas Szabo said that the mid-year results for the broker saw double-digit growth across new clients and revenue, among other key measures, as well as a 30% increase in volumes. London's trading industry is coming home! "There's been mixed results and plenty of focus on broker performance in the...
CMC Markets Founder Intends to Buy Up to £5 Million of Shares
CMC Markets founder and CEO Lord Peter Cruddas intends to invest up to £5 million in the London-listed broker's shares, including an initial purchase of approximately £139,000 completed on Friday. Cruddas acquired 23,011 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange at prices slightly above 604 pence per share. The...
Webull Joins X Cashtag Program as Social Feed Adds Broker Links
Webull, a US-based online investment platform, has joined the X Cashtag Partner Program for stocks and crypto, giving X users a path from asset discussions to Webull's brokerage and trading infrastructure, where they can initiate a trade. London's trading industry is coming home! Webull is among a growing number of...
Webull partners with X, to serve as Cashtag Partner for stocks and crypto trading
Online investment platform Webull Corporation (NASDAQ:BULL) today announced a strategic partnership with X.
Interactive Brokers Reports 5.6M Client Accounts in September, DARTs at 4.1M
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) reported its electronic brokerage performance metrics for September, with client balances and account numbers higher than a year earlier. Daily average revenue trades reached 4.11 million during the month. This was 6% higher than in September 2025 but 4% lower than in...
Interactive Brokers registers 6% Y/Y increase in DARTs in Sep 2026
Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) has just posted its key operating metrics for September 2026.
Marex Launches Cash-Settled Rolling Spot Crypto Product for Institutions
Marex has launched Rolling Spot, a cash-settled OTC crypto derivative for institutions, delivered through a new Neon Crypto app. The post Marex Launches Cash-Settled Rolling Spot Crypto Product for Institutions first appeared on LeapRate .
Leverate launches ASK native AI assistant for traders
Built directly into Leverate's trading platform, ASK uses live account data to answer traders, navigate the platform and carry out actions - without breaking their flow.
Exclusive: Trading 212 compliance head Victoria Mears departs
Prior to joining Trading 212, Victoria spent 14 years at FOREX.com and City Index (now StoneX Trading) operator Gain Capital.
Retail investors back Big Tech's AI spending, etoro survey reveals
Heavy investment in AI is enhancing Big Tech's appeal among retail investors, according to the latest Retail Investor Beat from etoro.
Rival Systems Targets Cross-Asset Traders with FX Expansion
Rival Systems, a Chicago-based provider of trading and risk management solutions, added spot FX and FX forwards to its multi-asset trading system Rival One. London's trading industry is coming home! The new offering extends the platform's product set, which already includes futures, options, equities and crypto,...
Broctagon Prime Markets Upgrades to Takeprofit Tech's New Market Watch
Broctagon Prime Markets, a multi-asset liquidity provider, regulated in Labuan, Malaysia, and specializing in bespoke liquidity for over 1600 Symbols, which include Spot FX, Commodities, Futures, Indices, Digital Assets and Stocks; has enhanced its bridge with the latest Market Watch by Takeprofit Tech, a Cyprus-based...
Valbury Takes DXtrade, One Half of Bappebti's Two-Platform Shortlist
Valbury Asia Futures, an Indonesia-based multi-asset brokerage, has added DXtrade, the trading platform from Devexperts, to its CFD and FX offering. DXtrade is one of two trading platforms that have received approval from Indonesia's commodity futures regulator, Bappebti, for licensing by commodity futures and...
A Clearer Way to Trade: PU Prime Introduces Redesigned Trading App
PU Prime , a global multi-licensed online brokerage, has launched a redesigned trading app under its "A Clearer Way to Trade" campaign. Rather than simply adding more features to a single interface, the redesign reorganizes the app around the user's entire trading journey, delivering a clearer, more intuitive way to...
MultiBank Group wins two awards at Forex Expo Dubai; Naser Taher named Financial Leader of the Year
MultiBank Group picked up two awards at Forex Expo Dubai 2026, while its founder and chairman, Naser Taher, was named Financial Leader of the Year at the Gulf Business Awards 2026. At Forex Expo Dubai, held on 22 and 23 September at Dubai World Trade Centre, the Group was named "Best Global Institutional Financial...
