Author: David Kimberley

The new issue of the ATFX Trader Magazine covers global markets, with input from the ATFX analyst team across Europe, APAC, and LATAM.

FXPrimus will launch synthetic indices starting in July, with a phased rollout for its global client base.

Cash appears in a new branded video for the broker. IG Group has been pushing for changes to make investing in stocks more appealing to UK investors.

XM runs multiple brands targeting different jurisdictions and the likelihood is that the firm will add the products for its Trading.com brand.

New research by marketing agency Be Franc shows that almost half of Google searches for trading products are covered by AI overviews.

We speak to the B2BROKER Chief Business Officer about the launch of the tech company’s latest product – Liquidity Provider Turnkey.

Dance is the latest in a series of senior executives to move from the retail broker sector to the cryptocurrency trading industry.

HotCopper is the largest financial news website for active traders in Australia. Stockhouse is a very similar site but is focused on Canada.

The goal of Google and other AI platforms is to reduce click through rates. Broker affiliates rely on these. So are they going to die as a result?

Blueberry has undergone its second major rebrand in the last 12 months, with a new website and brand identity.

Capital.com has already joined CityUK and UK Finance, both of which aim to support the UK’s financial services industry.

Payout ratios can give us some idea of what revenues at prop firms are. We look at how much Alpha Capital, FundedNext, FundingPips and E8 Markets make as a result.

IG Group has put out a four point plan to strengthen the UK stock market, including scrapping cash ISAs and stamp duty on shares.

ATFX Connect was represented by AFTX Australia Country Head Simon Naish and Managing Director of Institutional Business Ivan Wong.

More than 80 senior executives from brokers, prop trading firms, and other financial services businesses attended the event last week.

The new insurance policy means that Capital.com clients trading with the firm’s CySEC entity get added protection up to $1m.

The partnership means brokers and props using DXtrade can easily access EAERA’s leading CRM.

A new study by Ahrefs shows AI visitors have a few undesirable traits, which could also end up impacting broker SEO and affiliate strategies.

Khan joins DB Investing after stints at Shenzou Capital and PMFinancials. She has also run an introducing broker business in the past.

My Crypto Funding has become the latest prop firm to get access to MetaTrader 5. The prop firm set up an entity in St Lucia to get access to the platform.

The Growth 500 lists all UK companies which have a turnover in excess of £3m, regardless of what sector they’re in.

Prop trading firms give traders the opportunity to access funded accounts and trade with much larger sums of money than they could otherwise access.

Not risking more than you can afford to lose is the key to making sure you are profitable over the long term when trading forex.

Moneta Markets will launch a prop trading division soon. The company is also hiring for a general manager for its prop arm in Dubai.

DPFunded offers MetaTrader 4 and 5. It is being offered via Doo Prime’s licensed entity in Vanuatu.

Spotware showcases WebView plugins, cTrader Invite and cTrader Store, and scoops Best Trading Platform Global award at iFX Expo International 2025

Crypto, props, the UK, competition from Dubai, and the ever present paradox that is the online trading industry.

Ouinex traders will now be able to access deep liquidity across different asset classes, with a connection ATFX Connect.

Kinahan has been with IG Group for three years, having joined the company’s tastytrade brand in 2022.

XM is doing the give away as part of its 15th anniversary celebrations.

Plus500 has expanded aggressively over the last five years, as part of a wider plan to add new products and deliver more growth.

Props don’t seem to have been hit by Chinese traders abusing the gold price. It could cause major problems if it ends up happening.

The new Centroid platform helps props stop abusers and fraudulent activity that seeks to take advantage of the trading challenges they offer.

The new platform interface has a huge range of features, including drag-and-drop take profit orders, multi-chart views, and social trading capabilities.

Blueberry clients can now trade directly on TradingView charts by using the DXtrade platform.

Trade Tech Solutions guides prop founders through the whole process of starting and running a successful prop trading company.

Brokers like Hugo’s Way and KOT4X are taking US clients offshore. Most people think this is dangerous – but nothing bad has happened to them.

XM has revamped and relaunched its trading competitions, with more ways to win and profit from the broker’s unique contests.

FTMO is still number one in search, even though it doesn’t do much different from its competitors. So why is the prop firm still number one?

Hasanin has worked in the online trading industry for more than 20 years. He joins Rostro Group from Equiti Group, where he spent almost seven years.

Hamd joins Cara Markets, which holds a Category 1 license from SCA, after working at rival broker ADSS for more than a decade.

Binance noted that Syrians have been among the most active in searching for crypto-related terms over the last few years.

The asset management group bought shares in Plus500 earlier this week, making it one of the largest shareholders in the business.

IC Markets integrates cTrader Copy widget, offering instant strategy access, frictionless onboarding and higher trader engagement from the client area.

Scope Prime will provide ZXCM with liquidity and technology to help support its retail-facing activities.

Standard Chartered is the second major investment bank that ATFX Connect has set up with for prime brokerage services.

A routine inspection by the BVI regulator has put the iFOREX IPO on hold. The broker says its IPO is oversubscribed, with a valuation at the top of its range.

Instant Funding has been making several technology upgrades over the course of June, as part of what it is calling ‘The Leap’.

The FRSA said it will prohibit privacy coins and also make changes to fees and capital requirements for crypto firms operating in the ADGM.

Larissa Quinlan, Kurt Stuart, Emma Summer and Syed Yusuf ran a Telegram group that did pump and dumps on ASX penny stocks.

Spotware, the developer of multi-asset trading platform cTrader, is proud to announce that cTrader has been named Best Mobile Trading App at the prestigious Global Forex Awards B2B 2025

The FCA said NVIDIA tech will be used as part of the Supercharged Sandbox, that let’s financial services firms test new AI products.

