FTMO has been slowly attempting to expand into the brokerage sector, with ex-FXCM and Skilling executive Michael Kamerman.

Gao joins Axi from Pepperstone, where he was also Regional Director. He has two decades of experience and has worked at Exness and GAIN Capital.

Doo Financial has approval from CySEC and the broker also said it has entered the Indonesian market by acquiring a local company.

ACY Securities will acquire INGOT Brokers' South Africa license. This will require upgrades for the firm to be able to offer CFDs.

The bid probably has two aims - to allow Axi to more easily add stockbroking and, secondly, to acquire a huge number of clients at low cost.

Crypto.com has said it wants to add other investment products over the next 12 months across the US, Australia and the European Union.

FunderPro already has a CFD offering. Several props have added futures, possibly to cater to US clients and also to satisfy client demand.

Monaxa is the latest in a string of brokers to offer prop trading. The company already offers a standard CFD product, as well as copy trading.

Khatib and Melhem were both at amana for a long period of time. The new CFI execs will work in Dubai as CBDO and CMO respectively.

Onyx Capital announced its retail brokerage arm in the summer. The oil broker has hired execs from several firms, including CMC Markets and IG.

Swissquote, Capital.com, Bitkub, and several others have all seen a surge in app downloads since Donald Trump won the US election.

Soutzis has been with the firm since its inception in 2016. Capital.com also announced that Global CEO Kypros Zoumidou is leaving the firm.

ZFX launched the new cryptocurrency - called ZDS - at the start of November. It can be used as cashback or as a bonus for trading.

Sebbata was most recently CEO at APM Capital Markets, which acquired the FCA-regulated arm of neobroker BUX earlier this year.

Revolut is hiring a Head of Brokerage for its local crypto entity, as well as a compliance officer for its separate wealth and trading division.

XTB is hiring for a Head of Crypto and has an entity set up in Cyprus that could feasibly run it. The signs point to this happening in the near future.

Mahesh Sethuraman has also been made Singapore CEO at Saxo Bank. The changes come after Adam Reynolds left the firm two months ago.

Investa is one of several firms looking to bring the US options trading boom over to the UK. The company has raised almost £2m in total.

XM is the latest firm to rebrand, with several firms changing their look in the last 12 months to have more of a mobile-friendly, fintech feel.

FXGT has a new app and webtrader. Clients are able to access TradingView charts on the new app, which went live at the end of last week.

Farah joins STARTRADER from MultiBank, where she was Head of International Sales. STARTRADER has been expanding globally over the last year.