CMC Markets enters prop trading with CMC Funded
CMC Markets has announced CMC Funded, a simulated proprietary trading evaluation programme developed through a strategic partnership to identify and support trading talent. The programme operates separately from CMC Markets and is not a regulated product or service provided by CMC Markets. Verichain, an AI-powered...
CMC Markets unveils simulated prop trading evaluation program CMC Funded
New simulated proprietary trading evaluation programme draws on CMC Markets' technology, market expertise and trader insight.
Capital.com Goes Beyond CFDs, Launches Stocks and ETFs in Europe
Capital.com has launched direct investing in stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for clients across its European markets, adding long-term ownership to a platform that has so far focused on short-term trading. Announced today (Monday), the broker described it as a step toward becoming a multi-asset trading and...
ActivTrades Expands Global Presence with New Dubai Licence
ActivTrades has expanded its international footprint with a new licence in Dubai, reinforcing the Forex and CFD broker's presence in key global financial markets. Granted by the Capital Market Authority (CMA), the licence adds Dubai to ActivTrades' network of regulated operations. It follows the company's...
CMC Markets to Launch Prop Trading with an "Interview Opportunity"
CMC Markets today (Monday) formally announced CMC Funded, a simulated prop trading programme that will offer successful participants an "interview opportunity" via the recruitment platform Verichain. The confirmation came after Finance Magnates reported that CMC is going to launch the prop platform on October 1 . The...
Exclusive: CMC Markets' Head of APAC & Canada Matthew Lewis to Separate after Two Decades
Matthew Lewis, CMC Markets' Head of Asia Pacific and Canada, is separating from the broker, Finance Magnates has learned. He was also on the broker's board of directors, but ended that role in the middle of last year. London's trading industry is coming home! The End of a Long Tenure According to his LinkedIn profile,...
FX week in review: iFOREX loss, Finalto grows, ActivTrades adds a license, eToro's new app, Daman hires from ADSS
What led to a $2.5 million H1 2026 loss at iFOREX? And, what does the company plan to improve things going forward?
Weekly Recap: Inside LCG's Three-Year Buyout; CMC Markets Plans Prop Trading Launch
The week brought a mix of ownership changes, regulatory action, financial results and new product launches across the retail trading and financial services sectors. UK regulation remained a key theme, with the FCA taking further action against CFD firms linked to overseas operations while new businesses prepared for...
HKEX derivatives clearing houses to accept China Govt Bonds, Policy Bank Bonds and MOF Bonds as non-cash collateral
The expansion of eligible non-cash collateral will apply to margin requirements for products cleared by HKCC and SEOCH.
PU Prime Strengthens UAE Momentum with Strong Showing at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
PU Prime , a global multi-licensed online brokerage, delivered a meaningful presence at Forex Expo Dubai 2026, marking another step forward in the company's growing footprint across the UAE. The appearance comes just months after PU Prime's Dubai-based entity, PU Prime Financial Services LLC, was licensed by the...
CMC Markets Follows IG Australia Into ChatGPT as Rivals Let AI Place Trades
CMC Markets said today (Thursday) that UK clients can connect their CFD accounts to ChatGPT and query balances, positions, orders and prices. The link is read-only, so the chatbot cannot place, change or cancel orders, or move money. That puts the FTSE 250 broker at the cautious end of a field that filled up quickly...
CMC Markets launches new ChatGPT integration
By connecting a supported CMC CFD account, clients can use ChatGPT to retrieve and summarise information grounded in their CMC account and market data.
Devexperts Follows FOREX.com and Hantec in Offering Traders a Journal of Their Own Habits
Devexperts said today (Thursday) it has added Notofin, a journal that tracks how traders' habits shape their results, to its DXtrade platform. Brokers can offer it to clients, as FOREX.com and Hantec Markets did with similar tools from other vendors. Notofin imports trades automatically. Users can attach notes,...
iFOREX Swings to $2.5 Million Loss, Plans $500,000 Monthly Cost Cuts
London-listed CFD provider iFOREX swung to a first-half net loss of $2.5 million, it said today (Thursday), after a $1.2 million profit a year earlier. It plans to cut operating costs by about $0.5 million a month from October. Revenue fell 2% to $26.9 million in the six months to June 30. The company attributed the...