ATFX played a key role at the FMAS event held in South Africa at the end of May, with the broker emphasising its local presence in the market.

MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 brokers were inaccessible for Chinese traders at the end of May. What happened?

Lethyy joins WeTrade from Trive. She has worked in the online trading industry for over a decade and has worked at big brands like Exness and GTCFX.

Fortress Core Connect will use Centroid’s technology to connect its clients to liquidity providers and to help firms manage their dealing desk operations.

OctaFX and XM will both have their IP addresses blocked in Singapore later this month.

The announcement from the FCA comes just a week after SCA said it will launch a new license for finfluencers.

Padhani spent over a decade with rival broker INFINOX before making the move. STARTRADER has its main base of operations in Dubai.

Laurent McClintock joined ActivTrades at the start of this year, after a long stint at Pepperstone. He is the second senior exec to leave the broker.

ThinkMarkets had a lot of debt and not much cash. Somehow it’s still going. Is that because of ThinkCapital and its prior prop firm products?

Brock has worked in eFX sales roles for almost two decades and joins B2PRIME after a nearly five year-long stint with oneZero.

ATFX has a physical presence in more than 20 countries, with the new office in South Africa part of its expansion efforts in emerging markets.

Brokerage group CMC Markets released financial results for its 2025 financial year on Thursday morning. The London-listed firm, whose financial year ends on March 31st, saw flat revenue for the year, with a drop off in performance in the second half of the year. Total revenue came in at £360.1m for the year, compared to £359.8m in the 2024 financial year. However, net income rose 33% to £62.2m over the year, reflecting lower commissions and operating expenses, as well as the impact of the value of intangible assets being written off in 2024. Peter Cruddas salary hits £1.1m One part…

Marasi joins Axcera from PropGuru, another prop technology company. He has worked in the online trading industry since 2018.

We talk to Atlantic Capital Markets Founder Gareth Hazelden about how he made his broker business work, without a presence in the city.

Record trading volumes on the CME have been heavily driven by trading in speculative products with small contract sizes.

ThinkMarkets is one of several brokers to have added a senior creative role, with companies realising the role that brand plays for traders.

Equiti Managing Director Gaurang Desai has been Chairman of d2a2 since 2022. d2a2 is a crypto and blockchain regulatory association.

GCEX clients can now access different oil, metals, and natural gas products, all tradable as CFDs. GCEX also offers tech solutions to brokers.

The integration means 26 Degrees can offer clients extended hours trading in US equities, which is particularly beneficial for Asian traders.

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos asked why the Cypriot regulator has not looked into brokers receiving funds from LATAM subsidiaries.

Investimental now offers clients access to local, EU, and US equities trading, all via the DXtrade platform offered by Devexperts.

EC Markets is the latest of several brokers to have received a Category 5 license from SCA. The broker now has 7 global licenses.

Spotware highlights innovative WebView plugins at iFX EXPO 2025. VisitBooth #60 to explore powerful tools for brokers and traders.

A new report by tech firm Moloco shows that spending more on independent ads can deliver much better returns for marketers.

Maciej Witalis has joined Crypto.com as its new Senior Growth Manager. He is the fourth senior marketing hire the crypto firm has made from IG Group.

Why is BaFin restricting turbos? More importantly, why do they keep doing stuff that will hurt Trade Republic – a German tech success story?

ATFX already has a physical presence in more than 20 countries globally. The broker will launch a new set of services in Cambodia too.

Honda will appear in Titan FX marketing materials and star in a new large-scale campaign called ‘Dream Beyond Borders’.

OneRoyal is one of several brokers looking to expand in the gulf countries. Currently CFI is the only broker that has a local license.

cTrader mobile delivers fast, stable, VPN-free access across China confirmed by cTrader performance evaluations.

The Prop Trading Expo will take place in London on September 27th. PropAccount provides white labels to over 90 prop firms today.

Financial institutions can use the Scope Prime offering to take a position in JSE stocks without paying the Securities Transfer Tax.

Fortress Core will use FTT’s technology to provide its clients with access to high quality liquidity sources and execution across asset classes.

This is the third integration that Brokeree has made so far this year with cTrader, with copy, prop, and bridge products already available.

Only BitMEX VIP traders will be able to access the reports, which use Hoc-trade tech to provide detailed analyses of trading activity.

Robinhood Legend is already live in the US and provides users with access to a more advanced platform compared to the broker’s mobile product.

Spotware upgrades cTrader Invite with full referral integration, automated IB registration and seamless CRM sync to maximise trader conversion and engagement.

The new license would mean that broker affiliates and IBs based in the UAE would have to get approval from the SCA to do business.

Chris Old is the third senior marketing executive that Crypto.com has hired in the last 12 months from IG Group.

We look at how much it costs to start a broker in 2025, why people are doing it and what the big problems they face are.

Nemeth joins FunderPro after a recent stint at ZuluTrade. He has held senior roles at brokers, including Swissquote, eToro and IronFX.

Prop trading is different from binary options from a regulatory point of view. Plus, binary options aren’t bad. People who commit fraud are.

Trade Republic has been one of Europe’s fintech success stories, with the broker now holding more than €100bn in client assets.

Sergei Riabov joined the company almost three years ago from Tinkoff. Revolut has launched trading in several regions since then.

Parker joins EXANTE with more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was previously CRO at Sberbank UK.

EBC Financial Group will make use of Brokeree technology. The two firms are also launching an educational content series.

Jawabreh joins CMS Financial from Daman Markets. She will reunite with ex-CFI colleague Nidal Hadi, who was confirmed as CEO of CMS Finacial this week.

Spotware releases cBroker 9.5, delivering ultra-high leverage, margin bypass, bulk force-close and enhanced risk tools for smarter, scalable broker control.