Just How Swiss Are You? The BDSwiss Cautionary Tale
Earlier this year, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) secured its first-ever court victory involving "Swissness" rules in financial services, and it was against a retail broker. BDSwiss, famous for its white-on-red brand that leveraged Switzerland's cachet in financial services, was ordered by...
Trading 212 taps Revolut alum Ricardo Soares as Country Manager Portugal
Last year Trading 212 hired another Revolut alum, Christos Drakos, to head its Crypto operation in Cyprus.
BlackBull's IPO Is Delayed until 2027, Not Dead
BlackBull Markets' initial public offering has been postponed to next year, not abandoned, according to a source familiar with the matter, after the New Zealand trading platform said its board had decided against a listing "at this time." London's trading industry is coming home! Although Blackbull's co-founder,...
Equiti Opens Second Walk-In Branch for UAE Traders, This Time in Al Ain
Equiti Group has opened a walk-in branch in Al Ain, its second physical storefront in the United Arab Emirates, the broker said today (Wednesday). The branch is on Hamdan Bin Mohammad Street in the city, which lies in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Equiti opened its first UAE storefront earlier this month on King Faisal...
Kalshi Targets Institutional Traders with Margin for Prediction Markets
Kalshi is seeking regulatory clearance to introduce risk-based margining for selected event contracts, potentially reducing the collateral required from institutional participants. Sports markets would remain fully collateralised. London's trading industry is coming home! Kalshi's event contracts currently require...
From eToro to Five Trading Platforms: X Scales Cashtags into a Distribution Channel
X is expanding the brokerage-routing model it first tested with eToro in 2023, turning Cashtag pages into a distribution channel for multiple trading platforms. London's trading industry is coming home! US users can now move from conversations about an asset to Interactive Brokers, Moomoo, Coinbase, Kraken or...
CME Group to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures
International derivatives marketplace CME Group today announced that it will launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on October 19, pending regulatory review.
STARTRADER expands Chinese equity CFDs with CXMT and Unitree Robotics
The two new 24/7 CFD instruments reference a DRAM memory chip manufacturer and a humanoid robotics company, both listed in Shanghai.
Capital.com Appears to Be Making a Move for the UK's Crypto Market
Capital.com is making a push into the UK crypto market by hiring a Head of Risk for Capital Vault UK (CVUK). A LinkedIn job post describes CVUK as the FCA-registered crypto business for the Capital Vault Group. However, the firm does not currently appear on the FCA's public register, which lists around 60 registered...
Exclusive: Daman Markets hires ADSS alum Srijan Katyal as CCO
Srijan Katyal joins Daman Markets after spending the past 11 years at rival MENA based broker ADSS.
TP ICAP Legal Chief Philip Price Steps Down After a Decade
Philip Price, group general counsel and an executive director of TP ICAP, is stepping down from both roles, the interdealer broker said today (Tuesday). Sarah Linstead, its general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, will succeed him. The change takes effect on September 30. Price will then move into an...
TMGM and Chelsea Football Club Extend Partnership into Fourth Year, Expanding into the Middle East
TMGM and Chelsea Football Club today announced the extension of their partnership into a fourth year, with the collaboration expanding beyond Asia-Pacific into the Middle East. Since 2023, TMGM has served as Chelsea FC's Official Online Forex and CFD Trading Partner in Asia-Pacific. The extension advances a...
Brokers Add AI Execution Tools, but Only 29% of CMC Markets Clients Trust Its Insights
Brokers are giving AI a larger role in trading, but many investors remain sceptical of its output. A survey of 8,506 Australian CMC clients found that 48.6% use AI to support investment decisions, while only 29.4% trust its market insights. London's trading industry is coming home! Most reported uses remain...
Coinbase now offers access to IPO allocations for US retail traders
Coinbase is expanding access to primary financial markets by bringing initial public offering (IPO) allocations to U.S. retail traders.
Scope Prime Hires LP Prime's Ashraf Mushasha to Sell Liquidity in MENA
Scope Prime, the institutional arm of Rostro Group, appointed Ashraf Mushasha as institutional sales manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) today (Monday). Based in Dubai, he will work with brokers looking for liquidity and execution services. It is Rostro's second MENA hire in a few days. On Friday,...
Alpari to Meet Traders and Partners at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
The global trading brand invites visitors to Booth 147 on 22 - 23 September to meet the team and explore its trading services and partnership opportunities. Alpari will participate in Forex Expo Dubai 2026 on 22 - 23 September at Dubai World Trade Centre, welcoming traders, clients, Introducing Brokers and...
eToro and Alpaca Get SEC Staff Relief for Brokerage Accounts That Hold No Cash
eToro USA Securities and Alpaca Securities won no-action relief from US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff this week for accounts that hold no customer cash. The money sits at a bank or a money transmitter instead. The two letters set how much capital each firm needs and how customer money may move....
Weekly Review: Trustpilot Flags One in Five Retail Brokers; iFOREX Cuts H1 EBITDA to $1.4m
The week brought developments across retail trading, broker earnings, fintech and digital assets, with online reputation, profitability and changing trading behaviour among the recurring themes. Broker operations also saw several changes, from iFOREX revising its earnings outlook to AvaTrade closing its Polish branch....
Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken Race to Bring Stock Perpetuals to US Traders
Three crypto-focused financial groups have begun regulatory processes to offer single-stock perpetual futures in the United States, seeking to create a no-expiry alternative to the conventional stock futures recently launched by CME Group. London's trading industry is coming home! Coinbase Derivatives and Kalshi...
CMC Markets to Launch Prop Trading Services on 1 October
CMC Markets Funded has set 1 October 2026 as the public launch date for its simulated trading evaluation programme, replacing its previous "coming soon" page with a countdown and an early-access form. London's trading industry is coming home! Industry site Tradeinformer recently published that a marketing company...
Scope Markets Hires Former Tradeview Analyst to Run Its MENA Research and Marketing
Scope Markets appointed Ibrahim Hossny as head of research and marketing for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) today (Friday). He will oversee the broker's regional marketing, including Arabic-language educational content and engagement with traders, from Dubai, Scope said. Hossny did both jobs at his previous...
Alpari Invites Traders and Partners to Connect at Forex Expo Dubai
Alpari will participate in Forex Expo Dubai 2026 on 22 - 23 September at Dubai World Trade Centre, welcoming traders, clients, Introducing Brokers and financial-market professionals to Booth 147. MENA Regional General Director, Nahid Yousefi , will represent Alpari at the event, where attendees can connect directly...
"I Simply Believed": Octavian Patrascu on Clearing NAGA's Clutter and Returning to Profit
For nine years following its 2017 Frankfurt listing, NAGA stood as a Silicon Valley parallel for European retail fintech: technologically inventive, product-rich and chronically incapable of turning a profit. Even as retail trading volumes exploded during the pandemic, the trading platform's ledger continued to bleed...
Interactive Brokers enhances alert experience in IBKR Desktop platform
Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers has released build 3.6 of the IBKR Desktop platform.
Exness introduces a new way to explore trading psychology at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
Trading psychology shapes how traders make decisions, manage risk, and respond to changing market conditions. Recognizing these patterns can help traders better understand their strengths, habits, and strategy. Exness, a multi-asset broker, will introduce the Exness Trader Archetypes at Forex Expo Dubai 2026. From 22...
ThinkMarkets Hires Former MultiBank CMO to Lead Growth Marketing
ThinkMarkets has appointed former MultiBank Group Chief Marketing Officer Will Burnham as Executive Director of Growth Marketing. According to his LinkedIn profile, Burnham joined the broker in September. The appointment returns him to a growth-focused role after nine months as MultiBank's CMO. He served as...
Former MultiBank CMO Will Burnham joins ThinkMarkets
Will Burnham joins ThinkMarkets after serving as Chief Marketing Officer of Dubai based CFDs broker MultiBank for the past year.
FOREX.com Japan updates on switch from MT4 to MT5
Online broker FOREX.com Japan today provided details on the planned transition from MT4 to MT5.
A Quarter of VARIANSE's cTrader Clients Now Copy Other Traders' Strategies
About a quarter of VARIANSE's cTrader clients now use its built-in copy trading service, the broker said today (Thursday). It also described three strategy providers who each attracted between about $500,000 and $2 million in investor allocations. The cases show a broker using copy trading to bring in clients. Traders...
Leverate Lets Brokers' Clients Place Trades by Chatting With ChatGPT or Claude
Leverate has released a tool that lets traders at brokers using its platform place orders through AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude. An order reaches the market only after the trader approves it inside the chat, the company said. Called MCP for Traders, the tool connects an assistant to one live trading
Cyprus Regulator Adds Former FxPro Lawyer to Board as New Chair Takes Over
A former senior corporate lawyer at CFD broker FxPro has joined the board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), which licenses the firm's Cypriot unit. CySEC announced the appointment of Andrea Moundi Savvides yesterday (Wednesday), with a new chairman and vice chairman. The board runs a regulator...
iFOREX Cuts First-Half Earnings Estimate to $1.4 Million After Accounts Review
iFOREX Financial Trading Holdings Ltd. cut its first-half adjusted EBITDA estimate to about $1.4 million today (Thursday). That is roughly $1 million below the $2.4 million it gave investors less than two months ago. The London-listed CFD broker said the change came out of the review of its interim accounts. It...
iFOREX Cuts H1 2026 EBITDA Estimate, Maintains Full-Year Guidance
iFOREX now expects H1 2026 Adjusted EBITDA of c.$1.4 million, down from c.$2.4 million, but full-year guidance of $0.5m-$2.5m remains unchanged. The post iFOREX Cuts H1 2026 EBITDA Estimate, Maintains Full-Year Guidance first appeared on LeapRate | Online Trading Industry News, Broker Intelligence & Fintech Analysis .
Tickmill hires Ranim Turfa to lead MENA research and market analysis
Tickmill has appointed Ranim Turfa as Head of Research & Market Analysis for the MENA region. The hire is part of the broker's push to strengthen its market analysis and insights offering, as traders look for dependable guidance through volatile conditions. Turfa joins with experience across forex and stock markets;...
AvaTrade to Close Its Poland Branch Office
AvaTrade is closing its branch office in Poland almost six years after its opening. The broker's Managing Director of Polish operations, Patryk Schulmeister, confirmed the upcoming closure while announcing his separation from the company. "I have decided to move on, and the Polish branch of AvaTrade will also be...
FPFX Adds Tickblaze as New Platform Option for Prop Firms
FPFX Tech has added Tickblaze to its prop trading infrastructure, linking the platform's trading interface and execution layer with the evaluation rules, breach monitoring and funded-account workflows managed through PropAccount. London's trading industry is coming home! The partnership separates the trading front end...
CPT Markets UK Revenue Climbs 77%, Costs Keep Loss Flat
CPT Markets UK Limited increased revenue by 77% in 2025, but its annual loss remained almost unchanged as higher operating costs offset stronger client trading activity. The FCA-regulated CFD broker reported revenue of £621,585 for the year ended 31 December last year, up from £351,378 a year before. The increase was...
Leverate releases MCP for Traders turning any AI assistant into a trading terminal
Ask. Analyse. Execute. Every order confirmed by the trader, every connection controlled by the broker, on any MCP-compatible AI assistant.
Interactive Brokers Lets US Investors Move from X Cashtags to Trading
Interactive Brokers has integrated its brokerage platform with X Cashtags, giving US investors a direct route from stock and cryptocurrency discussions on X to trading accounts. London's trading industry is coming home! In June, Interactive Brokers added ChatGPT and Grok to its trading platform , while Robinhood...
Google Is Losing LATAM's Traders to Communities
For years, the default IB playbook in emerging markets was familiar: buy search, rank for "mejor broker" and "cuenta demo," run Google and Meta ads, then hope the CPA model still cleared. In Latin America, that playbook is breaking. The Old IB Playbook is Breaking The traffic that actually funds accounts is no longer...
Moomoo and Interactive Brokers Join X's Cashtag Partner Program
Two major brokerages, Moomoo and Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), have been named official U.S. Cashtag Partners on X, giving investors a direct route from market conversations on the social media platform to trading on their respective platforms. Cashtags convert ticker symbols for stocks, ETFs, and...
Interactive Brokers integrates with X Cashtags
Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers Group, Inc (NASDAQ:IBKR) today announced a new integration with X Cashtags.
Equiti Opens First Sharjah Storefront in UAE Expansion
Equiti Group has opened its first physical storefront in Sharjah, UAE, giving local clients face-to-face access to the fintech firm's services and creating new jobs in the region. The post Equiti Opens First Sharjah Storefront in UAE Expansion first appeared on LeapRate | Online Trading Industry News, Broker...
Webull Expands Futures Offering with CME Nano Futures
Webull revealed Monday that it has added CME Group's E-nano S&P 500 and E-nano Nasdaq-100 futures to its platform, expanding its futures offering with smaller-sized contracts aimed at retail investors. The online investment platform, which has been actively expanding its product suite across artificial intelligence...
Equiti Opens Physical Storefront to Attract UAE Traders
Equiti has opened a physical storefront in Sharjah, UAE, offering face-to-face guidance to its potential and existing customers in the country. Announced today (Monday), it is the first such brick-and-mortar store for the contracts for difference (CFD) broker. Building a "Personal Connection" with Traders The broker...
Travelex extends key industry contracts across major UK travel and retail hubs
Forex company Travelex has announced a series of leading contract extensions across key UK travel hubs, including Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Edinburgh Airport, DFDS Seaway.
AvaTrade hires Exness alum Nir Iter to head new Cyprus operation
Nir Iter joins AvaTrade after spending the past eight years at leading online broker Exness, as Affiliate Commercial Lead.
MultiBank's Institutional Arm Hires a Revenue Chief After Five Promotions in Two Weeks
MEX Exchange, the institutional trading platform owned by MultiBank Group, named Brian Liedberg as chief revenue officer and global head of sales today (Monday). He is the sixth senior appointment announced in two weeks, and the only one brought in from outside. MultiBank launched MEX Exchange in May 2024 as an...
FX week in review: What FTMO paid for OANDA, cFinancial launch, City Index rebrand, IG layoffs, Valutrade rumors
What did prop firm FTMO pay to acquire OANDA? How much revenue does FTMO bring in? What is FTMO's largest market?
The Retail CFD Industry Is Running Out of FX Traders
Currency pairs made up 13.7% of the volume retail brokers reported in the second quarter, down from 26.8% a year earlier, FM Intelligence data showed today (Monday). Monthly FX volume across the brokers it tracks fell to $4.2 trillion from $6.4 trillion. Volume in index, commodity, equity and crypto CFDs rose over the...
Weekly Wrap-Up: FTMO's $422 Million OANDA Deal; CySEC Names New Chair
The week brought a mix of major transactions, regulatory changes and restructuring across the retail trading and financial services sectors. FTMO's acquisition of OANDA was put into sharper focus after the prop trading firm disclosed the price paid for the broker, while Cyprus moved towards a new leadership at its...
FxPro Joins Retail Brokers in Weekend Trading Adding Gold, Oil and Nasdaq
FxPro has introduced weekend trading for five instruments covering gold, silver, WTI crude oil, natural gas and the Nasdaq index. The move follows similar expansions in trading hours by other retail brokers. Vantage launched a 24/7 gold CFD in July, while CMC Markets added weekend gold trading in April. XM introduced...
Interactive Brokers adds ChartTrading buttons, Futures Trading Layout to IBKR Desktop platform
Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers has released version 3.5 of the IBKR Desktop platform.
Fidelity Investments customers can now trade stocks and ETFs on TradingView
TradingView has expanded trading opportunities for its U.S. community with the addition of Fidelity Investments to its list of partner brokers.
CMC Markets Opens the Overnight US Session to Fractional Share Orders
CMC Markets has extended 24/5 US share trading to CMC Invest, its retail investing platform, the London-listed broker said today (Thursday). Fractional shares trade in the same window. Orders placed in the extended and overnight sessions accept every order type CMC offers, including market orders, it said. In July CMC...
Exclusive: TIOmarkets hires IC alum Andis Papageorgiou as CTO
Andis Papageorgiou spent six years at leading online broker IC, ending his tenure at IC late last year as Global Head of Engineering.
TIOmarkets Expands Multi-Asset Offering with 13 New Markets
TIOmarkets has expanded the range of markets available on its trading platform with the addition of 13 new instruments across global stock indices, commodities and fixed income. The expansion broadens the range of asset classes and regional markets available to clients, providing greater choice from a single trading...
FP Markets secures UAE CMA Category 5 License
A UAE CMA license has become the most sought-after in the FX and CFDs world over the past year.
Traders' LTV Is Not Just a Marketing Issue but an Ongoing Development Process
Fear of Loss is an overlooked factor that prevents many traders from trading consistently. Yet brokers often try to overcome this behavioral barrier with standard marketing and retention tools - tools designed to stimulate activity rather than address the psychological reason behind inactivity. If a trader is afraid...
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etoro adds nano-sized futures offering exposure to four major US indices
Online broker etoro continues to expand its lineup of investment instruments.
City Index Rebrands as StoneX Trading in Strategic Realignment
StoneX Group (NASDAQ: SNEX) has announced that City Index, one of the UK's longest-standing trading brands, is relaunching under the name StoneX Trading, marking a significant shift for the retail trading business. The rebrand is designed to bring City Index's self-directed trading arm fully under the StoneX umbrella,...
StoneX Retires City Index Brand as Retail FX and CFD Revenue Falls 19%
StoneX Group will replace the City Index name in the UK with StoneX Trading, StoneX announced today (Wednesday). Existing clients will keep their accounts, platforms and support arrangements. City Index branding will retire on September 12. For traders, the immediate effect is a new name and website, not an account...
FTMO Paid $422 Million for OANDA
FTMO paid over 8.79 billion Czech koruna (about $422 million at today's exchange rate) to acquire OANDA last year, according to its annual filings. CVC, the previous owner of OANDA, bought the broker in 2018 for $160 million. The prop firm decided to acquire OANDA from CVC early last year, and the deal was closed on 1...
FOREX.com Japan to terminate MT4 service
FOREX.com Japan has informed its clients of the upcoming end of the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) service.
OANDA Japan reminds traders of suspension of new MT4 orders
OANDA Japan Inc has issued a notice to traders regarding the upcoming termination of the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) service.
When Traders Ask AI Which Broker to Choose, Will Yours Exist?
10 practical tips for brokers on how to appear in AI search.
Southampton FC Signs VARIANSE Partnership Following Deals with eToro and OctaFX
VARIANSE has signed a multi-year partnership with Southampton Football Club, becoming the club's Official CFD Trading Partner. The agreement gives VARIANSE rights to use Southampton FC's approved intellectual property and partnership titles in international branding and digital campaigns. Southampton previously worked...
PU Prime Launches Australian Operations under ASIC Licence
PU Prime , a global multi-licensed online brokerage, today announced the official launch of its operations in Australia through its local entity, PU Prime Trading Pty Ltd, regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). PU Prime Trading Pty Ltd holds Australian Financial Services Licence...
Tickmill's Ingmar Mattus: The "Mindset Problem" Killing CFD Brokers Who Won't Diversify
"You could almost argue that risk is my middle name." Ingmar Mattus, who co-founded Tickmill in 2014 and has spent close to two decades making risk management decisions inside brokerage firms, was explaining what drew him to TradersYard, the Vienna-based proprietary trading firm he has backed since 2023 through his...
easyMarkets Expands Commodity Offering with 24/7 Gold, Silver and Oil Trading
easyMarkets has expanded its multi-asset offering with the launch of Gold24, Silver24 and Oil24, giving clients the ability to trade Gold, Silver and Oil CFDs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The launch comes as Gold and Oil continue to attract significant trading activity among easyMarkets clients. Gold was the...
Interactive Brokers Reports 23% Rise in Daily Average Revenue Trades for August
On Tuesday, Interactive Brokers Group reported its electronic brokerage performance metrics for August, with daily average revenue trades up 23% year on year. The automated global electronic broker said it recorded 4.276 million daily average revenue trades, or DARTs, during the month, a figure 23% higher than a year...
IG's Karman Wong Set to Join Trade Nation as Commercial Director, Emerging Markets
Finance Magnates has learned that Karman Wong is leaving IG Group to join Trade Nation as Commercial Director, Emerging Markets. Wong is based in Australia, where Trade Nation operates as a regulated broker through Trade Nation Australia Pty Ltd, licensed by ASIC under AFSL 422661. At IG , Wong built her career around...
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